Tom Shines
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Why the switch ..: ? We got two good lefties already
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Why the switch ..: ? We got two good lefties already
Tom Shines
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Suaalii in talks to join Chiefs in 2028…
Are we sure he doesn’t want to come here instead ? We can send Toa to PNG right …
Are we sure he doesn’t want to come here instead ? We can send Toa to PNG right …
Yes he’s looking at options apparently. Saints are circling due to losing Cook, I think we should make a better offer. By God we could’ve used him now!
Let me start by saying yes, the interpretation keeps changing and it is somewhat a farce. And whilst I don't really care one way or the other about injury affecting outcome The Hammer one on Dearden was so poorly handled. Likely a bin if Dearden left the field to not even a penalty beggars belief.
However the 'kids are literally taught to tackle the legs" line that you and many others share shows a misunderstanding of the rule. Tackling the legs is fine and in fact encouraged. Grabbing the waist and landing on legs is the issue. Grab legs first or slide down so your handling legs rather than waist is what defenders are supposed to do.
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I guess we’ll have to wait and see, also would it not be too early for 90% of players to negotiate for 2028. Unsure with how union contracts operate but most of these conversations should be happening post November 1 right?
Tom Shines
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Suaalii is a Rugby player … he can do what he pleases
In reality, you don’t get a choice when it’s all happening at break leg speed. Not sure if and when you played, but we’re talking about desperate tackles in most cases. Players just do what they can to bring the guy down and accidental contact with the lower leg occurs.
Pre-meditated hip drops, I have no issue with penalising And they are obvious when they happen.
I worry because his development has been disrupted with injury and now we disrupt his game time.
Compare it to how Manly and Bulldogs (Woods) are bringing on their halves. Lots of game time in Reserve grade, or how Storm brought on Grant etc.
I would start Charlie Murray for the first half hour.
mtd#2
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I didnt think Woods has played a game in ages as a result of injury
Yeah, he may be still injured. Maybe Dogs not perfect example. Point is Latu debut was 18 then a big pile of disruption with the plan to rebuild him very hard to see right now.
TigerBurnsy
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Where there’s smoke there’s fire
GNR4LIFE
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I‘ll be stunned if Lomax doesn’t reach out to PNG. He doesn’t mind a buck.
Tiger_claws
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I watched him destroy a very good opposition centre in SG Ball a couple of years ago & was told by a Dogs official he would be a Bulldog for life. Crazy they let him go. I followed his progress since that day. Was always going to be a very good nrl player
Tiger_Fanatic3
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Teenage centre Glassie Glassie has re-signed with WT until the end of 2028, per his management
tiger05premier
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He probably has already
But they are probably worried he will only stay for one training session with a clause stating that he only had to show up for the one session
I get what you are saying. I don't think anyone pre-meditates hip drops and no-one is seeing a defender slice through the line and thinking about how should I make this tackle. They are simply reaching out and doing what they can.
However...there was a shift away from legs tackles probably about 10-15 years ago due to the fast play the balls that followed (about the time I was finishing up playing footy at any meaningful level for reference of when I was playing). The result is this current generation no longer tackled legs, they grabbed and wrestled. The hip drop wasn't introduced to injure players, it was to better position yourself to wrestle. When this is what you practice it becomes what you do. Players now need to practice a different way to tackle so that their default is not a hip drop. That different way is the legs tackles that was taught 30 years ago when I was young.
P.s. I now feel like an old man.
Perfect example of thinking junior stars can dominate NRL straight away and not giving them time to adapt to the better standard. Alamoti was very dominate in all the junior rep competitions and made the NSW age teams. Came into Bulldogs first grade at a young age and expected to be great from day 1
