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3-2-1 v Dragons

Meth

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3- Tuivasa Sheck
2- Tuaupiki
1- Stowers Smith

HM-
Harris Tavita, Niukore. Watene Zelezniak had some crucial carries

DM-
As mentioned, Ford.
Fisher Harris.

Will let Pompey off seeing as he scored two tries. Boyd was mixed. Halasima, with the exception of his work in the lead up to the Harris Tavita try
 

Big Marn

Bench
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3 Clark
2 Dallin
1 RTS

HM, CHT, TSS

DMs, Ford, JFH, Webster - again. Ford had no right to be on the field that long. I dont care if he has a big motor. The less touches he gets, the better it will be for the team as a whole. They could have rotated the 4 props way better. Healey for 10? Egan had no spark the whole game.
 

Meth

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Re Tuaupiki, nice try assists and tbh we would have been cooked if he wasn’t so tidy under the high ball tonight
 

Grizzman

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3 Clark
2 RTS
1 CHT

HM TSS and TT. Boyd was good too.
DM JFH and Ford

CHT made some absolutely crucial plays tonight.
 

JJ

Immortal
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JFH was pretty much trash last year until the playoffs, similar this year, but him lifting in big games isn’t enough for us
 
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3. Clark.
2. RTS
1. TT

DM x1000. JFH. I watched the pre-match and thought if he plays like dog shit, after this, I will be livid. And he did. He was absolutely abysmal. A leader? Nup.
DM x100. Ford. I planned to start an FO Ford thread in the second half.
 

nswarrior

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3 - Boyd, I thought he had a good gane
2 - DwZ - really lifted the team when needed
1 - RTS

JFH had a shocker, so many errors and penalties, nearly cost us the game, Ford and Halasima had a lot of errors too
 

vvvrulz

Coach
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3. Clark
2. RTS - hard to go past our two Duracell batteries, they're the heart and motor of the team right now
1. TSS - just looks so effective and dangerous, and today half our team was asleep

TT had a good game, CNK looked much better, I was happy Boyd wasn't running away from the game and was trying to spark things in the end. Dallin feels like he's getting his groove back.

DMs JFH and Ford as already mentioned by plenty, although Ford makes up for it (somewhat) with 40-50 minutes of solid work before the Fordisms at the back end of his 67 minutes. He's on the park way too long and he is a bench player being asked to do more than he's capable of.

Fish though was a disgrace. This isn't a bench player, this is our skipper and marquee signing - what is he doing on the bench for big stints and playing like a lazy hot head when on? It's even worse because pre-game he looks all business, before descending into a 2004 Monty Betham.

Webby should be fuming at most of the boys, it was a tired and sloppy performance and we got lucky.
 

Manu Vatuvei

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3. Clark
2. RTS
1. DWZ

HM: Boyd ran more tonight

DM: Ford and JFH. Webster leaving Ford out there to get worse and worse the longer he stayed on was inexplicable.

Leka was poor. Pompey was poor and will get credit for scoring 2 tries anyone would’ve scored.

Medium mention: Tuaupiki….not sure why he’s getting credit? Seems like a theoretically good player who really doesn’t do much.
 

Big Marn

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3. Clark
2. RTS
1. DWZ

HM: Boyd ran more tonight

DM: Ford and JFH. Webster leaving Ford out there to get worse and worse the longer he stayed on was inexplicable.

Leka was poor. Pompey was poor and will get credit for scoring 2 tries anyone would’ve scored.

Medium mention: Tuaupiki….not sure why he’s getting credit? Seems like a theoretically good player who really doesn’t do much.
Tuaupiki is concerning me at fb. Hes too small. Hes gets thrown around like a ragdoll at times and his net gain on his carries is less than CNK as hes alway being dragged back to our own goal line. As a comparison, Hazem El Masri was the same height but weighed 90kg. Taine is 83kg. He needs to put on a bit of muscle in the offseason. Maybe look at playing in the halves where he doesnt take as many hitups, but still get opportunities to dart past tiring props. He's just as good a kicker as Boyd too.
When do our first choice centres return?
 

Manu Vatuvei

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Tuaupiki is concerning me at fb. Hes too small. Hes gets thrown around like a ragdoll at times and his net gain on his carries is less than CNK as hes alway being dragged back to our own goal line. As a comparison, Hazem El Masri was the same height but weighed 90kg. Taine is 83kg. He needs to put on a bit of muscle in the offseason. Maybe look at playing in the halves where he doesnt take as many hitups, but still get opportunities to dart past tiring props. He's just as good a kicker as Boyd too.
When do our first choice centres return?

I have no idea what he’s getting props for tonight. To me he’s a weirdly un-elusive runner. Like you assume he’s this guy who’s going to hunt out a gap but he seems to go looking for someone to tackle him. I dunno, he’s very Emperor’s New Clothes to me.
 

Fufu Andronez

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Very harsh on Fish. Has been great all year, especially as a leader, down game for sure but the pile on is a bit over the top. Looks like he has rushed himself back from that calf injury to help the team out, he's def carrying something.

Ford pile on is well deserved though.
 

nswarrior

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Very harsh on Fish. Has been great all year, especially as a leader, down game for sure but the pile on is a bit over the top. Looks like he has rushed himself back from that calf injury to help the team out, he's def carrying something.

Ford pile on is well deserved though.
JFH is a legend. Maybe carrying an injury and just trying too hard today. Anyone piling on him is being way too harsh
 
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