Tino Tavana #305

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

‘Almost kicked out’: The rise of Tigers debutant who wants to ‘secure a better future’ for his family

‘Almost kicked out’: The rise of Tigers debutant who wants to ‘secure a better future’ for his family

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Milky]

You would hope there are talks to extend him beyond this year?

He and Turuva could be our long term wingers

Maka and May in centres

Whilst I think Maka is still raw at centre and better on the wing ATM, I think that he will mature a lot in that position if playing inside Turuva

Similarly, May and Tavana would be the complete edge

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

You would hope there are talks to extend him beyond this year?

He and Turuva could be our long term wingers

Maka and May in centres

Whilst I think Maka is still raw at centre and better on the wing ATM, I think that he will mature a lot in that position if playing inside Turuva

Similarly, May and Tavana would be the complete edge

Tavana is an ideal outside back utility for Benji as he develops - can play wing & fullback at a pinch and I have no doubt he could play centre if given some reps.

 

[bptiger 0]

Yes I think the kid looks the goods , but we have had so many kids we thought would be 1st grade players and there all gone , kid needs to like all , even maka, too come through NSW cup , they will get chances during injuries, BUT we don’t need to rush them .

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

He was ok tonight. Made number of handling errors, don't actually win any duels in attack but contested enough for us to get a result or two. His defence is average and he struggles immensely in making metres

As a whole our entire backline were terrible with yardage. So many 20-25m sets where the backs combined for 4 hitups for 12m. We simply can't have such a small and slow backline.

But he did well defensively in the air and finished off a decent move. Solid overall. Did he add anything Skelton wouldn't have? I'm not sure. I would definitely have Skelton back next week for someone.

Also interesting that the club has promoted him without any communications yet again.

Benji said they got approval from the NRL due to injuries to play him.

 

[SeanT]

Confident and unfazed. Hard to leave out now.

Is Benji unhappy with Skelton? Luke in round 1 and Tino this week in front of him were both surprising selections.

Skelton made some errors against South's that cost us. He's a good back up. Rather Maraksini and Turuva on wings at this stage.

 

[SeanT]

A winger who contests kicks is a weapon in today’s structured NRL.

Hate when teams kick the over end 5th tackle just to tackle them 10m out. All good if your up by 6 with a couple of minutes to go but it is so defensive. Make it so their is a contest or put a torpedo up. I've not iced Cleary, Burton,Fogarty and now Madden and Douhie have been putting up torpedoes and floaters lately. Keep on doing it, the worst thing that happens is that we turn the ball over 15m out.