LIVE GAME Round 2 v Cowboys

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mtd#2 said:
Brain dump.

I just checked, and the ref missed what should have been 10 in the bin in the first few minutes - there were 3 x 6 agains in the one movement.

It also looks like the team was practising set pieces in the off season. A few of those moves from the scrum looked top notch. There was one scrum that was called back but our boys were so confident they simply ran the same play again.

Terrell was solid without standing out. I thought he was punching the line a bit more today. I love when he gets the ball in broken play the way he treats it like a game of touch. Its only a matter of time before he puts someone through a hole or scores himself.

I will eat my words, Royce Hunt actually had an impact. I am still not convinced, but he looked better than last year thats for sure.

Samuela is a beast and only getting better. Sign him up ASAP.

KPP, 2 metre ball playing backrower with an offload. What that an astute signing... at what like 600k?

Douhei played at the line without fear. Latu has alot of catching up to do if hes going to replace him. His try was a result of his persistence testing the line.

Jarome looks back to his best and a far better 6 than 7. Id take him over Galvin anyday.

Turuva... I didnt know he had it in him to play centre so well.

Twal had one of the best games I've ever seen him play.

Api... to think there were people here were wanting to push tds in ahead of him. Today he showed us why hes paid what he is.

Skelton, i thought he was great. We should be resigning him for the right price asap..hes solid and sure can score a try.

Seyfarth did a job, I think he will play some of his best footy this year coming off the bench this year.

Makasini was never going to live up to the hype of the panthers match, but he didnt look out of place. I am suprised a kid so young has been up to it.

Bula did his job despite some of the criticism here... today it proved to me that no matter if he intends to be here in 2028 or not, we activate that clause for 27... we would be absolutely stupid to let him go.

Pole does a job, but I didn't notice him much. He and Royce hunt had very similar stats.

Lukey boy, theres something electric about him... I see why he was selected... its just the errors.

Sionie, didnt really notice him. Similar to Pole, probably just did a job..

Taylan May, only played 15 mins but we know he is the goods.

FMD - what a game.
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Most teams.will go the same play off an attacking scrum if the original.is.pinged for offside....the attacking team.knows another infringement is an.auto sin bin

Terrel actually annoys me bouncing off players left and the right ...always across field...we either need someone hitting a hole.off him or he just runs.it straight
 
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Merlot said:
only watch our games these days , Do you consume a lot of league? noticed any smart plays with a so called extended bench,or same old same old?
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Forgot about extended bench just commenting on 14 to 17.
Don’t watch a lot Only got Chanel 9 so limited on who to watch. I do however watch about 40% tigers games a few days later when they appear on the webpage. Sometimes only to see a perspective from the match thread, sometimes exited/disappointed by the score. I still play local league
 
I went to the game yesterday - here’s my thoughts:

- tigers have so many attacking weapons, and even our halves are serious run threats. Douehi and Luai look great together an will only get better.
- you could see the cowboys struggled with our physicality - we are bigger and stronger than last year, but especially our younger boys
- im yet to watch it back, but it looked like cowboys made fairly easy yardage thought middle, mainly when Terrell went off. This is understandable though as we had 1 game less match fitness and you could see tigers were feeling the pace of the game at points.
- If T May didn’t go off I doubt we would have conceded as many points - Turuva filled in but he was backing off in defence in centres and made it easier for cowboys to gain ground
- our goal line wasn’t really tested that much. Better teams will obviously do that.

In Summary, we are a different side this year, bigger, stronger and more threats across the park. It’s hard to tell just how well we went given the cowboys were so bad, but it’s definitely a great start to the year.

Souths will be a very different proposition.
 
Mighty_Tiger said:
Pole was gassed after 10mins and he was ineffective with the ball. Just looked off the pace all game. If he is to start each week needs to pick his game up.

Hunt was alot more effective in his time on the park and looked good, at least bent the line and created space.

Bula was bog ordinary, lacked speed and cohesion in the spine. His work rate isn’t even close to the best fullbacks in the comp. Needs to pick his game up.

Skelton should be picked always infront of Luke, it shouldn’t be a question.
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Luke is still so young. He won’t make 4 errors again. I’d be persevering with Luke to start for a few more weeks. His off the mark speed so much better.

Skelton has errors in him too, just didn’t make any yesterday.

I see your point though.
 
mtd#2 said:
Just finished watching it back.

We've clearly worked on scrum plays.

Laulilii try before half time.
Bula's giving Jarome the look right before he feeds the scrum. Bula passes to Luai. Makasini lines up to get the ball, drawing in a defender, but runs the decoy and Luai passes to Bula, whl has looped all the way around after feeding the scrum, to create the overlap, and proceeds to draw in the winger, and times the pass perfectly for Laulilii to finish.

