OFFICIAL Alex Twal #206

2017 was a tough year with not many positives, I think we would of ended up with the spoon if these guys were not unearthed during the season as well as Masters.

Look at Twal he is still young and correct me if I am wrong but played no trials and seemed to have no trouble starting the year in good form.
 
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It's amazing with the Hoof , you don't see too many late bloomers in this day and age , the only other one I can remember in recent memory was Brenton Lawrence

Great life lesson , don't ever give up on your dreams

Keep kicking butt and taking names men

And Donny Brasco my response is the Twoof or Twuth

Or the big , bad ugly Twuth , it's coming to hand your butt on platter #Twuth

Or even better Jack Nicholson "You can't handle the Twuth"
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We have one for normal names showing utmost respect, perfectly fair, we have a twalsenhuith and a twuth which could be used from the abbreviated twalsenhuith when one has consumed too many ambers or when they both pair up for a tackle.
The twuth shall set us free!

These two blokes are rough diamonds, something a few former players could learn from in how to go about your business,
 
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Our forwards are the envy of the league and they don't even know it yet.
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I agree. Certainly the front row at least, but the backrow have been very handy.

Twal and Eisenhuth seem to have the same output and effectiveness irrespective of the level of opposition. Alex's numbers against the kangaroos in the WC were pretty much his intrust numbers and NRL numbers copy and pasted. Likewise this year is a copy and paste of last year despite the lack of trials.

Calling them plodders basically means the 15 minutes before and after half time aren't important and jack Buchanan types wiuld be good enough, but in the past we lost most games in this period.

If our form changes I would be thinking about starting Twal at 10 or Eisenhuth at 13.
 
Twal is a very strong lad. Opposition struggle to twist him onto his back. And he has a nice little step to get between defenders and they struggle to get a good piece of him in the tackle, the guy must be hard as rock.

I do worry a bit about losing ET to injury considering how badly he was limping at the end of the game. I'm sure Eiso is capable of the job when we have possession but it's the 40+ tackles we need to cover…
 
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Our forwards are the envy of the league and they don't even know it yet.

I agree. Certainly the front row at least, but the backrow have been very handy.

Twal and Eisenhuth seem to have the same output and effectiveness irrespective of the level of opposition. Alex's numbers against the kangaroos in the WC were pretty much his intrust numbers and NRL numbers copy and pasted. Likewise this year is a copy and paste of last year despite the lack of trials.

Calling them plodders basically means the 15 minutes before and after half time aren't important and jack Buchanan types wiuld be good enough, but in the past we lost most games in this period.

If our form changes I would be thinking about starting Twal at 10 or Eisenhuth at 13.
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I'm taking into account the experience, the potential the depth of similar ability and the blend if youth and experience.

Every other coach, club and it's supporters would love to have on hand that which we do currently.
 
I can't see that video but I remember it clearly.
The fact that this game ended up 11 penalties a piece and 2 sin binnings a piece is proof that the refs run the show.
The twal sin bin was premeditated, no question. Ref was just waiting for the opportunity.
We all know it was a simple knock on by Penrith but everyone seems to accept it because it was a square up.
 
Penrith sinbin got 3 replays on fox.
I thought i saw a Penrith knockon and was waiting to see what happened with Twal send off..
No replay.
Even Finch's commentary laughed how penrith receive 9 penalties in the first half and us 2 and it completely swings around second half.
Really ordinary reffing tonight by all officials. The fact that both refs missed Clearys knockon just before half time was laughable.
That said, we just not up to it tonight. Penrith was a better side. Our scrambling defense saved us from a hefty scoreline.
 
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Really ordinary reffing tonight by all officials. The fact that both refs missed Clearys knockon just before half time was laughable.
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That was woeful. I was screaming at the telly to just let him score so it would be overturned on review.

Not blaming the refs for loss as they were horrible both ways, but those 2 have absolutely no idea when a player is milking. Very frustrating.
 
Penrith deserved their win, but they are the quickest Team i have ever seen come off their line in defence, offside ? you make up your own mind.
 
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Really ordinary reffing tonight by all officials. The fact that both refs missed Clearys knockon just before half time was laughable.

That was woeful. I was screaming at the telly to just let him score so it would be overturned on review.

Not blaming the refs for loss as they were horrible both ways, but those 2 have absolutely no idea when a player is milking. Very frustrating.
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Nearly as woeful as the one against Brooks that fell about a meter behind him that had everyone bemused. As for milking, calling a player out for it and then penalising MCK earlier put us under unnecessary pressure.

Very poor from the middle officials, but Penrith were a hot side last night and any side would have had a lot of trouble just keeping in touch with them.
 
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Really ordinary reffing tonight by all officials. The fact that both refs missed Clearys knockon just before half time was laughable.

That was woeful. I was screaming at the telly to just let him score so it would be overturned on review.

Not blaming the refs for loss as they were horrible both ways, but those 2 have absolutely no idea when a player is milking. Very frustrating.
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But it was finally picked up at least
 
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Twal wasn't penalised for the 'strip' - the ref told them it was a 10m penalty so it was nothing to do with milking.
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Penalised for within the 10m? Twal was getting into position at second marker, when the guy still on one knee tried to play it and lost it. How could Twal be penalised for being within the 10m, what on the previous play?

If that's what the ref said, it just goes to show that they blow the whistle just because, and then went looking for an excuse.

Like one of the Panthers no try that they sent up… we think they might not have scored, as there was possibly an obstruction, but Tigers were offside anyway... so if no try give the Pennies a penalty. And did the replay check the onside? No chance because then they could be seen as wrong.

We lost to the Panthers mostly because we were outplayed, they were too good, we are awful in attack. But these referees are determining how the games go in a more blatant way than ever before. With most teams so close, unless we are at the absolute top of our game (like vs Storm earlier in the year), when they decide we are going to lose, then it will take a massive effort to overturn that.
 
Basically we lost because from 1 to 17 Penrith were bigger, quicker and more ability. Most of their forwards could match it in a foot race with anyone in our team
 
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