Eternal Tiger
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I hope the Papali'i situation is over. If we sign Brown, Parra could offer him an extra 1-200k of Brown's money, need to be careful here.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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I don't find this particularly encouraging. Only one new player mentioned and he is in the last couple of years of his career. We need good new players who will make uis competitive with the top 4.
bathursttiger1
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I’d seen the same or very close to the same post on here a little while ago.
Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan
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Great to see Liddle moving on if it means we can sign Fa'amanu Brown to a top 30 contract.
weststigerman
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How do we know that is the same pom?
Scott Prince just did an interview on SEN and said he had already has a conversation with Sheens, so maybe he will be another assistant.
weststigerman
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BlackWhiteGold
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We can thank Madge for letting Mavoni Taufua go when many on here were up-in-arms about this hard-running aggressive junior going to the Dogs. Certainly in with the wrong crowd.
Red88_Tiger
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Liam Fulton would be good for morale imo.
stryker 69
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Yeah and that clown on the wing
king_sirro
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I really fail to see how Nathan Brown improves our roster. He is a lock and a lock only. Too small and ineffective for the front row, and hasn't played any edge backrow since he was at souths, which was limited.
Sheens sees Hastings as a lock, then we have Joffa and Matamua, both much more effective then Brown.
Brown has people fooled because he acts tough and it gets mistaken for being an enforcer/leader. Block that out and just watch what he actually does and show me one run in the last 18 months he has made a genuine dent in the line and gained reasonable post contact metres. He makes zero impact.
Sheens sees Hastings as a lock, then we have Joffa and Matamua, both much more effective then Brown.
Brown has people fooled because he acts tough and it gets mistaken for being an enforcer/leader. Block that out and just watch what he actually does and show me one run in the last 18 months he has made a genuine dent in the line and gained reasonable post contact metres. He makes zero impact.
Either u or me are watching the wrong player , because what I see is a player who hits the line hard has a good offload and is a good defender. But like I say maybe Iam watching the wrong player 🥴
stryker 69
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99 meters and 49 post contact last weekend in 38 minutes.
Good News for both parties
WTs have Api, Simpkin, Brown and Rua in the System.
That's better than some of our forwards
king_sirro
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I do see him hit the line strongly, just that he gets stopped immediately. Tries hard, i like his effort, I just don't see impact. I do agree he is skillful, and I guess if Hastings goes to 7, maybe Brown could play an Elijah Taylor type role at lock.
king_sirro
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Not bad stats to be fair. Like to see that done consistently. He hasn't for a long time
tony soprano
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Gibbs too
stryker 69
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Yeah he has been a tad quiet this year. I haven’t watched a lot of Parra games. Maybe injured?
I don’t mind Brown think he would add depth to our prop rotation. He has a high work rate in attack and defence , lots of experience in what will be a young pack and he has fast legs and is mobile which is what you want off the bench. He wouldn’t cost us much at this time of his career and I actually think at 29 he would be perfect for 2 years while we have our youngsters come through. Normally I wouldn’t want someone that age but we need a holding place that won’t deter youngsters coming through. Also off the bench he can play prop or lock and is prob a back up to Joffa in our best side imo.
