happy_tiger
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We are not scared By Taupau
Liam fit for return the second
Liam fit for return the second
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I really like the way our forwards are calling out the big packs. wabbits, manly (& we were well over the warriors until injuries messed everything up). Yes it may backfire but it also shows that we now have a completely different attitude about standing up in the middle. Meet them on the front foot and belt them. That's an attitude that the joint venture has never had. Go you WTs :slight_smile:
http://www.nrl.com/were-not-scared-of-manly-taupau/tabid/10874/newsid/77334/default.aspx
We're not scared of Manly: Taupau
Wests Tigers prop Martin Taupau has made a big impression since moving from the Bulldogs over the summer. Copyright: NRL Photos/Grant Trouville.
Wests Tigers prop Martin Taupau has made a big impression since moving from the Bulldogs over the summer. Copyright: NRL Photos/Grant Trouville.
Oh, them's fighting words.
Ahead of their first game at Leichhardt in 2014, Wests Tigers enforcer Martin Taupau has laid out a shredded welcome mat for premiership heavyweights Manly declaring: We're not scared of you.
Just one week after an under-strength Sea Eagles outfit knocked over defending premiers the Roosters on their own turf, a packed Leichhardt Oval hill awaits a battle-tested side almost everybody rates as the hottest in the competition.
Everybody but Taupau.
"Red hot?" he rhetorically asked on Thursday. "Most people say they're intimidating. There's nothing that worries us as a forward pack, especially with our bench as well. We're not going to take a backward step.
"We're not scared of anyone, especially with James Gavet and Ava Seumanafagai. We're going to stand up [to] big Jason King. We stepped up to the Burgess brothers, we'll do the same thing with Manly."
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Taupau was referring to his side's stunning upset victory over South Sydney a fortnight ago when his fellow big men surprised, then ran roughshod, over the Rabbitohs' famed forward pack.
Ironically, it was veteran Manly prop Jason King and his confrontational approach to the Burgess boys the week prior that inspired the Tigers to an epic 25-16 win.
Taupau's teammate, Aaron Woods, said that despite growing up in the inner city, he was a big fan of King growing up.
"Kingy's been around for quite a while. I was a Manly supporter when I grew up so I watched him a lot, he's one of their forward leaders," he said. "Recently he's been injured a lot so to have him back it's a massive boost for them. We've got to get on top of him as soon as he gets on the field."
Tigers players said they expect Manly linchpin Glenn Stewart to play despite concerns over his recovery from the head knock he received against the Roosters last Friday night.
The off-contract lock was named to play by Geoff Toovey on Tuesday night, as was the Tigers pair Liam Fulton and Tim Simona, both of whom missed last week's loss to the Warriors due to concussion.
In what has become a hot topic since the new guidelines were set by the NRL this year, it was the second game Fulton had missed due to concussion. Fullback James Tedesco and back-rower Cory Paterson also failed to finish the game in Wellington because of a head injury.
Woods said games needed a designated doctor to make in-game calls, ensuring fair policy for all teams.
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"I think we should just get a neutral doctor at the time. I suppose if it's one of your gun players, you're not really going to take them off in a diehard situation, are you? I think we should just get a doctor that's neutral and they can make the call during the game," he said.
Forward Adam Blair said that while the club's conservative attitude to concussion might cost them some games – the Tigers struggled without Tedesco last week – it was the correct approach.
"[Fulton] has had a serious run with a few of those things. I think our club's doing the right thing by player welfare and looking after our boys, especially Liam," he said.
"They're really looking after those head knocks and I think that's the right thing by our club by doing those things. Sometimes it's going to hurt us but I think at the end of the day, looking after our players is the main thing for our club."
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http://www.nrl.com/fulton-ready-to-go-after-concussions/tabid/10874/newsid/77329/default.aspx
Fulton ready to go after concussions
By James MacSmith
Wests Tigers say back-rower Liam Fulton is ready to return in Sunday's clash with Manly after suffering two concussions in the three NRL matches he has played this season.
Fulton was knocked out in the opening-round loss to St George Illawarra and was rested from the Tigers' round-two win over Gold Coast.
The 29-year-old copped another head knock in the Tigers' tough round-three win over Souths and was ruled out of last weekend's loss to the Warriors.
The former City Origin representative returns for the Tigers against Manly at Leichhardt Oval.
The Tigers have adhered strictly to the NRL's new concussion rules and centre Chris Lawrence says Fulton is fit to play.
"Fults is fine," Lawrence said after training on Thursday.
"He was fine even after the second knock he got against Souths.
"He was fine during last week and was pretty confident he would play, but the medical staff were keen to give him a week off and he should be fine to go this week.
"He has had the brain scans, the cog (cognitive) tests and all that, that I believe have come up fine."
Front-rower Keith Galloway said he was looking forward to playing alongside Fulton.
"He seems to be alright, he trained today," Galloway said.
"It (concussion) is a serious issue and hopefully his head is OK before he plays this week.
"But he passed a few tests this week so he should be good to go."
Galloway said he expected Glenn Stewart to take his place in the Manly side for the round-five stoush at the Tigers' spiritual home.
The star back-rower was concussed in Manly's last start win over premiers the Sydney Roosters in a tackle from Jared Waerea-Hargreaves that resulted in a one-match suspension for the Kiwi prop.
Stewart was named in the Manly side on Tuesday.
http://www.nrl.com/were-not-scared-of-manly-taupau/tabid/10874/newsid/77334/default.aspx
We're not scared of Manly: Taupau
Wests Tigers prop Martin Taupau has made a big impression since moving from the Bulldogs over the summer. Copyright: NRL Photos/Grant Trouville.
