Weekend sports preview | May 31, 2024 | Illawarra Mercury - video Dailymotion

WATCH: Illawarra Mercury sports journalists Jordan Warren and Agron Latifi preview local sport near you this weekend.

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00:00 Hello Illawarra sports fans, Jordan Warren here. My colleague Agron Latifi, there's been plenty

00:04 happening in Illawarra sport and also the NRL. Agron, you just came from the Dragons press-off,

00:08 Shane Flanagan, what did he have to say ahead of the Panthers match tomorrow night?

00:12 Yeah, well obviously, under man Dragons side, under man Panthers side, but Dragons without

00:17 Ben Hunt and Jaden Seward who are representing you as well as Zach Lomax. So he's made a lot

00:23 of changes. He's obviously just hoping the young guys step up. The Couchburn brothers from Thiril

00:29 got a chance and so have the Fugueye twins. So yeah, he's just obviously to test against

00:37 the premiers but he's hoping for the best and it's going to be a tough game.

00:40 Yeah, it doesn't get any tougher for the Dragons. We've seen their key players

00:43 at the home of the premiers. It should be a really tough game for the Dragons. It'll be

00:46 interesting to see how they go and obviously there's a lot of local football, a lot of local

00:51 Illawarra rugby, Illawarra rugby league, Group 7 as well happening this weekend. Mate, where are

00:55 you at? Well, Saturday I'm at Vikings. They're taking on the, speaking about a tough test,

01:00 they're taking on the undefeated Shirehaven side. Vikings haven't had a win but their coach Harry

01:05 Swanberg asked his fans to keep faith. The team's improving. You never know. An upset could be on

01:12 the cards and yeah, then on Sunday I'm at Group 7. I'm going to watch the mighty Albion Park

01:19 A-Flags Eagles against Warrilla who are on fire, haven't lost. They've won all their games bar one

01:25 game where they drew so they're rejuvenated this year. Should be a great game. What about yourself?

01:29 Yeah, there's a couple of big games there, Gronny. Yeah, for me the football, the Illawarra Premier

01:33 League's back in, or it continues to be in full flight on Saturday. A massive game for Port

01:37 Kembler and Coongilla at Wetherill Park on Saturday. It'll be a really intriguing clash,

01:41 both sides in pretty good form. So I'll be at that one seeing who can claim victory there and

01:45 then of course on Sunday the Wolves host Sydney United at Albert Butler Park. So that should be

01:49 a really tough game for the Wolves. Of course, a lean run for the Wolves at the moment but

01:53 no better team to do it against than against Sydney United, a massive powerhouse of NPL football.

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02:02 We'll have all the latest news and updates so head to the website and the app for all the latest news.