Since returning about 3 weeks ago Doueihi has looked dangerous every time he’s touched the ball which has certainly surprised me, I didn’t think he would still have it in him after 3 ACL injuries.
I’ve been critical of Bula for not looking to get involved, submit in tackles and not making any tackle breaks or line breaks, but he done all of this last weekend against the Storm, let’s hope it continues each and every week.
Staines has showed a willingness to hit top speed quickly and charge into the defence. I understand his lighter frame doesn’t allow him to make too many post contact metres, but it’s not from lack of effort or intent. He is also just recently starting to show glimpses of using his speed to advantage, I believe it’s more of a team problem than his own problem in this regard.
To’a definitely has tackle busting and natural attacking ability, we need to hopefully start seeing it on a more consistent basis and he needs a big focus on not missing any tackles.
I wouldn’t totally write Lobb off as a NRL player just yet either. His height is obviously something we need, if he can consistently make good metres with his hit ups out of our danger zone and become a winger we can rely on to make up around 150m per game, he could become very valuable.
I’ve mentioned it a few times lately, but I can’t imagine there are many better 19y.o tackle busting, line breaking centres than Josh Feledy. He lacks a bit of height and doesn’t look overly fast over 50-100m, but he is certainly quick off the mark and quick up until 50m which is good enough to make his mark if he can become a reliable defender.
Heath Mason may have got burnt for pace by the flying Faalago, but he’s a very good high energy attacking player in his own right. He’s a genuine tackle buster with his speed off the mark.
Plenty of our fans rate Luke Laulilli very highly and some also rate Solomone Saukuru quite highly also. I am not confident about those two becoming star NRL players, but I could be wrong and I hope I am.