Covering the loss of Twal

Demps said:
Noticed raiders had Jayden Brailey playing #13 and yesterday it was Daine Laurie.

Twal is an immense loss.
No Sione either.

It's already a hard game, up against the powerhouse that is Penrith.

I'd be selecting:
- Charlie Murray to #13
- Latu on bench
- Ethan Roberts to cover Sione
- Sol Saukura on bench, debut @ backs and backrow coverage.
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That all sounds like a good plan.
 
I think we need a ball runner at 13 not a ball player.

Sione Fainu hasn't impressed me on the edge at all, he tends to just hit them as they bounce off. Very important on the edge to wrap them up, not just stop their momentum. If he isn't ruled out with HIA, I'd start him.

If Sione is out, then you have to trust your NSW Cup development and get Geyer and Roberts at 12/13.

Roberts and Geyer play in the forwards week in, week out. Latu is good at 14, let's keep him there.
 
Demps said:
Noticed raiders had Jayden Brailey playing #13 and yesterday it was Daine Laurie.

Twal is an immense loss.
No Sione either.

It's already a hard game, up against the powerhouse that is Penrith.

I'd be selecting:
- Charlie Murray to #13
- Latu on bench
- Ethan Roberts to cover Sione
- Sol Saukura on bench, debut @ backs and backrow coverage.
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Yeah, we're no hope this weak so give Murray a chance to shine.

Next week, I think Sione at 13 could work, just focus on tackiling hard and take a few strong hit ups through the middle. Give Roberts a go in the backrow.
 
I'd be tempted to go with Latu at 13 and tell him to run, as well as being the link between forwards and backs in the backline sweeps. I'd also have Roberts play an edge with Murray on the bench to cover lock and hooker. I really hope Seyfarth is left out of the 19 altogether with Sakauru taking his place.
 
king_sirro said:
Im of the opinion this next month will be very hard having Sam and Twal out . We need to find a way around this. Just picking someone to play 13 and carrying on as usual isnt an option for me. We need to take an alternate approach. I have 2 options

1. Latu plays lock and we spend a few weeks really focusing on our attack. Play fast, upbeat attacking footy lead by Api, Latu and Jock condensing the opposition middle and moving the ball swiftly to the edges. Run teams around with the ball, blow them away.

2. Pick 2 players to cover Twals loss. Start with someone and tell them just give me 20 minutes of everything you have. Hard line speed and aggression. Then replace him with the 2nd one. It means using an extra interchange or two.

If we pick any sort of middle player and just say go be yourself then we are shot. This is a huge loss and we have to try something to win 2 or 3 games over the next 4 to 6 weeks.
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Who would have imagined this thread at the beginning of the year no one


Good on Twal Superstar and under paid on this year's form
 
If we are going to replace Twally with a like for like, we will need some size. Twal always leads the tackle count and takes the fourth hit up for a fast play the ball. I don’t see Latu doing that. I’d start with Charlie Murray who has been playing well in Cup at lock and Latu at 14. I’d probably go with Tony Sukkar as he is being playing longer minutes in cup in the backrow and let Ethan Roberts develop although he had an impressive debut.
 
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I think the reason Benji might lean towards Seyfatth is that his weaknesses are known.. not an unknown that you can get the team to make up for it

Roberts or Geyer on the other side, their mistakes are unknown.
 
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