He was very impressive, so happy to see him coming on. Only 22, could be one of the best props in the comp. Personally I’m sad to loose Darcy, but also more than happy to have Marty and afb as our starting props.
Mate I hope so but I don’t think as a professional footballer you can blame a team mates absense. If uate needs the dally m center of the year inside him to have a go, I wish him all the best in the esl next year! His stats so far have been really poor, needs to have a crack IMO.
I’d like to see them throw Tom wright on the wing, surely he offers more than matt wright. Not sure about not being required to tackle however, he will be marking either rapana or cotric
Watching it in the steyne, and lost interest in the second half. Had a great night actually. Settle down mate it’s a footy team, we win some we lose some, no need to get personal on our captain/coach it’s not like they cheated haha.
Does anyone know if any other grades are playing at brooky today? I totally agree, I think they should get them in the shade at 1 and 3 quarter time for a drink.
I’m liking the look of Lane being used in the middle. I watched frank at the grounds a bit last year, and to me he looked very slow laterally, easily wrong footed. It’s been one game, sirro will come good.
So very glad to see these changes, exactly what I would have done. Big call for Kelly and red dog to mark Jennings and Hayne but I think with walker out and Tom wright and Suli not ready, they are our best bet. Good luck boys!
On another note I have thought all along that DCE could be a great goal kicker. The odd kick he had last year seemed great to me. 3/4 including one from the sideline and one absolute clutch penalty that many would have missed... I feel like he just doesn’t want to kick. As the highest paid...
Anyone see Penrith play yesterday? I dare say kikau will be up there with post contact meters this year, that kid is a beast, can we sign him up please Trent?
I think he looked a better coming off the bench and playing in the middle. Him and tanginoa were great. If AFB controls his discipline our middle 4 rotation is looking solid.
Also with regards to Croker, I was happy enough for his debut. One thing that’s for sure is he is a marked improvement on green in defence, that hit on Guerra which forced the ball loose was great. Happy to give him some time to prove himself, think people calling for him to be dropped is a...
I’m excited to see what this young group of Tongan school mates can do over the next few years, I hope we keep them all together. Paseka, Suli, Funa and Fainu... some crazy potential right there.
Cmon mate you can’t be serious they steal? When other clubs take our juniors it’s stealing? Haha mate VAST majority of our players we have grabbed from other clubs.
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