Blowes Clothing Cup round 7 team lists and tips

Humphreys led the way in round six with a 3/3 effort, gaining a one-tip lead over Krause who's kicking himself for trusting Forbes on the road.

The season standings are as follows:

HUMPHREYS: 12/15 (80%)

KRAUSE: 11/15 (73%)

Let's get stuck into it.

KICK-OFF: 3.15pm

BULLDOGS: 1 Joel Harper, 2 Matt Trapp, 3 Josh Corby, 4 Dale Norris, 5 Zac Taylor, 6 Tom Felsch, 7 Tom Natoli, 8 Peter Fitzsimmons, 9 Will Oldham, 10 Scott Johnston, 11 Harry Webber, 12 Hunter Davis, 13 Sione Naufahu, 14 Adam Plummer, 15 Phil Tonkin.

KANGAROOS: 1 Sam Hunt, 2 Andy Leathem, 3 Edward Williams, 4 Ronan Scott, 5 Ben Knaggs, 6 Toby Gillespie, 7 Sam Gemmell, 8 Will Mitchell, 9 Pat Wheatley, 10 Hamish Gordon, 11 Josh Bass, 12 John Mafiti, 13 Filisone Pauta, 14 Logan Porch 15 Jake Styles.

Coach: Paul Hausia

HUMPHREYS: BULLDOGS BY 13

Bulldogs' 31-5 loss at Emus doesn't look great on paper, but it's probably the best anyone's played at Endeavour Oval all season. Mick Leseberg's men return to home soil looking to avenge a second-round loss to the Roos, a result that's looking more and more like a genuine upset every week. If Bathurst is serious about challenging the men in green this winter, they can't drop this one.

KRAUSE: DUBBO BY 10

A two-and-a-half hour road trip is never the easiest thing in the world. But if there was any point in the season that the Roos would want to travel to Bathurst, it's right now. The Bulldogs are coming off a big loss to the Emus last week and have been slightly disappointing after their opening round win against the defending premiers. Maybe they find their magic this week, but my gut says that Dubbo will pull off the upset.

KICK OFF: 3.15pm

CITY: 1 Sia Nemani, 2 Josh Tremain, 3 Keith Lawson, 4 Kieran Bonan, 5 Tom Fenton, 6 Harry Taberner, 7 Darcey Holmes, 8 Logan Buckley, 9 Dave McQueeney, 10 Traye Hodge, 11 Terry McLean, 12 Moe Amone, 13 Duncan Young, 14 Trent Maguire, 15 Henry Bouffler.

EAGLES: 1 Gabe Brown, 2 Frazer Robbo, 3 Tom Cummins, 4 Chris Miller, 5 Damo Michaels, 6 Brayden Farrell, 7 Ben Watt, 8 Blake Tidswell, 9 Troy Jeffs, 10 Bill Cummins, 11 Jeremy Montgomery, 12 Vilikesa Koilagi, 13 Noah Ryan, 14 Navitali Bola, 15 Alex Webster

HUMPHREYS: COWRA BY 5

This is tough... I want to take City because the Lions probably deserve the win after so many heartbreaking losses, but it's hard. Cowra has been warming into the season nicely, and it destroyed the Lions back in round two - granted that was on their home soil. All in all, the Lions will have a crack, as they always do. But, they've fallen into a habit of losing, and they're not easy trends to fall out of.

KRAUSE: CITY BY 7

I've been burned by the Lions before, but just like a bad ex, I just can't stay away. They'll have the advantage of playing in front of a home crowd at Pride Park and they certainly perform a lot better there than on the road. This will be a tricky one no doubt as Cowra have looked threatening this year. I think City edge out a close one and get their season back on track.

KICK-OFF:

PLATYPI: 1, Charlie French, 2 Will Nash, 3 Nick Guise, 4 Brenton Howarth, 5 Andrew Hubbard, 6. Tom Menzies, 7 Mat Coles, 8 Rusi Lawanikula, 9 Miniti Tonga, 10 Mahe Fangupo, 11 Tom Maguire, 12 Andrew Saar, 13 James Moss, 14 Steven Dinham, 15 John Monk.

COACH: Heamani Lavaka

EMUS: 1 Digby Cooper, 2 Tom Rookyard, 3 Ant Carver, 4 Nick Hughes-Clapp, 5 Sam McLean, 6 Jack Marchinton, 7 Sam Greatbatch, 8 Scott McLean, 9 Archie Weston, 10 Gus Roberts, 11 Tom Joseph, 12 Oscar Hunt, 13 Nigel Staniforth (c), 15 Jamil Khalfan

COACH: Pete Bromley

HUMPHREYS: EMUS BY 13

Another day, another dollar. Emus just keep plugging away. They haven't lost since round one, and they won't drop this one. Doesn't help having Henley on the sideline, as well as Harris, but Bromley has always instilled a next man up mentality.

KRAUSE: EMUS BY 30

With apologies to Forbes, but they haven't got a hope in this one. Emus have been flying high all year and it's hard to picture them dropping another game for the rest of the season. I think the visitors come out of the gates quick and don't let up.

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