Round 9: 3,2,1

3 Brooks
2 Bula
1 Koroisau

HM to the rest of the team. The game rewards effort, and the collective effort from everyone got us that win. When Naden was sinbinned, to keep the Panthers from not scoring any tries, was outstanding. Well done boys.

If I had to be critical, probably the weakest part of the game was Wakeham, that short dropout was terrible.
 
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Love the pack, great to see a lot of guys in the backline contribute last night.

Rewatched already, feels good to win.
3. Api - getting into Gareth Ellis levels of love for this blokes football.
2. Stef - seems to be back in form, don't think he was stopped on the first contact often, no glaring errors which had him in front of Klem, just.
1. Can't split Brooks and Twally.

Twal takes a few weeks to get going, but once he is going he stays good if he can stay fit - this is about the 3rd time he has surprised people with his effectiveness because he does seem to come back from injury slower.
 
old_man_tiger said:
Love the pack, great to see a lot of guys in the backline contribute last night.

Rewatched already, feels good to win.
3. Api - getting into Gareth Ellis levels of love for this blokes football.
2. Stef - seems to be back in form, don't think he was stopped on the first contact often, no glaring errors which had him in front of Klem, just.
1. Can't split Brooks and Twally.

Twal takes a few weeks to get going, but once he is going he stays good if he can stay fit - this is about the 3rd time he has surprised people with his effectiveness because he does seem to come back from injury slower.
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Agree with your post.
And I think you nailed the Stef comment - it was his best this year. I hope he takes this form into the rest of the season.
 
stevied said:
This is the most difficult 3, 2, 1 of the year. So many strong performers but here's my take;
3. Klem - truly outstanding work rate and metreage
2. Bula - hard to leave him out with try assist, excellent taking of bombs and the try saver on Cleary
1. Koroisau - such an influential player, just about our best attacker and makes so many critical tackles
Honourable mentions: Twal (really marching up the field at the moment), Toa (another gutsy and penetrative performance), Pole (busy in attack and defence)
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Here's something different - responding to my own post!

Sorry, I know people have finished thinking about the 3, 2, 1, but I really had to share my correction of the points. I just read the thread on the game stats and Alex Twal's were, quite simply, enormous!

*173 run metres
*36 tackles (no misses)

Outstanding! It wasn't just the metres though, it was the quality of the runs in all parts of the field. He really is undervalued and my suggestion that he starts seems to be vindicated. Twal is a worker in attack and defence who doesn't make mistakes. Stef is bigger and more impactful (usually) so he should be on the bench.
My new points for what it's worth;

3 Twal
2 Klemmer
1 Bula

Honourable mentions; Koroisau, Toa (164 metres, whoa!), Pole
*Sorry but it's my opinion that a few good/ excellent kicks do not earn Brooks points. Better but still nowhere near what we need of a first grade halfback.
 
stevied said:
Here's something different - responding to my own post!

Sorry, I know people have finished thinking about the 3, 2, 1, but I really had to share my correction of the points. I just read the thread on the game stats and Alex Twal's were, quite simply, enormous!

*173 run metres
*36 tackles (no misses)

Outstanding! It wasn't just the metres though, it was the quality of the runs in all parts of the field. He really is undervalued and my suggestion that he starts seems to be vindicated. Twal is a worker in attack and defence who doesn't make mistakes. Stef is bigger and more impactful (usually) so he should be on the bench.
My new points for what it's worth;

3 Twal
2 Klemmer
1 Bula

Honourable mentions; Koroisau, Toa (164 metres, whoa!), Pole
*Sorry but it's my opinion that a few good/ excellent kicks do not earn Brooks points. Better but still nowhere near what we need of a first grade halfback.
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Twal cops plenty of crap from some fans, he tackles well and coach staff are getting him to run more effectively.
 
3. Klemmer - provided the go forward to get us down the field. Not pretty but bloody effective.
2. Api - controlled the ruck really well and tackled everything that moved
1. Brooks - Rocks and Diamonds - a charged down kick and a couple of poor decisions to complete the set mixed in with 2 very important 40/20s and the grubber for the try.
 
3 - Brooks
2 - Klemmer
1 - Twal

Massive credit to Brooks who was the best half on the field.

The conditions turned the match into a grinding battle between the two packs and I think Klem and Twal were just a few of our best forwards.
 
stevied said:
*Sorry but it's my opinion that a few good/ excellent kicks do not earn Brooks points.
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I suppose everybody has their own criteria for awarding points.

For me, if Brooks doesn't play on the weekend, we lose the match 8 - 0.

Apart from the two 40/20s which put us in a position to score tries, (one of which he set up himself), we didn't look like scoring.

So, I reckon that's worth points.
 
fibrodreaming said:
I suppose everybody has their own criteria for awarding points.

For me, if Brooks doesn't play on the weekend, we lose the match 8 - 0.

Apart from the two 40/20s which put us in a position to score tries, (one of which he set up himself), we didn't look like scoring.

So, I reckon that's worth points.
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Fair enough!
 
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