Panthers in 2017 RL World Cup

[OldPanther]

Kikau has to be in first grade somewhere. Only thing stopping should be injury or off field mishap.

With our attack struggling all year ita amazing he didn't get a better run.

Surely this showing will make an impression on Griffin

Couldn’t agree more.

 

[forby]

He is still prone to making mistakes, needs to watch when to offload.

 

[umina panther]

He is still prone to making mistakes, needs to watch when to offload.

No more than half our side. He has something no one else in our squad has. Line breaking ability, Yeo has his moments too

 

[umina panther]

I know that RCG worked well off the bench in 2017 but he's going to another level. He starts for mine

 

[TheEroticGamer]

RCG is probably going to be signing a Lolo-esque contract with us in the next few days. Penrith knows how good he is and I'd be absolutely shocked if they kept him coming off the bench.

 

[soc123_au]

I'm loving RCG's aggression. Great to see him hit the line with some venom.

 

[OldPanther]

I'm loving RCG's aggression. Great to see him hit the line with some venom.

The ten pin bowling effect was hilarious. He's our version of Traitorlolo.

 

[martielang]

Wouldn’t mind seeing Kikau start on edge. CHN off the bench.

 

[umina panther]

Wouldn’t mind seeing Kikau start on edge. CHN off the bench.

CHN might struggle to find a spot depending on how the side is picked. We have to keep blooding Katoa/Egan and Peach will take a spot.

 

[martielang]

Probably will depend on where Merrin & Cartwright play too I guess. We could probably go with only one FR on the bench given Merrin & RCG both play big minutes.

Unless you play Kikau off the bench & use him in the middle.

 

[umina panther]

Could also just drop Wallace and Whare .......

 

[martielang]

I’ll give you Wallace & keep Whare. Call it evens.

 

[mxlegend99]

He is still prone to making mistakes, needs to watch when to offload.

He was a wrecking ball last night for fiji. By far their best forward and his runs were consistently helping them bend the line and get some momentum.

Against the best team in the world. I don't remember any errors. Just him carrying up to 3 and 4 of the best players in the world for 10+ metres

He and RCG have been by far our two best World Cup players. You say he makes too many mistakes, I guess we need to drop Mansour and DWZ. They were far worse with handling than Kikau was. Infact 3 of our starting backline (Whare, Mansour and DWZ) were all average at best for Australia and New Zealand against inferior opposition. Kikau on the other hand has starred against the shit teams and the supposed top 2 teams. I say supposed as New Zealand were nowhere near a top 3 side.

 

[OldPanther]

He was a wrecking ball last night for fiji. By far their best forward and his runs were consistently helping them bend the line and get some momentum.

Against the best team in the world. I don't remember any errors. Just him carrying up to 3 and 4 of the best players in the world for 10+ metres

He and RCG have been by far our two best World Cup players. You say he makes too many mistakes, I guess we need to drop Mansour and DWZ. They were far worse with handling than Kikau was. Infact 3 of our starting backline (Whare, Mansour and DWZ) were all average at best for Australia and New Zealand against inferior opposition. Kikau on the other hand has starred against the shit teams and the supposed top 2 teams. I say supposed as New Zealand were nowhere near a top 3 side.

Last night was fun to watch . Kikau looks to have gained a lot of confidence this world cup and being Fiji’s best against Aus was awesome.

 

[umina panther]

Last night was fun to watch . Kikau looks to have gained a lot of confidence this world cup and being Fiji’s best against Aus was awesome.

Won't take much for Hook to strip that confidence if he's used the same way again.

Big mins out wide, simple stuff

 

[OldPanther]

Katoa looked good again. He's quick and gets the team moving.

 

[Kilkenny]

His lack of game time in his limited opportunities last season was bizarre but the fact he often wasn’t even being selected in the 21 man squads announced on Tuesdays was criminal particularly given he was playing very well in Nsw Cup.

 

[maple_69]

What the hell happened to RCG halfway through the season though? He’s always looked a very promising young prop but in the space of 20 games he’s become arguably the best prop going around right now.

 

[PANTHERMIKE]

What the hell happened to RCG halfway through the season though? He’s always looked a very promising young prop but in the space of 20 games he’s become arguably the best prop going around right now.

He heard Moylan was leaving and knew some $$$'s were coming lol

 

[martielang]

Kikau had a ton of opportunities the first half of the season & didn't make the most of them. If he played well, he would of stayed there. Whether you agree with how he was used or not, he made crucial errors 4 or 5 games in a row & any player would of been given a spell in reserve grade after that.

Tuamalolo had a very similar start to first grade life. He was sent back to reserve grade for a while (despite his obvious potential) & it did him absolutely no harm at all. By the looks of it, the same is happening with Kikau.

FWIW i'd have him in the starting line up Rnd 1, I just don't agree he was harshly dealt with last year.