Tuesdays Expert Wrap - Round Seventeen

Parramatta Eels 12 were defeated by Brisbane Broncos 16
National Rugby League - Round 17 - Friday July 1, 2011 7:30pm
Venue: Parramatta Stadium
Crowd: 11,079
Halftime: Parramatta Eels 0 Brisbane Broncos 6

Leagueunlimited.com players of the match:
3 Points - Dane Gagai (2 Tries)
2 Points - Luke Burt (2 Tries, 2 Conversions)
1 Point - Matt Gillett (1 Try)

PARRAMATTA EELS (12)
Tries: Luke Burt (2)
Field Goals: Luke Burt (0/1)
Conversions: Luke Burt (2/2)

BRISBANE BRONCOS (16)
Tries: Matt Gillett, Dane Gagai (2)
Conversions: Peter Wallace (2/3)

'Broncos battle to better passionate Parra'

Penrith Panthers 20 defeated Canterbury Bulldogs 6
National Rugby League - Round 17 - Saturday July 2, 2011 7:30pm
Venue: Centrebet Stadium Penrith
Crowd: 15,383
Halftime: Penrith Panthers 12 Canterbury Bulldogs 0

Leagueunlimited.com players of the match:
3 Points - Luke Walsh
2 Points - Travis Burns (2 Tries, 3 Conversions, 1 Penalty Goal)
1 Point - Aiden Tolman

Penrith Panthers (20)
Tries: Travis Burns (2), Adrian Purtell
Conversions: Travis Burns (3/3)
Penalty Goals: Travis Burns (1/1)

Canterbury Bulldogs (6)
Tries: Jamal Idris
Conversions: Steve Turner (1/1)

'Punishing Penrith dominate dour 'Dogs'

Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 26 defeated South Sydney Rabbitohs 4
National Rugby League - Round 17 - Sunday July 3, 2011 2:00pm
Venue: Toyota Stadium
Crowd: 18,829
Halftime: Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 20 South Sydney Rabbitohs 0

Leagueunlimited.com players of the match:
3 Points - Luke Douglas (1 Try)
2 Points - Chad Townsend (1 Try, 2 Conversions, 1 Penalty Goal)
1 Point - Nathan Gardner

CRONULLA SUTHERLAND SHARKS (26)
Tries: Luke Douglas, Colin Best, Matthew Wright (2), Chad Townsend
Conversions: Chad Townsend (2/5)
Penalty Goals: Chad Townsend (1/1)

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (4)
Tries: Nathan Merritt
Conversions: Chris Sandow (0/1)

'Sinking Souths succumb to spectacular Sharks'

St George Illawarra Dragons 10 were defeated by Newcastle Knights 14
National Rugby League - Round 17 - Sunday July 3, 2011 3:00pm
Venue: WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Crowd: 17,205
Halftime: St George Illawarra Dragons 6 Newcastle Knights 0

Leagueunlimited.com players of the match:
3 Points - Richard Fa'aoso
2 Points - Jason Nightingale
1 Point - Peter Mata'utia

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (10)
Tries: Reece Simmonds (2)
Conversions: Ben Hornby (0/2)
Penalty Goals: Ben Hornby (1/1)

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (14)
Tries: Keith Lulia, Ryan Stig
Conversions: Wes Naiqama (2/2)
Penalty Goals: Wes Naiqama (1/1)

'No frills Knights defeat dozing Dragons'

Sydney Roosters 12 were defeated by Canberra Raiders 38
National Rugby League - Round 17 - Monday July 4, 2011 7:00pm
Venue: Sydney Football Stadium
Crowd: 9,817
Halftime: Sydney Roosters 18 Canberra Raiders 12

Leagueunlimited.com players of the match:
3 Points - Josh McCrone
2 Points - Jarrod Croker (2 Tries, 5 Conversions)
1 Point - Josh Papalii (1 Try)

Sydney Roosters (12)
Tries: Todd Carney, Sam Perrett
Conversions: Todd Carney (2/2)

Canberra Raiders (38)
Tries: Joe Picker, Joel Thompson, Jarrod Croker (2), Shaun Fensom, Blake Ferguson, Josh Papalii
Conversions: Jarrod Croker (5/7)

'Raiders ruin Roosters spell'


LEAGUEUNLIMITED.COM PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2011

Thirty-four Points
Johnathan Thurston (Cowboys)

Thirty-three - twenty-four

Twenty-three
Billy Slater (Storm)

Twenty-two
-

Twenty-one

Paul Gallen (Sharks)

Twenty
-

Nineteen
Cameron Smith (Storm)

Eighteen
-

Seventeen

Jamie Soward (Dragons)

Sixteen
Cooper Cronk (Storm), Darren Lockyer (Broncos), Chris Sandow (Rabbitohs)

Fifteen
Daly

Cherry-Evans (Sea Eagles), Benji Marshall (Tigers)

Fourteen
-

Thirteen
William Hopoate (Sea Eagles)

Twelve

Robbie Farah (Tigers), Kieran Foran (Sea Eagles), Josh McCrone (Raiders), Jarrod Mullen (Knights), Luke Walsh (Panthers)

Eleven
-

Ten
Nathan Gardner (Sharks), Mark Gasnier (Dragons), Kurt Gidley (Knights)

