Jake and Ligi

If we can acquire Lussick & re-sign Sao, look at this:-

PROPS
01. Nate Myles (29 years old)
02. Darcy Lussick (25 years old)
03. Jake Trbojevic (21 years old)
04. Ligi Sao (22 years old) *
05. Brenton Lawrence (30 years old)
06. Josh Starling (24 years old) *
07. Luke Burgess (27 years old)
08. Jesse Sene-Lefeo (25 years old) *

BACKROW / LOCK
09. Feleti Mateo (30 years old)
10. Jamie Buhrer (26 years old)
11. Justin Horo (29 years old) *
12. Blake Leary (25 years old)
13. Dunamis Lui (25 years old) *
14. Tom Symonds (26 years old)

Perfect mix of age and experience right there. That's NOT an aging roster. Also, consider there are TOPS 9 positions on a team to fill, that's 5 players above who may miss out. I've put a star next to the players who would for mine.

Team:

08. Jake Trbojevic
09. Matt Ballin
10. Darcy Lussick
11. Nate Myles
12. Feleti Mateo
13. Jamie Buhrer

14. Brenton Lawrence
15. Luke Burgess
16. Tom Symonds (Utility player)
17. Blake Leary
 
If we can acquire Lussick & re-sign Sao, look at this:-

PROPS
01. Nate Myles (29 years old)
02. Darcy Lussick (25 years old)
03. Jake Trbojevic (21 years old)
04. Ligi Sao (22 years old) *
05. Brenton Lawrence (30 years old)
06. Josh Starling (24 years old) *
07. Luke Burgess (27 years old)
08. Jesse Sene-Lefeo (25 years old) *

BACKROW / LOCK
09. Feleti Mateo (30 years old)
10. Jamie Buhrer (26 years old)
11. Justin Horo (29 years old) *
12. Blake Leary (25 years old)
13. Dunamis Lui (25 years old) *
14. Tom Symonds (26 years old)

Perfect mix of age and experience right there. That's NOT an aging roster. Also, consider there are TOPS 9 positions on a team to fill, that's 5 players above who may miss out. I've put a star next to the players who would for mine.

Team:

08. Jake Trbojevic
09. Matt Ballin
10. Darcy Lussick
11. Nate Myles
12. Feleti Mateo
13. Jamie Buhrer

14. Brenton Lawrence
15. Luke Burgess
16. Tom Symonds (Utility player)
17. Blake Leary
I like the look of that forward pack Ryan, match it with most teams.
 
If we can acquire Lussick & re-sign Sao, look at this:-

PROPS
01. Nate Myles (29 years old)
02. Darcy Lussick (25 years old)
03. Jake Trbojevic (21 years old)
04. Ligi Sao (22 years old) *
05. Brenton Lawrence (30 years old)
06. Josh Starling (24 years old) *
07. Luke Burgess (27 years old)
08. Jesse Sene-Lefeo (25 years old) *

BACKROW / LOCK
09. Feleti Mateo (30 years old)
10. Jamie Buhrer (26 years old)
11. Justin Horo (29 years old) *
12. Blake Leary (25 years old)
13. Dunamis Lui (25 years old) *
14. Tom Symonds (26 years old)

Perfect mix of age and experience right there. That's NOT an aging roster. Also, consider there are TOPS 9 positions on a team to fill, that's 5 players above who may miss out. I've put a star next to the players who would for mine.

Team:

08. Jake Trbojevic
09. Matt Ballin
10. Darcy Lussick
11. Nate Myles
12. Feleti Mateo
13. Jamie Buhrer

14. Brenton Lawrence
15. Luke Burgess
16. Tom Symonds (Utility player)
17. Blake Leary

Only change I'd make is Mateo to the bench with Leary in his place. I feel Leary is a player who thrives off a workload. Needs a full 80mins. Mateo is more of an impact player right now.
 
Am super impressed how Jake is not following the usual approach when young props come into first grade: try to show everyone how tough you are, give away penalties, make silly mistakes and get injured.

He is smashing people with textbook-like tackling, particularly on tryline, having efficient carries, and doing great work off the ball. He looks a lot brighter than the average young prop. We have another real footballer in the team, not just a one-dimensional power prop. Watch out when he fills out in the next few years and develops more ball skills.
Great post!!! I'm a huge fan of jake but to be honest hadn't even seen that side but it's spot on. He isn't running around being a tool he is whacking players legally in tackles and doing his best to win us the game, not show everybody he is a he man.
 
I'd go with:

8) Trbojevic
9) Ballin
10) Myles
11) Buhrer
12) Symonds
13) Leary

14) Mateo
15) Lawrence
16) Starling
17) Sao

18) Burgess
19) Horo
20) Lui
21) Sene-Lafao
22) Hodges

Some decent size and depth in there. 4 big bodies on the bench.
 

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