HI all.. my first post after reading your great site for years.
Commentators consistently underestimate our depth for three reasons:
1) they don't follow lower grades like we do
2) they wrongly equate Reserve grade/ NYC success with depth
3) they are morons who hate us
Surely, the true test of depth is the quality of your 18-25 ranked players... ie those who will do most of the back-up. On that measure, I struggle to find a team with a better quality 18-25 this year. Can you?
Based on my team selection (see below) our 18-25 is;
18. Horo
19. Tafua
20. Wolfman
21. Blair
22. Vave
23. Hodges
24. Hasson
25. Jake T
My team: Snake / Hiku / Killer / Matai / Gutherson / Foran / DCE / Lawrence / Ballin / Starling/ Symonds / Lui / Buher... Reserves: Jesse SL / Mateo / Burgess / Mason
As an aside, that is the biggest bench we have had in years. Can't think of a team with a bigger, more impactful bench than that this year.
Commentators consistently underestimate our depth for three reasons:
1) they don't follow lower grades like we do
2) they wrongly equate Reserve grade/ NYC success with depth
3) they are morons who hate us
Surely, the true test of depth is the quality of your 18-25 ranked players... ie those who will do most of the back-up. On that measure, I struggle to find a team with a better quality 18-25 this year. Can you?
Based on my team selection (see below) our 18-25 is;
18. Horo
19. Tafua
20. Wolfman
21. Blair
22. Vave
23. Hodges
24. Hasson
25. Jake T
My team: Snake / Hiku / Killer / Matai / Gutherson / Foran / DCE / Lawrence / Ballin / Starling/ Symonds / Lui / Buher... Reserves: Jesse SL / Mateo / Burgess / Mason
As an aside, that is the biggest bench we have had in years. Can't think of a team with a bigger, more impactful bench than that this year.