If he was marking Turbo, I'd probably have those two ahead of him. Would be a mass mismatch. Only reasoning I could really think of.Geez I'd have Koula in front of Suli and Alamoti
The Tongan pack, plus the reserve forwards, are big boys so it will be interesting to see if they can overpower the Aussies. It wouldn't surprise me.
I can't believe there is no specialist Australian centre option preferable over an injured Turbo playing out of position.
The Tongan pack, plus the reserve forwards, are big boys so it will be interesting to see if they can overpower the Aussies. It wouldn't surprise me.
I can't believe there is no specialist Australian centre option preferable over an injured Turbo playing out of position.
You already know this, Holden, but Turbo and the Hammer more than held their own defensively. Both were excellent for Australia, made a great centre pairing - and yes, neither of them is actually a centre. Great footy players though.As good as they have proven in the past for NSW and Qld respectively, Turbo and Hammer's performances at centre have largely been hyped on their attacking prowess.
TBH if I Kristian Woolf, tonight I'd have my backrowers Haumole and Eliesa Katoa, running straight and hard at Turbo and Hammer.
It was an obvious tactic tonight by Tonga,to target TomT in defence and whilst he was solid enough,he still missed tackles and made poor reads.I can’t for the life of me understand why people still think moving him into the centres is the way to go at Manly.He’s injury prone,so it doesn’t matter what position you play him.He’s one of the best FB’s in the game,why move him into the centres where he’s going to have to make more tackles.I can understand the positioning at rep level,despite personally not wanting him to play,but at club level,he doesn’t have the same quality of players around him.Lehi is improving every game,but he’s not TomAs good as they have proven in the past for NSW and Qld respectively, Turbo and Hammer's performances at centre have largely been hyped on their attacking prowess.
However.....
Neither are real centres. Turbo has trouble defending at centre. It was he who missed an easy tackle on Capewell in Townsville in the first Origin of 2021 and if truth by told, first game back or not when he played centre for us earlier this year his defence was all at sea. While Hammer is no better really. He can attack the live long day, but his performance in last years Pacific Final at centre, especially in defence, was downright embarrassing. If Meninga had performed like that for Frank Stanton he'd never have seen a test past 1982.
TBH if I Kristian Woolf, tonight I'd have my backrowers Haumole and Eliesa Katoa, running straight and hard at Turbo and Hammer.
I thought Turbo was Best On Ground easily, the spine didn’t click for Roos.It was an obvious tactic tonight by Tonga,to target TomT in defence and whilst he was solid enough,he still missed tackles and made poor reads.I can’t for the life of me understand why people still think moving him into the centres is the way to go at Manly.He’s injury prone,so it doesn’t matter what position you play him.He’s one of the best FB’s in the game,why move him into the centres where he’s going to have to make more tackles.I can understand the positioning at rep level,despite personally not wanting him to play,but at club level,he doesn’t have the same quality of players around him.Lehi is improving every game,but he’s not Tom
Gee I thought that Tom Dearden had a great game also. Stood out in the losing QLD team also in SOO. A real good player.I thought Turbo was Best On Ground easily, the spine didn’t click for Roos.
Gee I thought that Tom Dearden had a great game also. Stood out in the losing QLD team also in SOO. A real good player.
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