Simonmyers11
First Grader
Looking at the first 5 weeks, for me the biggest disappointment has been the poor starts and how we cannot contain the ruck and leak points easily out wide.
We came back strongly against the Dogs, were coming home over the Tigers and Souths - but the starts we have been giving away have been killing us!
As the game rolls on, we seem to fix the defensive problems to a degree, the bigger sides tire and we get a roll on in the forwards. The commitment is there from the players who have been fighting til full time, but I'm surprised when we start games, oppositions sides find it so easy to roll forward and score points. I know we have the players to score points, especially when they all click, but I worry about our D more than anything.
For me, this is the best 17 - based on fixing those defensive issues in the ruck early on and out wide.
1. Snake
2. Tafua
3. Lyon
4. Walker
5. Tommy
6. Api
7. DCE
8. Myles
9. Parcell
10. Starling
11. Buhrer
12. Kapow
13. Jake
14. Lawrence (impact, energy)
15. Vave (impact, good meter gain)
16. Mateo (x factor, ball player) or Lussick (if need another big booper for 20 min impact)
17. Brown, Symonds, Matai - cover for backs
We came back strongly against the Dogs, were coming home over the Tigers and Souths - but the starts we have been giving away have been killing us!
As the game rolls on, we seem to fix the defensive problems to a degree, the bigger sides tire and we get a roll on in the forwards. The commitment is there from the players who have been fighting til full time, but I'm surprised when we start games, oppositions sides find it so easy to roll forward and score points. I know we have the players to score points, especially when they all click, but I worry about our D more than anything.
For me, this is the best 17 - based on fixing those defensive issues in the ruck early on and out wide.
1. Snake
2. Tafua
3. Lyon
4. Walker
5. Tommy
6. Api
7. DCE
8. Myles
9. Parcell
10. Starling
11. Buhrer
12. Kapow
13. Jake
14. Lawrence (impact, energy)
15. Vave (impact, good meter gain)
16. Mateo (x factor, ball player) or Lussick (if need another big booper for 20 min impact)
17. Brown, Symonds, Matai - cover for backs