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2nd trial vs tigers

kit66

kit66

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BlackDuckSaint said:
What about Tamale stood out to you?

I was really looking forward to Egan and Tamale getting a run and neither of them did anything of note to me. Not that that is a huge issue given they are both so young and learning their craft.

I am hoping that they have blown away the rust and can just attack the game a bit more this week, ideally with more support from seasoned first graders. Not just thrown to the wolves with the rest of the NSW cup team
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I'm not sure what some people expect from youngsters in a trial.
Egan and Tamale stood out to me because of their involvement, line speed, defence and support play.
Egan 22 tackles, no misses and a great front on tackle technique, hitting guys like Koloamatangi, Keppie and Host around the waste and stopping them in their tracks. He didn't get much ball but was there often in support in case of an offload. Tamale 9 runs for 86 mtrs and 29pcms. The first thing he did when he ran on in the 2nd half (about 10 minutes in ??) was race into the middle of the park to take the first hit up from a changeover and proceeded to bend the line with 3 tacklers holding on. His line speed and support play were very enthusiastic. I think he's mainly a centre but I wonder if he's played any fullback. Lots of metres, tries and linebreaks in reserves last year but still a kid. His defence looked good in the CS but was a bit ordinary in KOE Cup - I'm sure he'll improve, he's still growing.
 
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www.dragons.com.au

Finalised: Mudgee trial team list

Dragons NRL head coach Shane Flanagan has announced his squad to face the Wests Tigers in Mudgee.
www.dragons.com.au www.dragons.com.au

An interesting list. Main takeaways for me is it does appear Marchske has trumped Mulheisen for the moment for the 14. Interestingly, he is the only player in that first 18 also named in the reserve grade trial. I guess he will play 6 in Cup trial and 9 in the firsts trial maybe? Tamale and Egan have completely dropped out. Likewise Tuitavake who I thought did well when he came on last week. Everyone from 19 down on our list is playing reserves as well this week so the first 18 will be essentially playing a 60 minute game would be my guess. Ben Rumble maybe injured? Not named in Cup or Flegg team.
 
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Parko1310 said:
www.dragons.com.au

Finalised: Mudgee trial team list

Dragons NRL head coach Shane Flanagan has announced his squad to face the Wests Tigers in Mudgee.
www.dragons.com.au www.dragons.com.au

An interesting list. Main takeaways for me is it does appear Marchske has trumped Mulheisen for the moment for the 14. Interestingly, he is the only player in that first 18 also named in the reserve grade trial. I guess he will play 6 in Cup trial and 9 in the firsts trial maybe? Tamale and Egan have completely dropped out. Likewise Tuitavake who I thought did well when he came on last week. Everyone from 19 down on our list is playing reserves as well this week so the first 18 will be essentially playing a 60 minute game would be my guess. Ben Rumble maybe injured? Not named in Cup or Flegg team.
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Thanks Parko.

Marchske was a standout from Saturday night. Jack nailed 13 and hope Fifita gets more time than BMM and one more week for Bird and Lomax.

Still not sold on Lomax on the wing but that's where we are.
 
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kit66 said:
I'm not sure what some people expect from youngsters in a trial.
Egan and Tamale stood out to me because of their involvement, line speed, defence and support play.
Egan 22 tackles, no misses and a great front on tackle technique, hitting guys like Koloamatangi, Keppie and Host around the waste and stopping them in their tracks. He didn't get much ball but was there often in support in case of an offload. Tamale 9 runs for 86 mtrs and 29pcms. The first thing he did when he ran on in the 2nd half (about 10 minutes in ??) was race into the middle of the park to take the first hit up from a changeover and proceeded to bend the line with 3 tacklers holding on. His line speed and support play were very enthusiastic. I think he's mainly a centre but I wonder if he's played any fullback. Lots of metres, tries and linebreaks in reserves last year but still a kid. His defence looked good in the CS but was a bit ordinary in KOE Cup - I'm sure he'll improve, he's still growing.
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Flanno from his comments and interviews has great wraps on both Couchmans, Egan and Tamale, but he is not going into throw them in. So we may see them sporadically in FG this year. This week we might see the switch between Lomax and Sloan (FB - Wing). It worked great for sharks With barba and valentine, so might work for us too.
 
