Thompson
Nofo
Milne
Masters
Fonua (teams deliberately avoid kicking to nofo - arguably Fonua poses more of a threat than MWZ with the kick returns)
Reynolds
Brooks
Sue
Goodinet
Packer
Aloiai
Rochow
Eiso
Twal
JJ
Matulino
Elijah Taylor
Have deliberately left out Lawrence, but am sure he'll be...
Assuming both these guys are out next week and that Idris remains on the sidelines…
You would think the safe option would be to move Kev to centre and put Hunt on the wing
But do you think Cleary would be genuinely entertaining the idea of blooding Marsters in the centres, noting he has been...
1\. James Tedesco
2\. David Nofoaluma
3\. Jamal Idris
4\. MCK
5\. Moses Suli
6\. Mitchell Moses
7\. Luke Brooks
8\. Aaron Woods
9\. Matt McIlwrick
10\. Tim Grant
11\. Sauaso Sue
12\. Chris Lawrence
13\. Elijah Taylor
14\. Matt Ballin
15\. Esan marsters / bayley sironen
16\. Josh Aloiai
17\...
The club reportedly fended off lots of interest in the likes of marsters and suli but Will these guys end up playing first grade this year?
In my humble opinion:
- marsters has to be on the bench in round 1
- paseka needs to eventually find his way into the 17, but as whose expense? Perhaps t...
Big congrats to Lovett. Seemed to be in Walker's face all night tonight and did a good job shutting him down. Stats had him at 33 tackles… the most of in the team. I'm hoping more games = more confidence = more mongrel. Hope he turns out to be our in-house version of Beau Scott.
Lodge seemed to...
I was at the open session today and noticed a couple of things…
Firstly, there were two distinct groups. One being the fringe players the other the first grade side.
Lamar and Funaki were in the first grade group and did not look out of place - they were side by side throughout the drills...
Guys I noticed Matt Lodge's profile has him down as a prop/lock, so if that profile is on the money and he has the motor then why not throw the beast the number 13?
I also think Taupau's 2014 form warrants a starting position in place of Galloway. Yes Galloway will always make metres but...
Fair call on Lawrence.
Let me rephrase… he lacks mongrel and "hustle". You could slap him and he still wouldn't fire back.
Maybe it's a maturity thing. Hopefully he can prove me wrong next year. Build some confidence early in the year and turn out to be our Luke Lewis.
Some are saying that Siro, Sitaleki and Sue will be starting back rowers next year
But is K Lovett a smokey for next year? What was his form like this year in State Cup and as he stepped up and handled the bigger lads? I can recall him in under 20s being tough as nails and he seemed like a...
If my memory serves me correct Patterson couldn't cut it in Wayne Bennett's eyes and taupau wasn't good enough to nab a regular bench spot at the dogs.
Not holding my breath. But hoping to be proven wrong
More excited about brown and Lovett
With our wingers going so well is Potter perhaps thinking about bringing Tuqiri back as a back rower?
Does the training highlights video on the website seem to indicate this?
Would be a handy option to come off the bench particularly with his size, experience and aerial ability.
Surprised no discussion on here about Matt Bell. When is he due back?
IMO he is a very underrated player and arguably our best defensive forward behind Liam Fulton. He tightens up the ruck and will really help the younger forwards when he is out on the field.
His fitness will be flat when he...
IMO Lawrence's problem is that he has very poor lateral movement. This would perhaps explain why he misses lots of tackles. For me, he needs to shift into the second row and model his game off Gareth Ellis. He certainly can hit hard enough but only when in the right position. I will never forget...