This week the guys they brought to the club to lead have to stand up and show the way. This is why we brought them here so let’s see them respond the way we hope they will.
@mac_tiger agree with you. He played right centre in the trials and missed a fair few tackles.
Our right edge in defence is a glaring weakness.
Turuva faataape Galvin Seyfarth
Im still very excited to see how we go with so many new players.
Unfortunately like last year our forwards will hold their own, but won’t dominate the opposition.
our backs will get run over, With 2 weak defensive centres up against two strong very good centres and a fullback that can create havoc
I hope I’m very wrong
Forwards need to have a huge game. Knight 3/4s will be licking their lips, we can’t let them have too much front foot ball.
And Ponga will be liking his chances too.
Need to target their halves so no quality ball to the outside backs. Should be easy to do as we are not looking at a top 8 halves combination.Forwards need to have a huge game. Knight 3/4s will be licking their lips, we can’t let them have too much front foot ball.
And Ponga will be liking his chances too.
@jedi-tiger I am not a fan of carrying two specialist 9’s ..Latu is a better choice as a utility IMO .
bird can pretty much cover centre, second row lock as a utility
my preference would be bird on bench and latu fainu to come on and play at a ball playing 13 type of role and make Api play 80 mins
Need to target their halves so no quality ball to the outside backs. Should be easy to do as we are not looking at a top 8 halves combination.Forwards need to have a huge game. Knight 3/4s will be licking their lips, we can’t let them have too much front foot ball.
And Ponga will be liking his chances too.
That should be the plan for sure
The edge defence is very concerning.
There is also an argument for Latu to hone his craft for 80mins a week in KOE playing 6 until we know what Galvin is doing or he is needed to cover injury.@jedi-tiger I am not a fan of carrying two specialist 9’s ..Latu is a better choice as a utility IMO .
bird can pretty much cover centre, second row lock as a utility
my preference would be bird on bench and latu fainu to come on and play at a ball playing 13 type of role and make Api play 80 mins
Yeah I think our edges have been terrible for many years now. And there’s no difference with my expectations coming into rd 1. New on new combinations is a reoccurring fact with this team, which hopefully be rectified as the season moves forward. To’a injury is a concern moving forward.The edge defence is very concerning.
There is also an argument for Latu to hone his craft for 80mins a week in KOE playing 6 until we know what Galvin is doing or he is needed to cover injury.@jedi-tiger I am not a fan of carrying two specialist 9’s ..Latu is a better choice as a utility IMO .
bird can pretty much cover centre, second row lock as a utility
my preference would be bird on bench and latu fainu to come on and play at a ball playing 13 type of role and make Api play 80 mins
the storm would play TDs and latu in reserve grade until they are demanding a spot. Neither of these two demand a spot and watching how poorly Matamua developed being on the edge of the NRL squad rather than playing every week in NSW cup is a huge warning
Yeah I think our edges have been terrible for many years now. And there’s no difference with my expectations coming into rd 1. New on new combinations is a reoccurring fact with this team, which hopefully be rectified as the season moves forward. To’a injury is a concern moving forward.The edge defence is very concerning.
I am not fully across who is playing on what side, but it could get pretty ugly this weekend. Best would be licking his lips at the thought of any combination that he could match up against this weekend, especially with Ponga hanging around.
With the team announced I was thinking knights win… but after watching the boot camp? Maybe just maybe they can overcome this.
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