TigerBurnsy
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Latu isn’t a hooker or lock though, so it’s unfair to compare him with those stats, that would be like putting madden at prop and wondering why his numbers for running meters tackle busts etc are so low
Latu Fainu #282
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Eca
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With teams putting their backup halves in the centres like roosters even backup fullbacks, Blaize even played there last weekend, and with our shortage in this area, why havent they tried Latu there? With his history of injuries placing him in the middle tackling big boys seem silly.
BlackWhiteGold
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I remember watching Latu playing hooker for Tonga a couple of off-seasons ago against England I think it was.
I thought then he was not a dummy half. It was evident it didn't look natural to him, slowish service not passing off the ground & lack of instinct to run.
Halbrowne61
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As a big AD fan I’ve been trying to work out what his best position might be.
He was always steady as a full back but never dynamic and his games as a centre were pretty mediocre.I always thought he could be a great right centre, à la Mark Gasnier but that never happened. It was only when he got closer to the ball that he seemed to add a spark that had been missing. He straightened the attack,made line breaks and seemed tailor made for that position.
What’s happened now is I don’t think he has any confidence in anyone around him to run the right play or make a break. This means he’s encroaching on others capabilities. Now whether Benji has given him carte Blanche or he’s just taken it upon himself I don’t know.( Remember, his ambition à couple of years ago was to captain the side).
Against Newcastle Luai needn’t have played because he ran no plays, rarely
Kicked and more or less just left it to Douehi. I can’t see Benji moving Douehi or Luai anytime soon so it will only be a desperation move for Latu to come on.
I think things will work better if we have AD on the right and JL on the left, both playing to the max.
We’ll just have to hope, then wait and see.
He was always steady as a full back but never dynamic and his games as a centre were pretty mediocre.I always thought he could be a great right centre, à la Mark Gasnier but that never happened. It was only when he got closer to the ball that he seemed to add a spark that had been missing. He straightened the attack,made line breaks and seemed tailor made for that position.
What’s happened now is I don’t think he has any confidence in anyone around him to run the right play or make a break. This means he’s encroaching on others capabilities. Now whether Benji has given him carte Blanche or he’s just taken it upon himself I don’t know.( Remember, his ambition à couple of years ago was to captain the side).
Against Newcastle Luai needn’t have played because he ran no plays, rarely
Kicked and more or less just left it to Douehi. I can’t see Benji moving Douehi or Luai anytime soon so it will only be a desperation move for Latu to come on.
I think things will work better if we have AD on the right and JL on the left, both playing to the max.
We’ll just have to hope, then wait and see.
His mother did warn us that he was always out injured.
Who’d a thought mum knows best
