On replay, it seems Bateman is upset about Taaffe taking out Bula in the chase to get to Staines’ kick before the brewhaha broke out. Klemmer, closer to the ref is giving it to her, echoing Batemans same argument, before Seyfarth even attempts to layout Kiraz. I believe Bula was denied a chance...
Still think Latu should start at 13. Move Bateman to centre and shift Naden out to wing. That gives them 2 tall wingers, 2 strong defensive centres, keeps Samuela starting (now also, along side his brother) and adds an extra ball player in the 13… and we actually end up with our best 13 players...
This is our best 17, except for the last bench spot - that could be a few players spot.
Hope this team stay injury free and get lots of time playing together.
Just quietly, got to wrap the boss for looking a little trimmed down at the Campbelltown office launch photos on the club website. His health was a bit of concern to start the job, so seems like he is doing a bit better
This site has all our stats against refs:
https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/teams/wests-tigers/referees.html
G Sutton has ref’d us 45 times, win ratio of 35%
Yeah ref was good, except missing the disruptor penalty in the 79th and also missed it at the 47th min when he judged Junior knocking on from the bomb instead. The ensuring set then lead to the Galvin sin binning. 2 sliding door moments… they still won and they wouldn’t have last couple of...
Why? He tried some things, gave it 2 trials and a regular season - doesn’t look like it will work.
The same conservative view of not rushing in a teenager when he outplayed most the adults is this same “made his bed” sentiment. He has to find out who in squad can front up, face up and stick the...
He’s going to go great Saturday. Worried more about the right side defence then I am how Galvin will handle 80 mins of first grade. Api lead, Galvin to follow, Bula trailing. Limit handling errors, low missed tackle count and heads up all day… and win.
Anyone wanting to relive the head coaches playing hay-day - tonight’s episode of The Fan on Murdoch’s visual slime factory (fox/kayo) - some good yarns in there - great flashbacks too