Taniela Tuiaki Injury Thread...

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alexaki

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Ran into Beau and Tuiaki today; great bunch of guys we chatted for a few minutes and took a photo with Beau…Told him his footy show stints are great and how well he's playing at fullback!..From the guys...they said...Tuiaki should be right in 4 weeks; Lui should be back for the souths game!...
 
Awesome news!!! Fingers crossed because an early return from the big fella would be perfect for the Tigers! I don't expect him to be back to his best, but TNT at 50% is better than anything else we have for that position!

How was he walking around Alexaki?
 
tuiaki may become the utility, a fella his size with no real cardio training wont be a walk up start on the wing, he will need some minutes in his legs
 
@Kaiser said:
Awesome news!!! Fingers crossed because an early return from the big fella would be perfect for the Tigers! I don't expect him to be back to his best, but TNT at 50% is better than anything else we have for that position!

How was he walking around Alexaki?
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we have alot of better options then a 50% fit tnt, sheens just wont use them
 
@Kaiser said:
@ron burgandy said:
we have alot of better options then a 50% fit tnt

Not 50% fit… he won't come back into Firsts and be at his best... this is what I am referring to...
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i could of sworn you said tuiaki @ 50% is better then anything else we have in that position? oh wait….yes you did
 
I wonder what training he has been doing while injured? Surely he could do some sort of cardio work.
 
@Snowy said:
I wonder what training he has been doing while injured? Surely he could do some sort of cardio work.
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what ever it is i couldnt be much, he was still limping not so long ago, this injury could of fast tracked his move to second row
 
my guess is a lot up of upper body work with weights and all maybe the bike towards the end but other than that i say it would be quite difficult
 
@Bazzinator said:
my guess is a lot up of upper body work with weights and all maybe the bike towards the end but other than that i say it would be quite difficult
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I don't like the sound of that. Additional upper body weight to a healing ankle… be a great opportunity for another break or exacerbate a slower recovery. I would say he's doing cardio to keep stop the fat creeping.

I dare say we might even see a slimmer TNT this year when he returns.
 
@ron burgandy said:
@Kaiser said:
@ron burgandy said:
we have alot of better options then a 50% fit tnt

Not 50% fit… he won't come back into Firsts and be at his best... this is what I am referring to...

i could of sworn you said tuiaki @ 50% is better then anything else we have in that position? oh wait….yes you did
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50% fit Tuiaki > Fitzhenry
 
@alexaki said:
Ran into Beau and Tuiaki today; great bunch of guys we chatted for a few minutes and took a photo with Beau…Told him his footy show stints are great and how well he's playing at fullback!..From the guys...they said...Tuiaki should be right in 4 weeks; Lui should be back for the souths game!...
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he should be right in 4 weeks to do what exactly? I'm lost now.
 
@Kaiser said:
Awesome news!!! Fingers crossed because an early return from the big fella would be perfect for the Tigers! I don't expect him to be back to his best, but TNT at 50% is better than anything else we have for that position!

How was he walking around Alexaki?
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I saw TNT walk and he looked 100%..
 
to be honest I like alot of others will just be pleased to see him play this season.
when he eventually does return this season, do not expect him to be dominant like he was last season.
lets just sees that he gets thru each game and improves a bit at a time.
 
So Lui's back for Souffs and Tui for the Bye….excellent....
 
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