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BlackWhiteGold said:
Very good comeback win to keep our top 5 hopes alive!

Thought we dominated most of the game, just Raiders capitalised early through some poor middle defence from us near the line.

Reuben Porter is not a starting middle, Jayden Tanner is Ron Massey Cup quality & Joe Lovodua's defence lets him down at times.

Whilst some have been critical of Royce, thought helped us get on the front foot along with Vaka Aho & Bailey Hodges. As you said Ted, it's that type of lazy miss which lets him down at times. I also feel that left knee inhibits him & may be a reason why his fitness has been an issue (can't get in the training miles). I wonder whether it needs a clean out.

Other observations ...

Naden just looks class at this level and I also like him at fullback, as his cover defence is good, can chime into the backline, genuinely safe under the high ball, can marshall the troops with his voice & has that bit of x-factor.

Tui'tupou our best once again. He's just a beast and is certainly in career best form from what he showed at the Rabbitohs in 23-24. I think he's drafting himself a contract for next season with his performances these past 2 months.

Taylan May just a good solid 1st hitout. Wasn't helped by our 1st half attack being right side dominant but had a few good runs, a massive tackle, quick play the balls. In racing terms, will be better for the run.

Big Mak in the 2nd half looked very impressive, had much better ball, strong with his carries, quick ptbs as well and got himself a try assist to Tui.

Rahme was strong once again, played 60 mins straight in the middle and showed some decent ball playing. Just ultra consistent. I think with Izaak, he must be under the microscope for a contract next season too.

KMpaz always shows a touch a class at 5/8 which just teases us about his NRL potential. Had a bit more depth in the 2nd half and threw a beautiful ball that put Luke Jack through a gap who found Mak onto Tui'tupou for a try. I'd love to see him at centre at some point. But his ability to play anywhere in the backline except halfback could stand him in good stead moving forward.

Faataape was ok, Lobb was ok and then changed the game with two try-creating aerial wins - we won thanks to the Lobbster, El Zakhem was ok - just this past 4-6 weeks showing this is probably his level, Luke Jack helped set up a try and is a trier but always has a few misses & handling errors in his game which are costly, & Falls was Falls with a better 2nd half and very good kicking game just a bit slow in his attack at times.

Bailey Hodges ... last but not least, his runs on and off the ball & contact in defence helped us significantly in the last 20-25 mins as lock. IMO it is criminal he has been overlooked for a lot of this season with the class & ceiling he possesses. Has just got stuck behind Charlie Murray & Joe Lovodua in Payne's mind it seems but offers a lot more than Tanner & Johannssen who have been regulars. Anyway today's performance will give Aaron Payne a lot to think about. I'd have Hodges ahead of Lovodua as a dummyhalf too. Is the type of player if given an NRL pre-season I reckon would flourish and I know others feel that way too.

Sorry I got on a roll, just happy we won lol
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Great report
 
Nswrl sites shows Taylan May playing center ? Is this not accurate ?
This 5/8 Mapapalangi what is he like ? NRL Potential ?
 
Vicious said:
He has progressed well.
He has shown he is a very confident high energy player, I thought Talllyn showed a little bit more natural talent, but Tristan is a tough seasoned professional and I am very confident he will surprise many in how well he will play on Sunday.
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Be nice if we got a repeat of the game he scored 4 tries and single handedly won us the game coming from miles down.
 
hsvjones said:
I tried to watch this live and signed up to Bar TV as only place I could find Live but they want 19.95 a moth for reserve grade. That nearly the price of Kayo etc... They lower the price they would get more people..
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You do get Flegg as well as a ton of CRL and even Queensland league.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
Very good comeback win to keep our top 5 hopes alive!

Thought we dominated most of the game, just Raiders capitalised early through some poor middle defence from us near the line.

Reuben Porter is not a starting middle, Jayden Tanner is Ron Massey Cup quality & Joe Lovodua's defence lets him down at times.

Whilst some have been critical of Royce, thought helped us get on the front foot along with Vaka Aho & Bailey Hodges. As you said Ted, it's that type of lazy miss which lets him down at times. I also feel that left knee inhibits him & may be a reason why his fitness has been an issue (can't get in the training miles). I wonder whether it needs a clean out.

Other observations ...

