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3-2-1 v Manly

Penrose Warrior

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Hard to pick a list this week.

Berry made some great saves so three points.

Evans was good carting the ball up two points.

Egan one point.

What's your verdict on Berry? I haven't seen a kid with the composure and defensive nous at our club since Simon Mannering. I don't usually like those sort of comparisons but this guy just seems solid as granite.
 

Meth

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Congratulations Tohu Harris

Harris 32
Berry 16
RTS 11

Egan 7
Nikorima 6
Tevaga 5
Walsh 3
Harris Tavita 2
Evans 2

14 voted
 

jaseg

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What's your verdict on Berry? I haven't seen a kid with the composure and defensive nous at our club since Simon Mannering. I don't usually like those sort of comparisons but this guy just seems solid as granite.

I didn't see the game on Sunday (but sounds like Berry continued defending well despite some shit around him), but I'd suggest another kid who came through our club with that sort of defensive brilliance immediately... and Ngani Laumape's done alright for himself.
 

Penrose Warrior

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I didn't see the game on Sunday (but sounds like Berry continued defending well despite some shit around him), but I'd suggest another kid who came through our club with that sort of defensive brilliance immediately... and Ngani Laumape's done alright for himself.

Yeah, he's another one. I kinda feel a bit sad that he's now going to play the rest of his days in France. I mean, I don't feel bad for him or his accountant by any stretch, but it feels like an incredible talent that didn't come to fruition in either code here.
 

kier

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I'm hoping Egan will be kept on for the full 80 minutes from now on. We're a different (directionless) team when he's off the pitch.
 

JJ

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Agree, he’s been an unsung strong performer, just need a back up
 

sup42

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What's your verdict on Berry? I haven't seen a kid with the composure and defensive nous at our club since Simon Mannering. I don't usually like those sort of comparisons but this guy just seems solid as granite.
I am really happy about Berry, he clearly has a footballers brain.

I have seen him compared to a lot of players, Mannering is a good one.

Others have compared him to Joseph Manu.

He is lean and tall, so if I were comparing his physique to any Kiwi player, Sean Hoppe comes to mind.

He has pace, runs a clean slicing line, as such he is scoring without a hand being laid on him.

He chases the ball, so all in all, he is an excellent prospect since that is one thing all Warriors backs have been crap at..they do not read the play....they just play the stuff they practiced at trainning.

I joked he is the love child of a Sean Hoppe Dean Bell pairing, pretty much the best in terms of smartest outside backs the Warriors have ever seen.

Clearly he is the future, and therefore, this rebuild year should be his....we need to stick with him, and I am controversially happy we have stuck with Kosi for the same reasons, because this is the year to throw caution to the wind and play nobodies....it is what Daniel Anderson did in 2001.
 
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sup42

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Reminds me a bit of Marty Berry :wink:
That's a good one.
Never seen his old man. I looked him up on Wiki, utility back Wairarapa area. To be fair I could only recognize the most famous Rugby players, like about three or four All Blacks in any generation, sometimes less than that.

Haven't see a game since 1995 so that pretty much takes you out of the loop.
 

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