Thought Vaka did fairly well all considered, missed a tackle on a run away Liam Martin, but so did 3 others.He showed some good line speed in defence and the work ethic is definitly there. I have high hopes that Vaka can make the step up permanently. Well done Vaka.
Vaka Aho
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Thought he did well proved he can play First Grade.
Not sold , Tino is a light weight, defence is not great .
Saukuru , will really need to pick up his defence , and by that his reading of the attack got caught out a lot
Aho , haven’t seen enough to say one way or the other , but he does look like a unprover
BlackWhiteGold
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Tino will be on a Development contract next season. Aho may well go onto a T&T (like Junior Lanyon) reading the tea leaves & if Saukuru is number 29 or 30 on our roster, then that is fine.
Solo might surprise a few people next season.
orange&black
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I hope so. I’ll put my hand up to admit he’ll certainly surprise me! I don’t think he has the attributes required to compete with the better centres in the game. Size, speed, skills, footwork, defensive awareness and ability, intent, aggression - all just not quite there.
Tom Shines
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His stats look ok for 43 minutes of game time …
I must admit I didn’t notice him much when watching the game live … I’ll have a rewatch later this week and concentrate on his play … I’d be happy next year if he can just do a job half a dozen times a year when they have a few injuries …
I agree he looks to have a bit of size
I must admit I didn’t notice him much when watching the game live … I’ll have a rewatch later this week and concentrate on his play … I’d be happy next year if he can just do a job half a dozen times a year when they have a few injuries …
I agree he looks to have a bit of size
Tom Shines
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Saukuru is going to need to improve his defence by leaps and bounds to be of any use …
pawsandclaws1
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Also he is going to have to work with a sprint trainer and also work on quick hands through the backline. At least twice he prevented our try scoring opportunities through failure to get the ball to the winger. It's a team game, who cares who scores as it happens through team work.
pawsandclaws1
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One pleasing aspect about Aho is that he appears to have a well-rounded game and knows the role he needs to play. At 23 he is mature and hopefully will be the player which prevents the club from going to market for another prop.
