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    Rumoured Targets 3

    Crossland shouldn’t be in that mix, for me he should be in the Kurt Mann bucket of ball playing middle/utlity/hooker. Both Cogger and Gamble are in the late 20s with only a year remaining on their deals, if I were them this would be an ideal time to be chasing a super league pension
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    Rumoured Targets 3

    Bryan showed a lot of heart on debut but he’s not it. He’s an undersized prop with low meterage, no offload and isn’t even a good prop at nsw cup level to be quite honest.
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    Rumoured Targets 3

    Hastings is gone next season, both Cogger and Gamble are off control after next season and are probably nearing that super league stage of their careers. Arthur imo is a good back up option, he leads nsw cup in try assists and 2nd in line break assists and is only 22 years of age so has time to...
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    Match Discussion: Round 16 vs Dolphins @ HBF Park, Perth / Whadjuk

    Two tries including the match winner in both this game and the manly game came directly from us contesting high kicks, how insane was it that for the best part of the year we were been deliberately coached to not contest kicks?
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    Around the Grounds

    All the best youngsters these days are get their contracts structured in a way where they go from say junior to development to First grade year on year, doesn’t mean they need to be picked. I think you’ll find many might be given a crack somewhat prematurely especially by struggling teams just...
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    Around the Grounds

    I think this is the issue with a lot of people in that the expect 18-19 year old kids to be able to physically match it with grown men, many of whom have played NRL and/or have done several NRL pre seasons. This is the exact thing that happened to Jacob Kiraz when he was playing NSW cup as a...
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    Around the Grounds

    His athleticism is fine, he’s a big body, has decent speed and can get up to contest kicks, not sure where you see his athletic limitations. I think the issue for him is finding a position, with Ponga and Sharpe here I don’t think he’ll get a fullback gig, I’d be giving him some time in the...
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    2025 Origin 2 - Wed 18 Jun - NSW 24-26 QLD @ Optus

    The fact qld have had 10 penalties go there way and it would’ve been 12 but for 2 successful nsw captains challenges 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
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    2025 Origin 2 - Wed 18 Jun - NSW 24-26 QLD @ Optus

    Apparently everyone saw a mid air tackle except Klein
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    2025 Origin 2 - Wed 18 Jun - NSW 24-26 QLD @ Optus

    Regardless of who’s getting the penalties, the fact anyone considers Klein the top ref in the game is a sad reflection on the reffing hierarchy
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    2025 Origin 2 - Wed 18 Jun - NSW 24-26 QLD @ Optus

    Klein is annoyed he wasn’t centre of attention game 1, clearly making amends for that now
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    Sack Adam O'Brien

    We can go around in circles with this but the point is by the time Mann got here it was pretty obviously he was not a first grade centre or 5/8th anymore, in fact he had only played one game at centre since 2018 until AOB decided to make him a starting centre again in 2021.
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    Sack Adam O'Brien

    Mann has started 8 games at hooker in his career, none of them were during Brown’s tenure.
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    Sack Adam O'Brien

    The thing is Mann was already pretty experienced when we signed him and had shown that he didn’t really have the speed and guile to be a starting outside back anymore, Brown signed him to be a utility/middle forward and I thought he was decent in that role yet AOB insisted on playing him at...
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    Sack Adam O'Brien

    Mann was terrible when he was asked to be a starting centre or 5/8th which bizarrely is what AOB had him doing much of the time, as a bench utility coming on playing middle forward and abit of dummy half he was decent for us especially in 2023 when we went on that run but given Crossland is a...
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