Luke ROONEY [
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Mon May 8, 2006
by Matthew O'Neill
Penrith winger Luke Rooney has won a representative recall replacing Eric Grothe Jnr after he advised City selectors he would be unavailable due to a groin injury.
Rooney was a member of the Australian side in 2003-04 but has struggled for form this year with Grothe and Hazem El Masri gaining the jump on Rooney for City Origin spots.
El Masri is in serious doubt with a hamstring injury and is unlikely to play with Cronulla fullback David Simmons being placed on standby. El Masri sustained the injury during the Bulldogs impressive 30-14 victory against arch-rivals the Sydney Roosters.
Country only have one injury concern with reserve forward Clint Newton in doubt with an eye injury. He has been sent for more scans before officials will rule him fit to play. No official replacement has been placed on standby but Canberra's Alan Tongue was extremely unlucky to miss selection. Country hooker Luke Priddis was officially cleared to play after overcoming a corked thigh sustained in the Panthers 22-6 loss against North Queensland on the weekend.
Friday's Country vs City clash will be played at Apex Oval in Dubbo with the captains of the respective sides being 2004 premiership-winning captain Andrew Ryan for Country and 2003 premiership-winning captain Craig Gower for City.
CITY ORIGIN TEAM:
1 Brett Hodgson (Wests Tigers)
2 Hazem El Masri (The Bulldogs) or David Simmons (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks)
3 Luke Lewis (Penrith Panthers)
4 Matt Geyer (Melbourne Storm)
5 Luke Rooney (Penrith Panthers)
6 Craig Gower, captain (Penrith Panthers)
7 Matt Orford (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
8 Jason King (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
9 Robbie Farah (Wests Tigers)
10 Joel Clinton (Penrith Panthers)
11 Trent Waterhouse (Penrith Panthers)
12 Lance Thompson (Cronulla-Southerland Sharks)
13 Braith Anasta (Sydney Roosters)
Subs:
14 Craig Wing (Sydney Roosters)
15 John Skandalis (Wests Tigers)
16 Paul Gallen (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks)
17 Ryan Hoffman (Melbourne Storm)
COUNTRY ORIGIN TEAM:
1 Ben Hornby (St.George-Illawarra Dragons)
2 Amos Roberts (Sydney Roosters)
3 Chris Hicks (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
4 Adam MacDougall (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
5 Anthony Quinn (Newcastle Knights)
6 Kurt Gidley (Newcastle Knights)
7 Brett Finch (Sydney Roosters)
8 Brent Kite (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
9 Luke Priddis (Penrith Panthers)
10 Mitchell Sargent (North Queensland Cowboys)
11 Ben Creagh (St.George-Illawarra Dragons)
12 Andrew Ryan, captain (The Bulldogs)
13 Craig Fitzgibbon (Sydney Roosters)
Subs:
14 Preston Campbell (Penrith Panthers)
15 Dean Widders (Parramatta Eels)
16 Clint Newton (Newcastle Knights)
17 Brett White (Melbourne Storm)
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 2008 NRL Telstra Premiership
Penrith Panthers
6 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Round 1 [16 Mar 08] L 12-48 v Broncos (A). [WG]
[View] Round 2 [22 Mar 08] L 16-20 v Raiders (H). [WG]
[View] Round 3 [30 Mar 08] W 26-22 v Rabbitohs (H). [WG]
[View] Round 4 [07 Apr 08] W 30-8 v Tigers (A). [WG]
[View] Round 5 [12 Apr 08] L 12-28 v Roosters (H). [WG]
[View] Round 6 [19 Apr 08] W 21-20 v Sharks (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
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2007 NRL Telstra Premiership
Penrith Panthers
9 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [17 Mar 07] L 0-18 v Sharks (A). [WG]
[View] Round 2 [23 Mar 07] W 40-10 v Bulldogs (H). [WG]
[View] Round 3 [30 Mar 07] W 29-28 v Broncos (A). [WG]
[View] Round 4 [08 Apr 07] L 22-24 v Gold Coast (H). [WG]
[View] Round 5 [13 Apr 07] L 14-27 v Eels (H). [WG]
[View] Round 6 [21 Apr 07] L 20-30 v Storm (A). [WG]
[View] Round 7 [28 Apr 07] L 18-34 v Raiders (H). [WG]
[View] Round 8 [04 May 07] L 16-28 v Dragons (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t (7th, 44th)
[View] Round 25 [01 Sep 07] L 20-24 v Warriors (H). [WG]
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2006 NRL Telstra Premiership
Penrith Panthers
21 games; 6 tries, 24 points.
