Kurtis Rowe [Discussion]

I agree with others. He is our third string fullback. And plays like it. He is a long way behind teddy, but not so far behind moltzen IMO. He is strong under the high ball and does his best in other areas. The other two are injuried so give him ago.

We should keep our other back line were they are and doing so well.

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I agree with others. He is our third string fullback. And plays like it. He is a long way behind teddy, but not so far behind moltzen IMO. He is strong under the high ball and does his best in other areas. The other two are injuried so give him ago.

We should keep our other back line were they are and doing so well.

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Not up to it.

Not enough time in Reggies to find his feet.

It is a hard situation as I have been told Simona has bulked up for centre and does not have the motor for 80 at fullback.

If Teddy were gone for the season I would rush Abou-Sleiman in and punt Rowe but it is a rock and a hard place situation
 
It is just clear he is not big enough at this stage and doesn't have the speed to compensate.

He is having a red hot go so I will not fault him but his nerves are obvious.
 
Rowe is gaining experience as he play in the NRL. Give him the opportunity he deserves , he will improve as he gains experience.Tedesco improved out of sight this year and I feel Rowe will do the same later on.Rowe is getting better with each additional game under his belt.I will leave him there. He is doing a job best he could. I wouldn't leave any of the other backs in this role. Patty and Nofo or Simo should stay in their current role which they are doing an excellent job.Rowe will be a star of the future, when his time arrives, meanwhile this is a learning curve for him.
 
So over the weekend i make my way down to Belmore Sports Ground to not only support our NSW Cup boys against the doggies but to also watch Daniel Abou-Sleiman play his 1st game at fullback for the Tigers after being fast tracked up from Ron Massey cup after only 3 games for the Magpies. For those of you who don't know who this kid is, he was a Bulldogs jr with plenty of potential who played fullback for their under 20s & NSW Cup team before being released to head to Japan last year to play rugby union. When the fulltime whistle was blown i sat there like all of the Tigers fans there with HUGE smile on my face, not only because the boys had smashed them off the park but also because Sleiman in my opinion had played the most complete game by a fullback in NSW Cup for the last couple of years! His positional play and support around the ruck, his onfield talk and his contact to me was heads and shoulders above where Curtis is right now in his development. He made some good returns, half breaks and even scored on debut.

When Rowe was selected to replace Teddy i posted on here that IMO he wasn't quite ready for 1st grade and that he was still trying to find his feet in NSW Cup,
he lacked 1st grade contact in trying to stop tries and was tentative on kick returns and hitting holes. But to minimize major reshuffling it was a move that had to be made given the situation we were in without Teddy. Rowe is a kid with plenty of potential and a future star but atm he is swimming with the sharks who will keep circling until he finds and starts building confidence. I think Sleiman will be given the nod ahead of Rowe to cover Teddy in the future, and a few more games in NSW Cup will only add pressure on Rowe to improve and retain the no.1 jersey in reggies!!
 
I think we could move nofo to fullback and bring koro on the wing…..would give us much more in attack and I don't think defence would be greatly effected.

Rowe is ok but reminds me of hodgo on one leg.....at least Rowe is catching the ball, something moltz, lote and utai had a big aversion to.
 
Dan was very good in NSW Cup. I do not rate Rowe at this stage of his development.

However we have to be very careful how we use our second tier cap so you almost have to keep things as they stand
 
@Sabre said:
When he was at the Dogs Hasler had very big wraps on him.
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Alot of the Dogs 1st graders were there at the game, they're probably wishing they had kept him now! lol 😕 :sign:
 
Moving Simona out of position to bring back Lulia, who to date has shown nothing, makes no sense at all. You'd be getting a *possible* gain at full back and a big drop off at centre.

Rowe's been ok for mine - solid defensively at least. He's clearly not ready for first grade yet but he's not letting the side down and obviously he's there as a make-do measure. Hopefully it'll be good for him long term to get this experience and see where he needs to improve.

My personal view was that if we could go 2/5 in this spell without Farah, Tedesco and Sironen then we'd be pretty well placed for the rest of the season. We've had the best possible start and in that context it seems silly to start chopping and changing areas of the lineup we hope will be settled for the back half of the season. This is the only reason why I can stomach Anasta keeping his place.

Having said that, the news on the kid in reggies is interesting. In an ideal world it would be good to have a backup full back who is both solid defensively and offers something in attack.
 
@smeghead said:
Dan was very good in NSW Cup. I do not rate Rowe at this stage of his development.

However we have to be very careful how we use our second tier cap so you almost have to keep things as they stand
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As usual, you're right Smeg. Whilst injuries are hitting us, we have to be realisitic with who we can use as cover given the salary cap constraints. I'm not sold on Rowe, but it looks like he'll have to do for now.
 
Id put Nofa at FB and bring up Koro,

Im sorry but I dont think he is ready…looked very good in u/20's.

More time in reggies.

But knowing Potter I think he will persist with him and thats fair enough I guess.
 
The problem is Rowe has practically gone from NYC to NRL. Not many players can make that step up directly and he certainly isn't one of the few that can (eg Brooks).

He's only had a few games at NSW Cup. He was far from a standout at that level. Poor if anything. He needs time at NSW Cup level to acclimatise to the higher speed, skills and strength of playing with adults.

The only other option is to reshuffle the backline which Potter seems reluctant to do. We've won 2/2 with Rowe at the back so i can't see him getting dropped, yet. Another poor performance and he'll be very close to being out!
 
@WTDiehard said:
I think we could move nofo to fullback and bring koro on the wing…..would give us much more in attack and I don't think defence would be greatly effected.

Rowe is ok but reminds me of hodgo on one leg.....at least Rowe is catching the ball, something moltz, lote and utai had a big aversion to.
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This is the only idea that could work with minimal impact to accommodate big T and allow Rowe to go back and get a state cup season under his belt
 
i don't know what he offers.
seems to run at players and not away.no deception in speed or footwork.
looks a speed bump in defense.

not sure how long we can get away with our current 1 and 6.
 
He is a back up player, and is performing well enough for that IMO.

He has been able to clean up almost all attacking kicks and has taken a lot of balls on the full.

He is not a great ball carrier at this stage, but he hasnt been getting monstered and has manage to get reasonable play the balls so our sets have started ok.

You are not going to get super performances from tier 2 key position players.
 
@bonstonker said:
i don't know what he offers.
seems to run at players and not away.no deception in speed or footwork.
looks a speed bump in defense.

not sure how long we can get away with our current 1 and 6.
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That's what I'm seeing.

We have been lucky our last two games but how long will it last.

IMO time to change it up.
 
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