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Can Jordan's 3 in a row curse be broken? Ep429
On this episode of the Wests Tigers podcast, Jordan makes his return to see to discuss if his 3 in a row currse can be lifted. He joins Host, Eddie and regulars Nick and Garry to preview this weekend's 2005 Grand Final replay.

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Can Jordan's 3 in a row curse be broken?

On this episode of the Wests Tigers podcast, Jordan makes his return to discuss if his 3 in a row curse can be lifted. He joins Host, Eddie and regulars Nick an
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just an idea to maybe help the non-conformists to tune in during the off season. Convince the new media guy they can all be celebrative chefs
Some fruitful gossip on how Benji is truly building a family club is fact or fiction. Social days ,Club in house /game day child minding House mothers stories of horror.
Where NRL profits are generated .A refresher on the hierarchy of the club structure Will CDRLFC coming back into the fold pave the road to gold , point being , think you can get them all 5 club managers , plus 2 more ,being 1 voice for debenture holders and some old guy from up north in a room together
 
Interesting one of the views from this podcast about the possibility of moving Sam to the middle, not saying we should do that but from memory that's where he wanted to play at one point in his career.
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
Interesting one of the views from this podcast about the possibility of moving Sam to the middle, not saying we should do that but from memory that's where he wanted to play at one point in his career.
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It's an option but I wouldn't at this stage of Samuela's career. He's starting to flourish as a tackle-breaking off-loading edge backrower and forming a good combination with Luai & May on that left side. What he also does as an edge backrower very well is kick chase & contesting bombs in attack.
 
I would prefer not to but we need a starter quality middle forward very bad and we now hold a few backrower lottery tickets in Roberts, Saukuru, Godinet. Comparatively not the case for middles. If Roberts or Saukuru hit well enough that moving Sam doesn't weaken left backrow it solves the middle problem too imo.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
It's an option but I wouldn't at this stage of Samuela's career. He's starting to flourish as a tackle-breaking off-loading edge backrower and forming a good combination with Luai & May on that left side. What he also does as an edge backrower very well is kick chase & contesting bombs in attack.
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Probably the only chance of it happening is if someone from underneath knocks the door down during pre-season you would think, given Benji's attitude for reward for effort or old enough if good enough.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
It's an option but I wouldn't at this stage of Samuela's career. He's starting to flourish as a tackle-breaking off-loading edge backrower and forming a good combination with Luai & May on that left side. What he also does as an edge backrower very well is kick chase & contesting bombs in attack.
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I can't see the case for changing Samuela at this stage, he is on the verge of elite. Find another solution to the problem.
 
I too was thinking that moving Samuela to the middle would a good option, until the last 8 weeks of the season when he again started to show his value as a tackle busting, line breaking and reacting edge.
If he can consistently show this type of firm it would be crazy to change his position.
Balance is still an issue for me, due to KPP having the same abilities and potential to make the same impact as Samuela, but nether of them have what you would call explosive speed.
That explosive speed over the first 10 or so metres is still something we lack across our squad and I honestly think it could be something that prevents us from being a genuine premiership contender unless we correct it,
It doesn’t necessarily have to be more explosive speed in our edge back row, but if not there we would ideally need to compensate by having it in other areas.
 
Vicious said:
I too was thinking that moving Samuela to the middle would a good option, until the last 8 weeks of the season when he again started to show his value as a tackle busting, line breaking and reacting edge.
If he can consistently show this type of firm it would be crazy to change his position.
Balance is still an issue for me, due to KPP having the same abilities and potential to make the same impact as Samuela, but nether of them have what you would call explosive speed.
That explosive speed over the first 10 or so metres is still something we lack across our squad and I honestly think it could be something that prevents us from being a genuine premiership contender unless we correct it,
It doesn’t necessarily have to be more explosive speed in our edge back row, but if not there we would ideally need to compensate by having it in other areas.
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Both Samuela and Bula need to build their strength though the hips and core, they are both able to get between defenders and almost break through, however they are lacking a bit of strength to actually break the tackle. Taylan has showed us what a quality outside back with core strength can do. I would even say Toa needs to build more strength through the hips and core as most of his breaks are fending off players with his arm and that becomes ineffective once you have a shoulder/elbow/wrist injury which is often inevitable in the course of a whole season.
 
Vicious said:
I too was thinking that moving Samuela to the middle would a good option, until the last 8 weeks of the season when he again started to show his value as a tackle busting, line breaking and reacting edge.
If he can consistently show this type of firm it would be crazy to change his position.
Balance is still an issue for me, due to KPP having the same abilities and potential to make the same impact as Samuela, but nether of them have what you would call explosive speed.
That explosive speed over the first 10 or so metres is still something we lack across our squad and I honestly think it could be something that prevents us
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When you were suggesting the move to the middle repeatedly throughout the season ,,,i think someone else was here to explain to you that this was unwise …

I have never seen a young player in his early 20s with less than 50 games under his belt in any position play consistently well… you need to have some patience with these young guys …
 
Tom Shines said:
When you were suggesting the move to the middle repeatedly throughout the season ,,,i think someone else was here to explain to you that this was unwise …

I have never seen a young player in his early 20s with less than 50 games under his belt in any position play consistently well… you need to have some patience with these young guys …
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As I said, my concern was never specifically with Samuela, it is with the team itself not having enough explosive speed and line break threat in comparison to most other NRL teams.
Samuela himself is not slow for a big man, he has shown he has enough speed to hit gaps, make line breaks and score tries, but our back row this season only really had him as a genuine line break threat.
Whether or not the addition of KPP for 2026 will now mean we have another line break threat remains to be seen. I think KPP might have it in him despite mostly looking sluggish when carrying the ball for the Knights this season.
 
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