[View] Round 4 [01 Apr 06] L 20-21 v Raiders (A). [WG]
[View] Round 5 [09 Apr 06] W 44-18 v Eels (A). [WG]
[View] Round 6 [15 Apr 06] L 18-40 v Storm (H). [WG]
[View] Round 7 [23 Apr 06] L 6-30 v Broncos (A). [WG]
[View] Round 9 [06 May 06] L 6-22 v Cowboys (A). [WG]
[View] Round 10 [14 May 06] W 32-20 v Rabbitohs (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 11 [19 May 06] W 30-20 v Eels (H). [WG]
[View] Round 12 [28 May 06] L 16-17 v Storm (A). [WG]
[View] Round 13 [04 Jun 06] L 22-29 v Sea Eagles (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 14 [10 Jun 06] L 10-20 v Dragons (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 16 [24 Jun 06] W 24-20 v Tigers (H). [WG]
[View] Round 17 [01 Jul 06] L 22-28 v Warriors (A). [WG]
[View] Round 18 [08 Jul 06] W 24-12 v Raiders (H). [WG]
[View] Round 19 [15 Jul 06] W 17-8 v Cowboys (H). [WG]
[View] Round 20 [23 Jul 06] L 30-32 v Sea Eagles (A). [WG]
[View] Round 21 [29 Jul 06] W 36-6 v Warriors (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [06 Aug 06] L 26-32 v Rabbitohs (A). [WG]
[View] Round 23 [12 Aug 06] L 20-40 v Roosters (H). [WG]
[View] Round 24 [19 Aug 06] W 32-28 v Sharks (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [26 Aug 06] L 4-40 v Knights (A). [WG]
[View] Round 26 [03 Sep 06] L 22-30 v Bulldogs (H). [WG]
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2006 City vs Country
City Origin
1 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] City v Country [12 May 06] L 10-12 v Country Origin (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
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2005 State of Origin
New South Wales Origin
2 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Origin [25 May 05] L 20-24 v QLD Origin (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t (52nd)
[View] Origin [15 Jun 05] W 32-22 v QLD Origin (H). [WG]
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2005 NRL Telstra Premiership
Penrith Panthers
20 games; 6 tries, 24 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Mar 05] L 14-20 v Sharks (A). [WG]
[View] Round 2 [20 Mar 05] L 20-28 v Roosters (H). [WG]
[View] Round 3 [26 Mar 05] W 18-8 v Dragons (H). [WG]
[View] Round 5 [08 Apr 05] W 36-16 v Storm (H). [WG]
[View] Round 6 [16 Apr 05] W 36-6 v Souths (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t (15th)
[View] Round 7 [23 Apr 05] L 22-36 v Cowboys (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t (66th)
[View] Round 8 [01 May 05] W 16-14 v Warriors (A). [WG]
[View] Round 9 [07 May 05] L 18-26 v Raiders (H). [WG]
[View] Round 10 [13 May 05] L 12-34 v Dragons (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t (37th)
[View] Round 12 [29 May 05] L 26-36 v Sea Eagles (A). [WG]
[View] Round 13 [05 Jun 05] L 22-32 v Eels (H). [WG]
[View] Round 17 [03 Jul 05] L 14-22 v Raiders (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t (19th)
[View] Round 18 [09 Jul 05] W 16-12 v Sea Eagles (H). [WG]
[View] Round 19 [15 Jul 05] L 16-18 v Bulldogs (H). [WG]
[View] Round 20 [23 Jul 05] L 18-38 v Cowboys (A). [WG]
[View] Round 21 [30 Jul 05] W 42-34 v Warriors (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t (11th, 36th)
[View] Round 22 [07 Aug 05] W 30-28 v Roosters (A). [WG]
[View] Round 24 [21 Aug 05] W 22-20 v Broncos (H). [WG]
[View] Round 25 [28 Aug 05] W 28-6 v Bulldogs (A). [WG]
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 05] W 38-22 v Tigers (A). [WG]
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2005 International Test Matches
Australian Kangaroos
1 games; [View] Bundaberg Rum Test [22 Apr 05] W 32-16 v New Zealand (H). [WG]
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2004 NRL Telstra Premiership
Penrith Panthers
2 games; 3 tries, 12 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Mar 04] L 14-20 v Knights (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [19 Mar 04] W 34-18 v Raiders (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
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