Nine
Ben Barba (Bulldogs), Matthew Bowen (Cowboys), Trent Hodkinson (Bulldogs), Luke Lewis (Panthers), James Maloney (Warriors), Jason Nightingale (Dragons), Brett Stewart (Sea Eagles), Glenn Stewart (Sea Eagles), William Zillman (Titans)

Eight
Luke Burt (Eels), Ben Creagh (Dragons)

Seven
Blake Ferguson (Raiders), Jarryd Hayne (Eels), Kevin Locke (Warriors), Corey Parker (Broncos), David Taylor (Rabbitohs), Jharal Yow Yeh (Broncos)

Six

Petero Civoniceva (Panthers), Alex Glenn (Broncos), Jamal Idris (Bulldogs), Jack Reed (Broncos)

Five
Lance Hohaia (Warriors), Micheal Luck (Warriors), Tariq Sims (Cowboys), Ryan Stig (Knights), Akuila Uate (Knights)

Four
Gavin Cooper (Cowboys), Ben Hannant (Broncos), Nathan Hindmarsh (Eels), Martin Kennedy (Roosters), Shaun Kenny-Dowall (Roosters), Robert Lui (Tigers), Issac Luke (Rabbitohs), Scott Prince (Titans), Jeff Robson (Eels), Beau Scott (Dragons), Matt Srama (Titans), Aiden Tolman (Bulldogs), Chad Townsend (Sharks), Rhys Wesser (Rabbitohs), Gareth Widdop (Storm)

Three
Braith Anasta (Roosters), Blake Ayshford (Tigers), Greg

Bird (Titans), Maurice Blair (Storm), Neville Costigan (Knights), Jarrod Croker (Raiders), Luke Douglas (Sharks), Joel Edwards (Knights), Richard Fa'aoso (Knights), Kalifa Fai-Fai Loa (Cowboys), Shaun Fensom (Raiders), Jake Friend (Roosters), Dane Gagai (Broncos), Michael Gordon (Panthers), Ryan Hinchcliffe (Storm), Justin Hodges (Broncos), Krisnan Inu (Warriors), Kevin Kingston (Panthers), Jacob Lillyman (Warriors), David Mead (Titans), Mitchell Peace (Roosters), Nathan Massey (Raiders), Peter Mata'utia (Knights), Anthony Minichiello (Roosters), Josh Papalii (Raiders), Kevin Procter (Storm), Andrew Ryan (Bulldogs), David Simmons (Panthers), Kade Snowden (Sharks), David Stagg (Bulldogs), Sam Williams (Raiders), Dean Young (Dragons)

Two
Luke Bailey (Titans), Darius Boyd (Dragons), Travis Burns (Panthers), Lachlan Coote (Panthers), Simon Dwyer (Tigers), Michael Ennis (Bulldogs), Nathan Fien (Dragons), Glen Fisiiahi (Warriors), Nathan Friend (Titans), Matt Gillett (Broncos), Chris Heighington (Tigers), Josh Hoffman (Broncos), Ben Hunt (Broncos), Greg Inglis (Rabbitohs), Jamie Lyon (Sea Eagles), Feleti Mateo (Warriors), Wade McKinnon (Tigers), Nathan Merritt (Rabbitohs), Josh McGuire (Broncos), Trent Merrin (Dragons), Fui Fui Moi Moi (Eels), Daniel Mortimer (Eels), Nate Myles (Roosters), Dane Nielsen (Storm), Ben Pomeroy (Sharks), Matt Prior (Dragons), Frank Pritchard (Bulldogs), Michael Robertson (Sea Eagles), George Rose (Sea Eagles), Tom Symonds (Roosters), Elijah Taylor (Warriors), Sam Thaiday (Broncos), Joel Thompson (Raiders), Daniel Tolar (Knights)

One
Mitchell

Allgood (Eels), Gerard Beale (Broncos), Adam Blair (Storm), Lewis Brown (Warriors), Jamie Buhrer (Sea Eagles), Preston Campbell (Titans), Todd Carney (Roosters), Matt Cooper (Dragons), Isaac de Gois (Knights), Matt Duffie (Storm), Gareth Ellis (Tigers), Dylan Farrell (Rabbitohs), Joe Galuvao (Sea Eagles), Beau Henry (Knights), Chris Houston (Knights), Dallas Johnson (Cowboys), Shaun Johnson (Warriors), Kris Keating (Bulldogs), Albert Kelly (Sharks), Timoteo Lafai (Bulldogs), Chris Lawrence (Tigers), Casey McGuire (Eels), James McManus (Knights), Stewart Mills (Sharks), Mark Minichiello (Titans), Corey Payne (Bulldogs), Mitchell Pearce (Roosters), Joel Reddy (Eels), Junior Sau (Knights), Matt Scott (Cowboys), Nafe Seluni (Panthers), Jeremy Smith (Sharks), John Sutton (Rabbitohs), Dane Tilse (Raiders), Anthony Tupou (Sharks), Trent Waterhouse (Panthers), Michael Weyman (Dragons)


The Queensland Intrust Super Cup and NSW Cup had the weekend off but engage Super League XVI Round 20 results can be found here.