This Saturday’s match at Lottoland is a must win situation for the Newtown Jets

Jetscoach Greg Matterson will have a very clear message for his players inSaturday’s Canterbury Cup NSW match against Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles at Lottoland(Brookvale Oval).

LastSaturday’s sensational upset win against the competition leadersCanterbury-Bankstown, played in front of a massive crowd at Henson Park, willcount for nothing if the Jets don’t follow it up with a win against the Manly-Warringahpartnership club.

Bothteams are fielding several players with NRL experience, and the BlacktownWorkers Canterbury Cup team has a strong record of lifting its game when thepartnership club plays at Lottoland as a curtain-raiser to a NRL game.

TheSea Eagles will be fielding a gigantic forward pack and the Jets will need tobring their best form with them in this away trip to the Northern Beaches.

AsHenson Park ground announcer John Lynch noted, the Canterbury Cup competitionis remarkably closely contested with very little separating the teams fromsixth position to tenth position on the premiership table.

TheSea Eagles-Jets match is being televised live on Fox League from 12.30pm.

Thematch details are:

NSWRLCanterbury Cup NSW – 20^th Round

Saturday,3^rd August 2019

Lottoland(Brookvale Oval)

BlacktownWorkers Sea Eagles (12^th place, 7 points) v Newtown (10^thplace, 17 points)

Kick-Off:12.45pm.

ThisCanterbury Cup NSW match is a curtain-raiser to the vital NRL 20^thRound fixture between Manly-Warringah and the Newcastle Knights at 3.00pm.

Referee: Kieren Irons

TouchJudges:Martin Jones and Richard Stone

Televisedlive on Fox League from 12.30pm.

Newtown’steam (as per this week’s Big League magazine):

WillKennedy, Luke Polselli, Latrell Schaumkel, Tyrone Phillips, Sione Katoa, JackA. Williams, Tyla Tamou, Jayson Bukuya, Siosifa Talakai, Scott Sorensen, JimmyJolliffe, Braydon Trindall, Greg Eastwood.

Bench:Teig Wilton, Daniel Vasquez, Wes Lolo, Grant Garvey.

Coach:Greg Matterson.

BlacktownWorkers Sea Eagles:

JadeAnderson, Abbas Miski, Dane Aukafolau, Tevita Funa, Tim Simona, Kane Elgey,Cade Cust, Francis Laloa-Tui, Sean Keppie, Lloyd Perrett, Tony Williams, ZacDockar-Clay, Andy Saunders.

Bench:Tyler Cassel, Michael Tupou, Fred Junior Mauala, Denzal Tonise.

Coach:Steven Hales.