Indigenous V Maori All Stars.. manly players

[Waz13]

Fifita deadset looks like a cartoon superhero.

Hard to tackle big blokes like that in the wet. I grew up in NZ tackling Polynesian boys twice my size and when it rained it was like tackling 100kg blocks of soap!

 

[Shoe1]

Gotta catch better than that Dylan if you want to play centre for the mighty sea eagles.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Harper definitely has put on a couple of kilos of muscle,should stand him in good stead for the year.

 

[Supreme Leader]

Walker just looks old playing in this game. Being in centre & wing days are gone, this game so far proves it. Replacement middle forward?

 

[Supreme Leader]

Walker just looks old playing in this game. Being in centre & wing days are gone, this game so far proves it. Replacement middle forward?

Was playing in the middle and they score a try?

 

[Shoe1]

Walker much better in the middle, dangerous in attack

 

[Supreme Leader]

so far....
Rapana plays like Slater....going to be spending a fair bit of time in the bin or on report...
Fifita was on edge even in the warm and proved he is still an idiot
Walker better as a middle ball player, surprised me he was way more effective than centre or wing
Harper still trying too hard needs a chill pill, playing injured but still hitting it up
The young halves way too greedy making poor options and in club land needs to be exploited.

my thoughts, going back to drinking a Mt Broke 2018 shiraz!

 

[double hoops]

Only prob I seen with Walkz at centre is he wasn't getting much ball. He looks fit. Slimmer than last year.

 

[Supreme Leader]

Only prob I seen with Walkz at centre is he wasn't getting much ball. He looks fit. Slimmer than last year.

I think you mean he didn't get early ball, appeared to look slow because 3 or 4 players were smashing him

 

[Waz13]

Only prob I seen with Walkz at centre is he wasn't getting much ball. He looks fit. Slimmer than last year.

His days in the centres are over imo unless we get bad injury problems. He looks good in the middle though and I’d have him there in the 14. Would also be good to see him doing sone work as a back up 9. I know we have Lawton but Walks offers that pinch in the middle. Always had attack as a three quarter but would often undo it with poor defence or hogging the ball.

 

[Will on the hill]

Only prob I seen with Walkz at centre is he wasn't getting much ball. He looks fit. Slimmer than last year.

I think you mean he didn't get early ball, appeared to look slow because 3 or 4 players were smashing him

The weather has meant none of the outside backs have had much opportunity to shine, but as soon as Dylan moved to the middle he had a positive impact.

 

[Supreme Leader]

What do you think? Best team in front? I think so

 

[Waz13]

What do you think? Best team in front? I think so

Unfortunate the weather is what it is as it stifles the spectacle - which what this game is all about, free flowing footy. Teams that win in these conditions are the ones that play it safe. Complete and kick to corners

 

[Will on the hill]

What do you think? Best team in front? I think so

Yep, on paper I had the Indigenous team winning but the Maori team has played to the conditions and respected possession/field position more.

 

[Smokin Joe]

It is a much better game than last year,they are not interchanging the entire sides every ten minutes and looking like a bunch of headless chooks on a footy field.
It actually resembles a decent game of rugby league.

 

[Waz13]

Tapine has been outstanding. MOM imo

 

[Waz13]

Harper definitely looking bigger too. Keen to see him in the centres in the coming weeks.

 

[Supreme Leader]

Thank god, no major injuries to our players, hate the pre season circus, only thing that comes normally is heartaches.

 

[Supreme Leader]

Again, do you think that some of the players who are made out to be superstars were a flop? All I heard was excuses... but they didn't win. suits me if they believe the S*%t people build them them up to be?

 

[Will on the hill]

Nice to see a preseason rep game that clearly means so much to all involved. If city vs country was played with that much passion it would still be a thing.