We don't have a good 14 able to cover hooker. Unless Latu can be turned into one. But his shoulder fragility is a worry. Latu's long kicking game needs some work, but it's better than Luai's.
When Latu went off against Titans, we had a terrible kicking game. Our fatigue meant they were able to...
My reflections on Wests Tigers season:
*Definite improvement.
*Benji coaching, pass mark.
Highlights:
*wins over 3 top 8 sides Roosters, Bulldogs, Sharks
*Emergence of May brothers, Fainu brothers, Makasini.
*Doueihi's late season run at halfback
*some talented juniors on the horizon...
Madden was signed for depth. We keep losing halves to injury. Madden is better than Mason and more experienced, if we have to have a backup half on the bench as we did today. Hopefully we won't see Mason in the 17 in 2026.
I was sitting right across the aisle from Richo at the spoon bowl. It was obvious how angry he was. I thanked him afterwards for all he'd done for the club.
We should beat the last placed Titans.
But we haven't won the last round since 2017. We've only won 2 last round games in the last 13 years. 4 of those losses, we coughed up 50 points or more.
We narrowly beat Titans at Leichhardt this year. If they could beat Dolphins today, then us, they...
Exactly. We got our win over Galvin’s new team. From now on, he shouldn't matter to us any more than any other former player.
You could see by the way the Tigers players including Luai were friendly towards Galvin post match that they've put it behind them.
Not sure Bird was dropped. Not named for the Magpies Cup side:
1. Mason
2. Tu’itupou
3. Staines
4. Mapapalangi
5. L. Laulilii (19s)
6. Naden
7. Falls
8. K. Laulilii
9. Hope
10. Taateo
11. Jack
12. El-Zakhem
13. Murray
14. Lobb
15. Rahme
16. Porter
17. Aho
Pretty sure Benji will still be in charge round 1 2026, unless there is a string of disastrous losses leaving us with another spoon. Which is a possibility.