Round 16 Team After Bye

[Tucker]

Win or continue the slide down the ladder.
I was hopeful of a 12th or better finish, now only time will tell....
No use saying our run starts now like we have heard during various seasons over the years.
The run to finals footy starts from game 1.

Yes 100%.
Most of our games from now on are tough and against either contenders or clubs who like to play us. We need to win most of them to play finals footy.
The games we’ve already dropped are the reason we will struggle to make them.

 

[Tucker]

We’re due a win, been within a bees dick of the cowboys, panthers and souths.

I don’t think any team is due a win in this comp.
The three you’ve named there have been disappointing this year, yet all beat us.
Canberra are a genuine contender. I’d love to beat them, don’t get me wrong…but they will be one of the hardest teams we’ve played this year, so our prep needs to be perfect.

 

[Tom Shines]

I’ve heard a couple of opposition players say that the Raiders are the best team they have played all year …this might be the toughest game WT have left this season …

 

[tiger_one]

They have a bit of fight in them and have turned probable losses into wins.
80 mins please boys.

 

[Speed2burn]

I don’t think any team is due a win in this comp.
The three you’ve named there have been disappointing this year, yet all beat us.
Canberra are a genuine contender. I’d love to beat them, don’t get me wrong…but they will be one of the hardest teams we’ve played this year, so our prep needs to be perfect.

This is true,
But every now and then even top teams slip up lol

Dragons beat Storm
Brisbane thumped Bulldogs
Heck even we have beat Penrith when they were flying and we were absolute crud

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I think we match up well against the Raiders. I think we’ll be competitive with troops back and Hudson Young next to no chance of backing up.

 

[TigerSkins05]

1. Jahream Bula
2. Sunia Turuva
3. Taylan May (pending how he trains for the next 12 days .. if not, A. Doueihi)
4. Starford To'a
5. Jeral Skelton
6. Latu Fainu
7. Jarome Luai (c)
8. Terrell May
9. Api Koroisau (c)
10. Fonua Pole
11. Samuela Fainu
12. Tony Sukkar
13. Alex Twal

Interchange:

14. Heath Mason
15. Sione Fainu
16. Royce Hunt
17. Adam Doueihi (can play centre, number 6 or 13) or Alex Seyfath .. if Doueihi starts

 

[Needaname]

I’ve heard a couple of opposition players say that the Raiders are the best team they have played all year …this might be the toughest game WT have left this season …

Nah playing at Canberra would surely be tougher. Then there is the game in Auckland as well.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

I think we match up well against the Raiders. I think we’ll be competitive with troops back and Hudson Young next to no chance of backing up.

We beat them at Cambo last season so hopefully that messes with their heads, sounds silly but the repeat result happens a lot in the NRL, hell we recently dosed it up to the sharks at LO, time will tell.

 

[Needaname]

Just noticed we play next Friday night.
Does anyone know if the team is training this week or were they having another rest?

 

[Flippedy]

No way May is playing. Will start in cup.

Exactly, you can’t just throw a bloke in after missing a year! He won’t be anywhere near match fit yet, people are nuts.

 

[gallagher]

So good to have Pole back.

 

[Needaname]

Be tough to ask Romey to back up 2 days later and after playing on the other side of the Country. We might see a Mason & Latu halves pairing?

 

[Chunk]

Be tough to ask Romey to back up 2 days later and after playing on the other side of the Country. We might see a Mason & Latu halves pairing?

Yeah true but that’s one reason why he gets paid very well. Plenty of them do it.

 

[TheClaws]

Romey will back up...he is a competitor, whether he should is probably questionable. Raiders are the kind of team we will struggle against, big, mobile outside backs and unstructured attack with second phase play and a great kicking game from Fogarty. Similar to the Warriors and Broncs. I don't have high hopes for this one TBH.

 

[Speed2burn]

Romey will back up...he is a competitor, whether he should is probably questionable. Raiders are the kind of team we will struggle against, big, mobile outside backs and unstructured attack with second phase play and a great kicking game from Fogarty. Similar to the Warriors and Broncs. I don't have high hopes for this one TBH.

Maybe if origin wasn’t in Perth he would .. I have my doubts

I’d say we name 7. Latu 6. Mason

With Luai on the extended bench incAse he does back up

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Good chance Luai might not back up which means we’d probably get Mason/Latu in the halves.

 

[Needaname]

Romey will back up...he is a competitor, whether he should is probably questionable. Raiders are the kind of team we will struggle against, big, mobile outside backs and unstructured attack with second phase play and a great kicking game from Fogarty. Similar to the Warriors and Broncs. I don't have high hopes for this one TBH.

Maybe if origin wasn’t in Perth he would .. I have my doubts

I’d say we name 7. Latu 6. Mason

With Luai on the extended bench incAse he does back up

Good chance Luai might not back up which means we’d probably get Mason/Latu in the halves.

You’ve got to remember it’s not just the game; it’s the preparation before it. Sure he could back up, but Benji would be planning a training run with Latu at 7 and Mason at 6 all week.
I’m not sure when they were training but given it’s next Friday you would have to think Benji wasn’t going to kick off training Monday morning and only allow 4 days to prepare but I’d also doubt with the bye that the haven’t done anything this week;
so we’d be missing Luai for all our sessions.

 

[Flippedy]

Be tough to ask Romey to back up 2 days later and after playing on the other side of the Country. We might see a Mason & Latu halves pairing?

Depends on how easily NSW beat QLD. Might be a training run lol

 

[Flippedy]

You’ve got to remember it’s not just the game; it’s the preparation before it. Sure he could back up, but Benji would be planning a training run with Latu at 7 and Mason at 6 all week.
I’m not sure when they were training but given it’s next Friday you would have to think Benji wasn’t going to kick off training Monday morning and only allow 4 days to prepare but I’d also doubt with the bye that the haven’t done anything this week;
so we’d be missing Luai for all our sessions.

Kinda sucks the Raiders only have one rep also. They’re leading the comp, you’d think they would have more playing Origin.