Skelton try in 71st minute.
Douhei feeds the scrum. Api picks it up from lock, douhei has pushed out to run the overs line, but Api passes to Turuva who is running the unders line. Turuva sucks in some defenders and offloads to douhei who puts skelton away in the corner.
** if douhei could get wider a bit faster, he would have the overlap to set skelton up, straight off api.

2mins to go - didnt work.
Bula feeds the scrum. Siones at lock and throws a long ball to Douhei. Bula runs around the back again behind douhei, douhei has either turuva on the unders line but throws to skelton in a long cut out running the overs..
** this one didnt work because the cowboys scrum broken and sprinted toward that sideline. It was actually really good scramble from them.
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That scrum at 2 mins to go - the first was called back and Luai gave Sione a look and a half for stuffing it up - JL fed the scrum and ran to the right to create the extra man. Obviously Sione was meant to pick up and feed to the right but ran the ball instead.
 
jadtiger said:
Mate i am 73 and i remember when i first paid 27c for a sc 🤣 hooner,i was so angry it had gone up a cent.I was still at school and an extra cent was horrific to my budget.
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Similar age mate (little bit younger but not by much) and I remember paying 28 cents in the lounge bar where it was a 1 or 2 cent premium because you could chat up the ladies. 🤣
 
jadtiger said:
We won but just as well we did not play a good side,we did not respect the ball enough imho and our defence was very scratchy.Still a win is always welcome and i am sure Benji will know we have to improve and work on it at training.
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Totally agreed.

I am glad to be in our position, as opposed to the Dragons who honestly were the only loosing side that seemed to try their guts out.. (the rest, seemed to be wipeouts. Ok Manly vs Canberra).

This season is the real test for Benji. We clearly have a squad that can be something. Not a top 4 squad but def top 8 squad.
 
Overall for our first comp game we were good. Has to be noted the Cowboys were diabolical and the six again blitz by the NRL were also contributing factors. I guess we have to wait for about another five weeks to make any real judgement on how our season might pan out. Certainly looks more promising than it has in recent times.

This year will be all about iceing a majority of the close games and their seems to be some cool heads for a change
 
mtd#2 said:
Brain dump.

I just checked, and the ref missed what should have been 10 in the bin in the first few minutes - there were 3 x 6 agains in the one movement.

It also looks like the team was practising set pieces in the off season. A few of those moves from the scrum looked top notch. There was one scrum that was called back but our boys were so confident they simply ran the same play again.

Terrell was solid without standing out. I thought he was punching the line a bit more today. I love when he gets the ball in broken play the way he treats it like a game of touch. Its only a matter of time before he puts someone through a hole or scores himself.

I will eat my words, Royce Hunt actually had an impact. I am still not convinced, but he looked better than last year thats for sure.

Samuela is a beast and only getting better. Sign him up ASAP.

KPP, 2 metre ball playing backrower with an offload. What that an astute signing... at what like 600k?

Douhei played at the line without fear. Latu has alot of catching up to do if hes going to replace him. His try was a result of his persistence testing the line.

Jarome looks back to his best and a far better 6 than 7. Id take him over Galvin anyday.

Turuva... I didnt know he had it in him to play centre so well.

Twal had one of the best games I've ever seen him play.

Api... to think there were people here were wanting to push tds in ahead of him. Today he showed us why hes paid what he is.

Skelton, i thought he was great. We should be resigning him for the right price asap..hes solid and sure can score a try.

Seyfarth did a job, I think he will play some of his best footy this year coming off the bench this year.

Makasini was never going to live up to the hype of the panthers match, but he didnt look out of place. I am suprised a kid so young has been up to it.

Bula did his job despite some of the criticism here... today it proved to me that no matter if he intends to be here in 2028 or not, we activate that clause for 27... we would be absolutely stupid to let him go.

Pole does a job, but I didn't notice him much. He and Royce hunt had very similar stats.

Lukey boy, theres something electric about him... I see why he was selected... its just the errors.

Sionie, didnt really notice him. Similar to Pole, probably just did a job..

Taylan May, only played 15 mins but we know he is the goods.

what a game.
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Hunt looked great live. Looks a different player to last. Getting through his work defensively while providing alot of impact over a longer period of time
 
That is our best performance in the first game of a season I can remember. If someone can think of a better effort I'd love to know - maybe 2000 vs Broncos?

They were fit, physical and well drilled. Well done to the coaching staff.
 
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