Latu Fainu #282

[Dr_Ice]

🤣🤣🤣 Fainu in huge letters incase he forgot his name.

Better than across his neck

 

[Dr_Ice]

So sad was hoping he would have got a full pre-season, on the positive he can still do a lot of the fitness just no contact until the shoulder is ready, the coaches need to work on his tacking style I feel he's one tackle away form a HIA.

Not sure we he goes extra low at times, he hits them perfectly fine with conventional tackles

 

[tigahhh]

tonga missing this guy massively

 

[TheEnz]

tonga missing this guy massively

Iongi has been woeful on both sides of the ball.

 

[Merlot]

tonga missing this guy massively

so are we

 

[Merlot]

his Mamma always laughed wondering why we signed the broken 1

 

[Merlot]

handed out praise , because the smallest got knocked down
If that lady stays happy,we have those boys . Iam itchy about the bros n cuzy's alineing contracts ,it creates a power block , blah blah

 

[Needaname]

tonga missing this guy massively

It’s our former player Tui Lolohea that they miss the most.

 

[Needaname]

It’s our former player Tui Lolohea that they miss the most.

Why do you laugh? He was the sole playmaker that took Tonga to the World Cup final.

 

[upthetigers]

Why do you laugh? He was the sole playmaker that took Tonga to the World Cup final.

One of the worst players to ever put on the wests tigers jersey

 

[Sully]

Why do you laugh? He was the sole playmaker that took Tonga to the World Cup final.

Tonga never made the World cup final it was Samoa.

Lolohea was better at organising the team though.

 

[Merlot]

One of the worst players to ever put on the wests tigers jersey

showed grit at times - but just in a line of wanna b's.
Some miracle may happen 1 day and we get professional ,

 

[Needaname]

Tonga never made the World cup final it was Samoa.

Lolohea was better at organising the team though.

Apologies, Might have been the Semi then. My mind casts back to the controversial no strip by Elliot Whitehead on Andrew Fifita.

 

[Sully]

Apologies, Might have been the Semi then. My mind casts back to the controversial no strip by Elliot Whitehead on Andrew Fifita.

No need to apologise, Tonga have been good of recent time but this last Pacific championship they have been quite poor.

 

[groucher]

Doesn’t look like he had shoulder reco surgery after all despite what Richo said some 6 weeks ago.. he’s back in the training video today and nothing wrapped on either shoulder?

 

[jrtiger]

Doesn’t look like he had shoulder reco surgery after all despite what Richo said some 6 weeks ago.. he’s back in the training video today and nothing wrapped on either shoulder?

had a no contact bib on. he's had surgery.

 

[Kelce68]

Doesn’t look like he had shoulder reco surgery after all despite what Richo said some 6 weeks ago.. he’s back in the training video today and nothing wrapped on either shoulder?

Depending on the nature of the surgery and individual comfort, after certain range restriction time frames, it's not uncommon.

Latu didn't have a full structural reco from what I could see, so it may have been a more minor arthro.

Recovery time on those vary widely from under a month in some minor cases to up to 6 months in others.

Contact will probably be avoided for a fair while regardless, but the training images are pretty encouraging so far for things having gone well.

I was always suspicious that Latu would get a lot more of the pre season than people were suspecting.

Shoulders can vary a lot in terms of severity and recovery time.

 

[weststigerman]

had a no contact bib on. he's had surgery.

If he’s on the field training now, surely in 4 months time he should be ready to play I would have thought.

 

[426Tlgerland]

had a no contact bib on. he's had surgery

Where can we view the training video

 

[jrtiger]

If he’s on the field training now, surely in 4 months time he should be ready to play I would have thought.

Jahream had the same surgery around R21 last year and didn’t get on the field til R2. if Latu’s on a similar return to play protocol and he got his surgery after R27 then we might not see him til R8.

not saying that’ll be the case, but just something to be mindful of.