Comparing Grant and Buchanan is a bit tricky. One has 30 NRL games and 30 NSW Cup games experience, the other has about 6-7 games in NSW Cup. Worlds apart in experience and it's no surprise that Buchanan is consequently well ahead at NSW Cup level.
Grant is much bigger and runs much harder than Buchanan did at an equivalent age. Will easily surpass him IMO. May not be a star but a solid first grader is quite possible. Graham is a bit more impact, but a bit smaller than Grant. Who knows what Dallas can do.
That was Lio's best game for a while. Had a real dig, made some decent metres and had good involvement.
Drinkwater showed his limitations today. Really had no idea how to get the team running. The team looked a complete mess. You need a lot more than a couple of grubbers to be a halfback, even at this level. No he never gets any help from the likes of Moltzen, Penani.
Backs are very average, although the match could have been much different if we weren't wrongly disallowed that try to Chance just before halftime. Would have made a huge difference, and another reminder how important video ref/captains challenge is!
Fletcher's been with us long enough though. Need to bring in a bunch of new faces on and off the field.
And its better for Lodge to learn to cut out his brain snaps at nsw cup than in the NRL. People forget he was the youngest player on the field yesterday…!
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