TEAM LIST Round 16 vs. Raiders

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Watch out if those two lock horns, couple of crazies going at it would be fun to watch. Although I think Naden will have packed his stupidity away for the rest of the season.
That would have been the deal with Benji if he ever wanted to play first grade again, injuries or no injuries.
I don’t share your confidence.
 
And those rookies have been caught out defensively quite often and have a poor kick positioning in them. What Bula makes up for in attack is defence and consistency. High quality players do step up and take initiative but as a full back there is only so much you can do. So you kinda have to rely on good ball playing to give you time and space to make that play/pass, which he doesn’t get. Otherwise he just has to take those tough carries, which he also does.

One thing I will say is we are not using his aerial ability enough nor is Jahream putting himself in those positions enough. He has got a leap in him and has more often than not come down with it. I do agree though he needs to really perform if we are to win this game.
Full backs also generally take advantage of line breaks and we don’t have a single player who breaks the line regularly.
 
I think we are in trouble today.

Canberra are very good defensively so I don't see us scoring more than 2 tries. They are coming off a bad loss too. Our left side looks slow with AD and Faataape.

I'd be happy if we come within 18 points.
I think with AD there we have a bit more size to start our sets and he offers more creativity. Thought he was good last week with confidence and made solid contact. Hope he gets through with no issues.

Be good to see AD, Naden and Olam in the back 5 moving forward
 
I think we are in trouble today.

Canberra are very good defensively so I don't see us scoring more than 2 tries. They are coming off a bad loss too. Our left side looks slow with AD and Faataape.

I'd be happy if we come within 18 points.

Defensively they have been letting in a heap of points this season, last time they conceded less than 20pts was round 5.

They have actually conceded more points than us this season.

I agree it’s a scary game but I also actually think the Raiders currently are up for grabs if we turn up.
 
I think with AD there we have a bit more size to start our sets and he offers more creativity. Thought he was good last week with confidence and made solid contact. Hope he gets through with no issues.

Be good to see AD, Naden and Olam in the back 5 moving forward
If AD comes back and plays like a pussy I’ll be disappointed. Want to see him run for 150m
 
Interested to see a few things today.

Doueihi is obvious.

Seyfarth vs the Raiders pack. He's been good of late. Need to take advantage of his ability to offload.

Pole starting at Prop for the first time this season.

How they use Heath Mason.

Matamua's involvements. His passing at the line appears to be overlooked on here. I find his use very interesting & wonder if this is what Hastings was supposed to be?
 
Defensively they have been letting in a heap of points this season, last time they conceded less than 20pts was round 5.

They have actually conceded more points than us this season.

I agree it’s a scary game but I also actually think the Raiders currently are up for grabs if we turn up.

Yea interesting. I visualised them as being much better defensively then us, but maybe we can exploit some things.
 
Defensively they have been letting in a heap of points this season, last time they conceded less than 20pts was round 5.

They have actually conceded more points than us this season.

I agree it’s a scary game but I also actually think the Raiders currently are up for grabs if we turn up.
Raiders are a team we just can't seem to beat. I think they're too big for us.
 
These kids keep getting thrown in way before they’re ready. I don’t think it’s good for them.

Melbourne do it the right way with guys like Howarth and Faalogo only coming into first grade when they’re 20/21.
 
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