On the topic of halfbacks , anyone who was lamenting the loss of Hastings after last nights game , can absolutely sleep easy .
as soon as Ponga went down , that team had no attack whatsoever. And I’ll argue that once the warriors figured out the knights attack was basically pass it to ponga , then it was handled real quick .
hastings offers no threat at all . He just shuffles it on 3 times a set and kicks a meh kick !
It’s strange to me this obsession with organisation . To the detriment of everything else .
Lachie Millar had to step up because Hastings didn’t offer anything .
that’s a huge problem when you have a guy like ponga who can get injured pretty often .
Regardless of how we go this year . I’m adamant the club has made the right decision on this .
But he yells and points a lot = organiser apparently
@tiger5150 Hastings should be that ball playing 13, too slow for a 7
Still think Newcastle run last
@tiger5150 Hastings should be that ball playing 13, too slow for a 7
Still think Newcastle run last
I agree, but I reckon Dragons for last.
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@tiger5150 Hastings should be that ball playing 13, too slow for a 7
Still think Newcastle run last
I dont think he is that either. Too slow and small. look at the gun 13's like Murray, Yeo. Hastings isnt in their league.
Even at 13 I dont think Hastings would have fit in the pack that Sheens is putting together and would simply be another half on the field and weakened our pack. We need our pack to fire and really stand up and much happier to have Pole or Joffa there. In this team we dont need a "ball playing"13 because I think Sheens will be building a "ball playing" 1 to 17.
I found this interesting
Former WT fringe** players, in others teams round 1.
Luke Garner - 11 panthers
Nu Brown - 13 Bulldogs
Billy Walters - 9 Broncos
Kelma Tuilagi - 12 Manly
Jackson Hastings - 7 Newcastle
Jimmy Tamou - 17 Cowboys
Michael Chee Kam - 15 South's (played starting 2nd row)
Plus plenty more at St George (Mybe, Musgrave, Liddle)
It's not that they were bad players, they can exist in a 17, you just can't have a entire 17 of that standard like we have had over the last 10 years.
**By fringe, I mean they never were 100% guaranteed for their preferred position at WT.
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@tiger5150 kinda think Jacko could be a good 9 I reckon. 6,7,9 or 13 I love his smarts on the field. He’s a competitor and that’s no1 in my eyes.
@tiger5150 like Garry I both said last year . He was called a leader ….. but don’t you need followers to lead ?
@helmesy I think it’s going to be a 3 horse race with both Those teams , and the dolphins .
I found this interesting
Former WT fringe** players, in others teams round 1.
Luke Garner - 11 panthers
Nu Brown - 13 Bulldogs
Billy Walters - 9 Broncos
Kelma Tuilagi - 12 Manly
Jackson Hastings - 7 Newcastle
Jimmy Tamou - 17 Cowboys
Michael Chee Kam - 15 South's (played starting 2nd row)
Plus plenty more at St George (Mybe, Musgrave, Liddle)
It's not that they were bad players, they can exist in a 17, you just can't have a entire 17 of that standard like we have had over the last 10 years.
**By fringe, I mean they never were 100% guaranteed for their preferred position at WT.
Your list is a bit out going by your own definition of fringe:
Nu Brown sees himself as a dummy half
Billy Walters was a 5/8 who Brisbane have converted to a 9
Tamou was captain of the club and starting front rower
Chee Kam has been in and out of that Souths side more than when he was with us
Tuilagi was starting second rower for most of the season
@tiger5150 kinda think Jacko could be a good 9 I reckon. 6,7,9 or 13 I love his smarts on the field. He’s a competitor and that’s no1 in my eyes.
Trent Robinson said that was his future position and best suited to when he was at the Roosters until it all went south.
I found this interesting
Former WT fringe** players, in others teams round 1.
Luke Garner - 11 panthers
Nu Brown - 13 Bulldogs
Billy Walters - 9 Broncos
Kelma Tuilagi - 12 Manly
Jackson Hastings - 7 Newcastle
Jimmy Tamou - 17 Cowboys
Michael Chee Kam - 15 South's (played starting 2nd row)
Plus plenty more at St George (Mybe, Musgrave, Liddle)
It's not that they were bad players, they can exist in a 17, you just can't have a entire 17 of that standard like we have had over the last 10 years.
**By fringe, I mean they never were 100% guaranteed for their preferred position at WT.
I only rate Liddle out of that lot and even he was very ordinary last year
Did you see what Brooks just dished up, that was disgraceful, no way we re-sign him eitherOn the topic of halfbacks , anyone who was lamenting the loss of Hastings after last nights game , can absolutely sleep easy .
as soon as Ponga went down , that team had no attack whatsoever. And I’ll argue that once the warriors figured out the knights attack was basically pass it to ponga , then it was handled real quick .
hastings offers no threat at all . He just shuffles it on 3 times a set and kicks a meh kick !
It’s strange to me this obsession with organisation . To the detriment of everything else .
Lachie Millar had to step up because Hastings didn’t offer anything .
that’s a huge problem when you have a guy like ponga who can get injured pretty often .
Regardless of how we go this year . I’m adamant the club has made the right decision on this .