Wests Tigers prop Martin Taupau has made a big impression since moving from the Bulldogs over the summer. Copyright: NRL Photos/Grant Trouville.
Oh, them's fighting words.
Ahead of their first game at Leichhardt in 2014, Wests Tigers enforcer Martin Taupau has laid out a shredded welcome mat for premiership heavyweights Manly declaring: We're not scared of you.
Just one week after an under-strength Sea Eagles outfit knocked over defending premiers the Roosters on their own turf, a packed Leichhardt Oval hill awaits a battle-tested side almost everybody rates as the hottest in the competition.
Everybody but Taupau.
"Red hot?" he rhetorically asked on Thursday. "Most people say they're intimidating. There's nothing that worries us as a forward pack, especially with our bench as well. We're not going to take a backward step.
"We're not scared of anyone, especially with James Gavet and Ava Seumanafagai. We're going to stand up [to] big Jason King. We stepped up to the Burgess brothers, we'll do the same thing with Manly."
More Wests Tigers news HERE
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Taupau was referring to his side's stunning upset victory over South Sydney a fortnight ago when his fellow big men surprised, then ran roughshod, over the Rabbitohs' famed forward pack.
Ironically, it was veteran Manly prop Jason King and his confrontational approach to the Burgess boys the week prior that inspired the Tigers to an epic 25-16 win.
Taupau's teammate, Aaron Woods, said that despite growing up in the inner city, he was a big fan of King growing up.
"Kingy's been around for quite a while. I was a Manly supporter when I grew up so I watched him a lot, he's one of their forward leaders," he said. "Recently he's been injured a lot so to have him back it's a massive boost for them. We've got to get on top of him as soon as he gets on the field."
Tigers players said they expect Manly linchpin Glenn Stewart to play despite concerns over his recovery from the head knock he received against the Roosters last Friday night.
The off-contract lock was named to play by Geoff Toovey on Tuesday night, as was the Tigers pair Liam Fulton and Tim Simona, both of whom missed last week's loss to the Warriors due to concussion.
In what has become a hot topic since the new guidelines were set by the NRL this year, it was the second game Fulton had missed due to concussion. Fullback James Tedesco and back-rower Cory Paterson also failed to finish the game in Wellington because of a head injury.
Woods said games needed a designated doctor to make in-game calls, ensuring fair policy for all teams.
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"I think we should just get a neutral doctor at the time. I suppose if it's one of your gun players, you're not really going to take them off in a diehard situation, are you? I think we should just get a doctor that's neutral and they can make the call during the game," he said.
Forward Adam Blair said that while the club's conservative attitude to concussion might cost them some games – the Tigers struggled without Tedesco last week – it was the correct approach.
"[Fulton] has had a serious run with a few of those things. I think our club's doing the right thing by player welfare and looking after our boys, especially Liam," he said.
"They're really looking after those head knocks and I think that's the right thing by our club by doing those things. Sometimes it's going to hurt us but I think at the end of the day, looking after our players is the main thing for our club."
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http://www.nrl.com/fulton-ready-to-go-after-concussions/tabid/10874/newsid/77329/default.aspx
Fulton ready to go after concussions
By James MacSmith
Wests Tigers say back-rower Liam Fulton is ready to return in Sunday's clash with Manly after suffering two concussions in the three NRL matches he has played this season.
Fulton was knocked out in the opening-round loss to St George Illawarra and was rested from the Tigers' round-two win over Gold Coast.
The 29-year-old copped another head knock in the Tigers' tough round-three win over Souths and was ruled out of last weekend's loss to the Warriors.
The former City Origin representative returns for the Tigers against Manly at Leichhardt Oval.
The Tigers have adhered strictly to the NRL's new concussion rules and centre Chris Lawrence says Fulton is fit to play.
"Fults is fine," Lawrence said after training on Thursday.
"He was fine even after the second knock he got against Souths.
"He was fine during last week and was pretty confident he would play, but the medical staff were keen to give him a week off and he should be fine to go this week.
"He has had the brain scans, the cog (cognitive) tests and all that, that I believe have come up fine."
Front-rower Keith Galloway said he was looking forward to playing alongside Fulton.
"He seems to be alright, he trained today," Galloway said.
"It (concussion) is a serious issue and hopefully his head is OK before he plays this week.
"But he passed a few tests this week so he should be good to go."
Galloway said he expected Glenn Stewart to take his place in the Manly side for the round-five stoush at the Tigers' spiritual home.
The star back-rower was concussed in Manly's last start win over premiers the Sydney Roosters in a tackle from Jared Waerea-Hargreaves that resulted in a one-match suspension for the Kiwi prop.
Stewart was named in the Manly side on Tuesday.
happy_tiger
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Thanks Softlaw for posting the articles
TurnStyle
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yeh, thanks softlaw. i really like the idea of a neutral doctor! cant believe i havent heard of it before, or if anyone has said this publicly.
just like in boxing, youd never expect the two fighters to have their own doctor at ringside, so why should nrl teams?
just like in boxing, youd never expect the two fighters to have their own doctor at ringside, so why should nrl teams?
@Adman said:
I like the way we talk it up (something we haven't done in years either). It's a testosterone driven sport in the forwards. And they need to believe their own hype. Look what it did for Muhammad Ali. OK, granted, he was also an elite athlete beyond his time, but it illustrates you need more than muscle and skills. Your mindset has to believe you're invincible too.
Caarn Tiges!
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