Jorge

[pjayz]

Would not be surprised to see Wright out injured for a couple of weeks.

Better to have him ready to go for the finals and you have Parker waiting.

Yes, he was clearly struggling.

 

[Snake]

Jorge had never been one for quick play the balls and Wright was awesome today with his hard yards, 200 metres of them. One of our best and scored 2 nice tries. I don't know what more you could of expected of him.

You missed my point. I'm was not trying to criticize Wright, I was discussing Taufua's ability to start our sets off on the right foot; Barrett has said so himself so I know I am not dreaming this up. Wright made plenty of yards and took plenty of carries yesterday and he is a wonderful replacement on the wing but he gets dominated by the defence and the opposition can lay all over him for longer.

Taufua might have a careful play-the-ball but it's (a) not slow, it's careful, (b) he wins penalties consistently, and (c) he cannot be put on his back and dominated, meaning he is allowed to rise and play-the-ball earlier by the officials.

 

[Kevinward777]

You missed my point. I'm was not trying to criticize Wright, I was discussing Taufua's ability to start our sets off on the right foot; Barrett has said so himself so I know I am not dreaming this up. Wright made plenty of yards and took plenty of carries yesterday and he is a wonderful replacement on the wing but he gets dominated by the defence and the opposition can lay all over him for longer.

Taufua might have a careful play-the-ball but it's (a) not slow, it's careful, (b) he wins penalties consistently, and (c) he cannot be put on his back and dominated, meaning he is allowed to rise and play-the-ball earlier by the officials.

I love Jorge, but if you watch the game again you will see Wright making plenty of runs from our own end. Most of the time he would make 10-12 metres and was not put on his back much at all. Considering he didn't make any long line breaks, 200 hard won metres was an exceptional effort. And I don't think Jorge would have made much more of an impact than what Wright did in yesterday's game. Put it this way, if Trent Barrett was offered 200 running metres, 2 tries and solid defence before the game by playing Wright. And had the choice to bring in Jorge instead, I'm pretty sure he'd stick with Wright. I'm merely saying that we in fact didn't miss Jorge yesterday because Wrights performance was top shelf.

 

[Snake]

I love Jorge, but if you watch the game again you will see Wright making plenty of runs from our own end. Most of the time he would make 10-12 metres and was not put on his back much at all. Considering he didn't make any long line breaks, 200 hard won metres was an exceptional effort. And I don't think Jorge would have made much more of an impact than what Wright did in yesterday's game. Put it this way, if Trent Barrett was offered 200 running metres, 2 tries and solid defence before the game by playing Wright. And had the choice to bring in Jorge instead, I'm pretty sure he'd stick with Wright. I'm merely saying that we in fact didn't miss Jorge yesterday because Wrights performance was top shelf.

Fair enough...we are spoilt having Wright available as cover. He is a genuine first grader and only missed out on a premiership with the Cowboys through injury.

 

[Go manly]

Fair enough...we are spoilt having Wright available as cover. He is a genuine first grader and only missed out on a premiership with the Cowboys through injury.

Good debate guys and great answer snake

We are spoilt with two very good players that bring thier own talent to our team

I rate them both for what it matters

Reckon if we were getting done I'm close ones and Jorge was available we might be looking for wright

Horses for courses

Go manly
This is exactly the discussions that make our silvertails forum the best

 

[XV-1]

We are definitely missing Tafua a lot since he has been injured.
Tafua with his 10-15 huge forward like carries masked deficiencies we have with lazy forwards. Wright is not a patch on Tafua for taking the ball forward.

The only forwards to consistently make metres is Marty and to a lesser extent Jake. All the other forwards need to lift their workrate and the 1 percenters. Are you listening Winterstein?


Has Tafua been signed for 2018?