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Only 1 Round gone but our backline personnel this year suddenly looks very vulnerable after watching what we offered against Newcastle.
Combinations in particular looked disjointed and dare I say we lack threatening speed.
We’ve relied on Barba & Holmes in the backs in the past few years for X factor and game turning abilities with athletic brilliance. These two players were our leading try scorers the past 3 years by a long margin.
We lost from our backline from last year Holmes, Lee, Ramien & Leutele.
We’ve added just Josh Morris to our backline talent.
I can see why we were at one stage chasing Robert Jennings. The loss/gain in this area doesn’t add up.
So the addition of Johnson pushed Moylan to fullback.
Josh Morris takes over from Leutele.
Dugan who only played just over a dozen games last season takes over Ramien’s spot.
Katoa gets promoted to Lee’s wing.
While it remains to be seen if our halves have been strengthened with the addition of Johnson I gotta say we definitely don’t look anywhere near threatening in the outside backs with those changes.
Which leads me to Bronson Xerri who currently isn’t in the team. X factor Xerri, speed, youth & strength. We need him in the team ASAP Mr. John Morris. He’s a missing factor we need in our team. He’s the threat we desperately need. For mine we’ll lack a lot of fear with our backs until he’s in the team.
Combinations in particular looked disjointed and dare I say we lack threatening speed.
We’ve relied on Barba & Holmes in the backs in the past few years for X factor and game turning abilities with athletic brilliance. These two players were our leading try scorers the past 3 years by a long margin.
We lost from our backline from last year Holmes, Lee, Ramien & Leutele.
We’ve added just Josh Morris to our backline talent.
I can see why we were at one stage chasing Robert Jennings. The loss/gain in this area doesn’t add up.
So the addition of Johnson pushed Moylan to fullback.
Josh Morris takes over from Leutele.
Dugan who only played just over a dozen games last season takes over Ramien’s spot.
Katoa gets promoted to Lee’s wing.
While it remains to be seen if our halves have been strengthened with the addition of Johnson I gotta say we definitely don’t look anywhere near threatening in the outside backs with those changes.
Which leads me to Bronson Xerri who currently isn’t in the team. X factor Xerri, speed, youth & strength. We need him in the team ASAP Mr. John Morris. He’s a missing factor we need in our team. He’s the threat we desperately need. For mine we’ll lack a lot of fear with our backs until he’s in the team.
