3 2 1 v Cowgirls

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

Cant really think of a standout but can pick about 3-4 players for 2 points

3 Lillyman
2 Hohaia
1 Moon just over Mannering

Bring on Broncos

 

[Penrose Warrior]

3: Maloney - Took a lot of pressure off Johnson, which he needed as he was pretty skitterish tonight. Picks great times to run, to go out the back, to do most things. Looking forward to him proving it again in bigger matches.
2: Lillyman - Shades Matulino. Our props are so great.
1: Hohaia - That performance should keep his detractors quiet. Heremaia/Hohaia is our best hooking rotation by a country mile.

I still don't want Joel to go

 

[Meth]

3- Mateo
2- Lillyman
1- Mannering

Honorable mention to Matulino

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

Penrose i thought Maloney was terrible to be fair, well not terrible but 6-7 players better

 

[Izz]

3 Mannering
2 Moon
1 Matulino

Thought Maloney went well.
Hohaia played well, too. Surprised that he came off.
Packer was everywhere in defense.
Inu was good. If Vatuvei comes back next week, who does he replace? Tupou?
Mara was mud.

 

[Meth]

Not sure I want Vatuvei back next week...

 

[Philip_Smith007]

3 - Mannering: Owned Thurston, both in attack and defence.
2 - Mateo: Involved himself a lot, good meters, didnt throw speculators. Stupid penalty let him down.
1 - Inu: My god he showed desperation, nice double

Moon was very good, Maloney his normal tough self, cut through the line beautifully for Hohaia try.
We seemed to have more of a roll on with the old bucks Rapira and Lillyman on this week.
Four forwards over 100ms this week!
Johnson continues to improve.

Not sure what the refs up to with some of the calls both ways.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Not sure I want Vatuvei back next week...

For Tupou yes please. With instruction to stick to your winger on defence!

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Penrose i thought Maloney was terrible to be fair, well not terrible but 6-7 players better

My votes should go with a * - I was cutting in and out of watching.

I'll be honest, I have a huge wood for goalkickers who land goals like he did as well. Those sideline efforts change the mentality of the opposition, which is why I was always a Michael Witt fan.

 

[_addict]

For Tupou yes please. With instruction to stick to your winger on defence!

Yes please. This is a good portion of our weakness.

3 - Mannering
2 - Matulino
1 - Hohaia

All our M's (Mannering, Mateo, Maloney, Matulino) seemed to play pretty well (Mara was so-so). We lucked out with a few of our plays, but at least they were running at the holes and giving it a crack, a couple of passes were drops and we dipped out on the 50-50 scrambles a bit.

 

[hitman82]

Lay off the crack, kids.

3 - Johnson
2 - Mateo
1 - Hohaia

 

[Rich102]

3. Maloney - set up a try, kicked well, defended like a tiger & kicked 3/3.
2. Inu - finally.
1. Locke - another strong game.

The Ref's were a joke.
If Billy can't sort out his marker defence he won't last much longer.
Glad we didn't resign Tate.

 

[Meth]

The Ref's were a joke.

Yeah, but we benefited just as much, if not more, from them...particularly in the 2nd half

 

[Warmess]

Interesting game as far as points go. I don't think anyone really stood out, but:

3. Maloney
2. Mannering
1. Packer (I've been meaning to give Packer some points for a while now. One of those guys who truly puts his all in, and because of that he's typically in the right position all the time.)

 

[Rich102]

Yeah, but we benefited just as much, if not more, from them...particularly in the 2nd half

Yeah, they treated both sides the same. Just too many pedantic penalties. How many in the first 10 minutes? Seemed like 20.

 

[attila_the_gorilla]

3 Mannering
2 Maloney
1 Johnson

Forwards did their job this time, quick play-the balls, good running, some quality quick passing interchanges, Lot of questions asked in attack, Cowboys defended very well. High quality game.

 

[ozbash]

3- Packer
2- Lilly
1- Rapira

Inu and Mateo were good

Luck, Mannering and Maloney were great..

 

[AliN]

Mannering
Moon
Packer

Hohaia and Luck right up there as well.

 

[The European Polynesian]

Mannering
Moon
Inu

 

[maddest_kiwi]

3. Mannering
2. Inu
1. Lillyman