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I’m hoping Api and Bula are named. That should strengthen us. Hopefully To’a is against Parra if he’s fit. Personally I’d drop Galvin and put Fainu in at 5/8. I’d start Bird at lock too, and push Twal to the bench along with Pole. I’d have Hunt start.

We’re going to have to be patient with Mason. He really hasn’t played a whole lot of fullback in lower grades and he needs time to adjust and improve. His versatility is probably a hindrance in that sense because it’s hard to pinpoint his best position. Kind of reminds me of Tim Moltzen. I...

That’s an absurd amount of money for a 19 year old middle forward……

I thought Benji’s use of the interchange was really poor. May was gassed and struggling yet hadn’t had a spell, and I think the fatigue in the middle could have been avoided. Just shows how far we’re behind other clubs. We’re either unfit or poorly coached (or both).

There’s some positives and a lot of negatives. We faded and again handling errors just put too much pressure on our defence. The amount of missed tackles is a concern but at times our line speed and contact were improved. Luai is just a competitor. He directed well and looked like one of our...

I’m worried about our centre pairing apart from that I think the lineup was the best we could have named given injuries. Is To’a out? Not named in reserves and I thought he would have been starting centre if fit. I really like our bench actually and our starting pack though.

Yeah he was. Around the time of the dragons loss from memory. He had the broken hand at the time.

I’m not sure Galvin is the biggest fan of Benj. He asked for a release when Sheens was sacked and Benji stepped into the top job. His parents also raised concerns about the quality of coaching when he asked for a release last year.

Most clubs are going to make a strong play at Galvin and given he’s repeatedly asked for a release I’d say he’s likely to leave. In saying that I can’t remember if we ever had this much depth in the halves. Luai, Galvin and Fainu then AD as another backup if those three are injured/out of form...

My bad I misremembered the situation. Looks like the NRL stated $900,000 came out of Souths cap when there was criticism of him signing with Warrington.

Fair point. I hope you’re right.

Yeah he was signed this year and next. Completely agree it seems to be inconsistent. Souths managed to get Burgess and Inglis medically retired and Inglis went on to play a few more games for Warrington afterwards I’m sure. I can see this being seen as a chronic injury though so by the...

Terrible news for Olam and the club. I don’t like our chances of securing a medical exemption given he has a history of knee injuries. I guess stranger things have happened though. Best case scenario we get the exemption and secure an able replacement for this year. Otherwise we might have to...

Yeah I find it a little odd as well. He had two average trial games and is still 19/20 years old. He’s still eligible for Flegg and tbh in my opinion I don’t think he actually played too terribly on either game. He’s played well in first grade and should start the season with Api out...

I think so. I seem to remember Moltzen calling out the Dr and there being an overhaul of medical staff at some stage.

Klemmer was probably surplus to requirements and on too much money. I thought he played well his first year with us but last year he just looked like he was moving through wet cement. He struggled with the speed of the ruck in so many games and it looked like his legs were gone. There were...

Yeah he did his ACL in 2010, then again in 2013 which opened up an opportunity for Teddy to move to fullback. Then coming back from his ACL injury he fractured the kneecap. I remember everyone was confused because it happened when there was no contact and he was just running which was really...

On another note, Matterson was atrocious for the Eels. No wonder they’re trying to move him on.

I thought Lote brought it out of our own end well enough in 2010, 2011 granted it’s been a while since I’ve watched those games. TT was the best at it though. We’ve never had a winger like that.

Yeah that was a brilliant hit. He’s what we’ve been missing in the outside backs. Haven’t had a winger that could bring it out of our own end like that since Tuqiri.