Melbourne Trial

[isaiah]

I think the stat from 2017 was that Fitz led the comp for 2nd rower tries. And from only 14 games.

He's not perfect but he can sure find the line.

Won't score more tries as a second rower than Kikau of the panthers this year

 

[Pedge1971]

Solid result. Not popping corks but relieved that we got through with (touch wood) no major injuries and a good hit out.

On track. Storms pack was pretty good and sounds like we held our own.

 

[bad boy bubby]

Nice one. Doesn't matter that it was a trial, it'd give you guys a bit of confidence and hopefully a season to look forward to.

 

[Frederick]

Highlights from the game here

https://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news/2018/02/08/match-highlights-melbourne-storm-trial2/

 

[NK Arsenal]

Rd 1.

1. Kalyn Ponga
2. Shaun Kenny-Dowall
3. Sione Mata'utia
4. Tautau Moga
5. Nathan Ross
6. Connor Watson
7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Jacob Lillyman
9. Slade Griffin
10. Herman Ese'ese
11. Lachlan Fitzgibbon
12. Aidan Guerra (c)
13. Mitch Barnett

14.Danny Levi
15.Daniel Saifiti
16.Jacob Saifiti
17.Jamie Buhrer (c)

I reckon Barnett may struggle to get a start early on considering he has only just started doing contact work.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

I reckon Barnett may struggle to get a start early on considering he has only just started doing contact work.

I don't mind Barnett coming off the bench tbh, at least for the opening few games of the season. I don't think he should be playing big minutes, he seems to perform best with 40-45 mins game time, more than that and he gets a bit lazy and makes errors and concedes penalties.

 

[Old dog]

Would not surprise if Barnett was not selected R1 due to injury recovery, at best think he will be on bench if fit and ready, no point in taking risks, is a long season. We have plenty of players that can fill void, Buhrer to 13, Fitzy and Guerra 2nd row

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

Yeah I agree. Would rather Barnett come in 100% fit and miss a few games.

 

[Hal Jordan]

No Smith, Slater or Addo-Carr, plus it only being a trial, tempers the result a bit

Good hit out though and nice to hear all the right noises regarding our new recruits

 

[Spot On]

Were we missing any players?

 

[perverse]

Were we missing any players?

Daifiti, Barnett and Moga off the top of my head.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

While I'm not reading much into the result it sounds like a lot of our key players had good games, Pearce & Ponga combined well for that try in the first half. Hopefully we see plenty more of that this season. Lots of pleasing signs, can't wait for the season to begin!