OFFICIAL Solomone Saukuru #313

I can't believe how much flak this kid who's played a handful of NRL gets about his defence. Defence is very teachable, he'll learn. Finding the tryline and running at gaps is as rare as hen's teeth in our squad. He's a great re-signing.
On the other hand the same people bagging his defence are worried Seyfarth will leave. A guy who has played 114 games, who offers nothing in attack and missed 7 tackles in our last game. The game before that he also missed 7, he missed 6 in the game before that. He's a Ron Massey standard player that gets love on here because he runs around getting red in the face like a demented circus monkey.
It's bizarre.

To put that number in perspective it's as many tackles as Twal missed all year.
 
innsaneink said:
Official yet?

Hopefully we get a capable defence coach....Solo needs help tackling as well as in defense as a system
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He struggles sometimes with contact, thats a mental thing that should be fixed. He also struggle with good footwork. Im thinking at centre he is in a position where he is in two minds way too often and that contributes to exposing his weakness. Maybe on the wing will be a better spot for him
 
Oscar Martinez said:
I can't believe how much flak this kid who's played a handful of NRL gets about his defence. Defence is very teachable, he'll learn. Finding the tryline and running at gaps is as rare as hen's teeth in our squad. He's a great re-signing.
On the other hand the same people bagging his defence are worried Seyfarth will leave. A guy who has played 114 games, who offers nothing in attack and missed 7 tackles in our last game. The game before that he also missed 7, he missed 6 in the game before that. He's a Ron Massey standard player that gets love on here because he runs around getting red in the face like a demented circus monkey.
It's bizarre.

To put that number in perspective it's as many tackles as Twal missed all year.
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Well said.

I'd put Solomone on a similar trajectory to someone like Kautoga who just needed a bit more time in a professional environment in order to develop his skills.
 
Solo is not dissimilar to Simi Sasagi.

Newcastle fans were often critical of Sasagi's defence on an edge (backrow/centre) before he moved to Canberra.

Now Sasagi is 25yo and playing career best football and seems to be quite good defensively from what I have seen.

Solo just needs to keep developing & working on all areas of his game & fitness.
 
timmo said:
Well said.

I'd put Solomone on a similar trajectory to someone like Kautoga who just needed a bit more time in a professional environment in order to develop his skills.
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Kautoga had big wraps on him at the Sharks was happy when we picked him up but then bye bye
 
Oscar Martinez said:
I can't believe how much flak this kid who's played a handful of NRL gets about his defence. Defence is very teachable, he'll learn. Finding the tryline and running at gaps is as rare as hen's teeth in our squad. He's a great re-signing.
On the other hand the same people bagging his defence are worried Seyfarth will leave. A guy who has played 114 games, who offers nothing in attack and missed 7 tackles in our last game. The game before that he also missed 7, he missed 6 in the game before that. He's a Ron Massey standard player that gets love on here because he runs around getting red in the face like a demented circus monkey.
It's bizarre.

To put that number in perspective it's as many tackles as Twal missed all year.
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I bagged his defence, And I've lost zero sleep over Seyfarth leaving.
 
He is doing well in the Fiji game against Cook Islands today. Hopefully he can play like this for the Tigers this coming season cause he looks lively. Would he be in our starting lineup for next season?
 
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