Auntie.Gerald

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all makes sense those team lists

STARTING WITH THE NSW CUP

NSW Cup looks stronger than last year by quite a bit......which is great

If injuries strike like Ben Hunt going down (not on Hook lol....couldnt help myself) you would imagine Kyle to halfback which is pretty much what he played half of his time on the field on Saturday.......then Marchske to 5/8 on the right.

Also gives the Marschke a good chance for a shot at 5/8 in the NRL if he crushes it week in week out in the Cup and Flano struggles

Also makes sense we are grooming Tamale as the bash and crash with zip at left centre to replace Suli if injured. Tamale didnt appear to be a passing game centre last year nor in his junior high lights. Speed and running at gaps hard was his game.

Lomax can cover right centre if the Bird experiment fails.

Tui or Sione can cover left wing if injuries strike in the NRL

Matt Fegai and or Lomax can cover FB if injuries strike


NRL

Nothing will change over night re our starting team that Flano is backing in..............but I do like our interchange which looks dynamic and BMM and RFM could provide strong metres as props or backrowers at their best. They have the ability to run at gaps and create broken play and or acceleration to pop support players into gaps.

In Flano we trust !

Depending on the desired outcome from the game and where we are at 60mins in............Id like to see last 20mins or so Hunt off and Flano and Marschke take over as Flano 7 and Marschke over on the right at 6.

Interchange​

14. Jesse Marschke

15. Viliami Fifita

16. Ben Murdoch-Masila

17. Raymond Faitala-Mariner
 
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maestro1

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jeffdragon said:
I wouldn't have Masila in the team.
I'd have Molo a Couchmsn or someone else in the 17.
Kasey Badger is the ref.
We got 2 from 2 .
Sharpe and Badger .
YIPPEE.
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I've noticed that Kasey Badger hates JDB. Every time she is in the bunker, she will find a way to go back and ping JDB for a tackle that happened much earlier. It happened too many times in 2023 for it to be a coincidence.
 
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Parko1310 said:
www.dragons.com.au

Finalised: Mudgee trial team list

Dragons NRL head coach Shane Flanagan has announced his squad to face the Wests Tigers in Mudgee.
www.dragons.com.au www.dragons.com.au

An interesting list. Main takeaways for me is it does appear Marchske has trumped Mulheisen for the moment for the 14. Interestingly, he is the only player in that first 18 also named in the reserve grade trial. I guess he will play 6 in Cup trial and 9 in the firsts trial maybe? Tamale and Egan have completely dropped out. Likewise Tuitavake who I thought did well when he came on last week. Everyone from 19 down on our list is playing reserves as well this week so the first 18 will be essentially playing a 60 minute game would be my guess. Ben Rumble maybe injured? Not named in Cup or Flegg team.
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Not that I’m wishing an injury on anyone but I hope Rumble is injured. Purely for the fact that that means the geniuses running the show haven’t chosen to develop an average winger at fullback in front of him
 
justadragon

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maestro1 said:
I've noticed that Kasey Badger hates JDB. Every time she is in the bunker, she will find a way to go back and ping JDB for a tackle that happened much earlier. It happened too many times in 2023 for it to be a coincidence.
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Didnt we have an issue where she was the touchy and her husband was in the oppositions coaching box.
 
Dragon David

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maestro1 said:
I've noticed that Kasey Badger hates JDB. Every time she is in the bunker, she will find a way to go back and ping JDB for a tackle that happened much earlier. It happened too many times in 2023 for it to be a coincidence.
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Bloody Badger. Her ex ref husband, Gavin, worked for the Tigers when Maguire was their coach. He will definitely be in Kasey's ear telling her to give us a bad time.
 
Auntie.Gerald

Auntie.Gerald

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maestro1 said:
I've noticed that Kasey Badger hates JDB. Every time she is in the bunker, she will find a way to go back and ping JDB for a tackle that happened much earlier. It happened too many times in 2023 for it to be a coincidence.
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maybe he deserves a bit of a thwack...................Do you reckon Alyce Talyor sends a few text messages every game to Kasey ? :)

sort i feels like it might happen.........a saint is Alyce !

 
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