Naden just looks class at this level and I also like him at fullback, as his cover defence is good, can chime into the backline, genuinely safe under the high ball, can marshall the troops with his voice & has that bit of x-factor.

Tui'tupou our best once again. He's just a beast and is certainly in career best form from what he showed at the Rabbitohs in 23-24. I think he's drafting himself a contract for next season with his performances these past 2 months.

Taylan May just a good solid 1st hitout. Wasn't helped by our 1st half attack being right side dominant but had a few good runs, a massive tackle, quick play the balls. In racing terms, will be better for the run.

Big Mak in the 2nd half looked very impressive, had much better ball, strong with his carries, quick ptbs as well and got himself a try assist to Tui.

Rahme was strong once again, played 60 mins straight in the middle and showed some decent ball playing. Just ultra consistent. I think with Izaak, he must be under the microscope for a contract next season too.

KMpaz always shows a touch a class at 5/8 which just teases us about his NRL potential. Had a bit more depth in the 2nd half and threw a beautiful ball that put Luke Jack through a gap who found Mak onto Tui'tupou for a try. I'd love to see him at centre at some point. But his ability to play anywhere in the backline except halfback could stand him in good stead moving forward.

Faataape was ok, Lobb was ok and then changed the game with two try-creating aerial wins - we won thanks to the Lobbster, El Zakhem was ok - just this past 4-6 weeks showing this is probably his level, Luke Jack helped set up a try and is a trier but always has a few misses & handling errors in his game which are costly, & Falls was Falls with a better 2nd half and very good kicking game just a bit slow in his attack at times.

Bailey Hodges ... last but not least, his runs on and off the ball & contact in defence helped us significantly in the last 20-25 mins as lock. IMO it is criminal he has been overlooked for a lot of this season with the class & ceiling he possesses. Has just got stuck behind Charlie Murray & Joe Lovodua in Payne's mind it seems but offers a lot more than Tanner & Johannssen who have been regulars. Anyway today's performance will give Aaron Payne a lot to think about. I'd have Hodges ahead of Lovodua as a dummyhalf too. Is the type of player if given an NRL pre-season I reckon would flourish and I know others feel that way too.

Sorry I got on a roll, just happy we won lol
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I agree regarding Hodges. If it were up to me he would be on NRL development and would have been training all year with the NRL side already.
 
Every time I see Makasini he seems bigger !
Him and May delivered what would have been expected from their first hit out.
Tuitupou outstanding (as he has been for awhile).
Great comeback win, keep it going lads.
 
poopy_diaper said:
I agree regarding Hodges. If it were up to me he would be on NRL development and would have been training all year with the NRL side already.
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Yeah hopefully he gets a decent opportunity in Cup over the backend of this season to show his wares as a forward utility. Unfortunately Charlie Murray got the jump on him from Round 1, suspicious as to the reasons why (cough Richo).
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
Yeah hopefully he gets a decent opportunity in Cup over the backend of this season to show his wares as a forward utility. Unfortunately Charlie Murray got the jump on him from Round 1, suspicious as to the reasons why (cough Richo).
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Murray is probably physically advanced- both in age & through competition. He's been Q Cup level for a few seasons now. I'd say this could explain the pecking order.
 
Hunt needs to be returned to nrl bench for impact , should have been in todays winnable game .
Glad May Jnr got a run , hope he keeps it up , shame he didn’t see more ball , that would have given us an idea where he is at , may get a run of the bench in nrl in a few weeks maybe , pending injury to others
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
That is true @The Chad & Charlie has played well. Just the cynic in me.
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Charlie Murray and Bailey Hodges have a lot of similarities as they are both light weight forwards who play tough with plenty of energy and a high work rate.
Both show good line speed when defending and although not damaging ball runners due to their lack of size, they carry the ball at speed and can at times be effective because of it.
I’d say Murray has slightly better ball playing ability if/when used as a first receiver style of 13, however Hodges looks much more efficient when playing dummy half.
I like them both as fringe top 30 players, we possibly have room for someone who can play 13 or 9 in our top 30.
It will be interesting to see if we try and keep them both with Josese Lanyon also emerging.
Lanyon is a bigger body and stronger ball runner, he’s our own version of Siliva Havili. but doesn’t have the work rate or strong defensive work ethic of the other two,
 
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