Best pack in the comp?

[Butters]

Oh and i rate the top packs as Melb, Souths, Easts, Cronulla Cowboys and the Titans?

Im not to sure about the last 2 but they both have gun backrows

 

[Sea Eagle Scuba]

I don't think Manly's pack is one of the best packs in 08, but I definately think its underrated and can provide good service for our halves. Monas is a massive loss though, hopefully Ballin can return to his awesome early form in 07.

8. Jason King
9. Matt Ballin
10. Brent Kite
11. Anthony Watmough
12. Glenn Stewart
13. Luke Williamson

14. Josh Perry
15. Adam Cuthbertson
16. Steve Menzies
17. Mark Bryant
18. Jack Afamasaga
19. Jason Wells
20. Heath Lestrange

 

[wittyfan]

Heath will be 9, not 20.

 

[Papa_smurf]

8. Payten
9. Farah
10. Galloway
11. Heighington
12. Te'o
13. Fulton

14. Flannigan
15. Payne
16. Harrison
17. Gibbs

18. Halatua
19. O'Hara
20. Metulisa
21. Harlen
22. Moa

 

[Stagger eel]

The Melbourne pack that includes Kaufusi will be hard to stop..

Roosters and Manly pack aren't too far behind.

 

[Papa_smurf]

8. Wicks
9. Head
10. Sims
11. Housten
12. Payne
13. Lulia

 

[Dogaholic]

Whatever your smoking I want some.

Armit is hopeless, no mongrel, no impact, I don't even think there'd be any dogs fans who honestly think the guy is rep quality

Perhaps he is thinking of Nathan Armit which is a possibility.

Chris Armit kinda reminds me of a young Steve Price. I don't think that he will reach anywhere near the heights the Steve did though.

 

[Inferno]

Depth - Canberra I agree

I don't think Sharks have the best pack. I think they are good...but they can be monstered and are not dominant. And their bench is a bit pissy. I think there are better packs but they arn't the worst.

I think you could probably count on 1 hand the amount of time our pack got monstered this year, and that includes significant parts of the season without Ross, Thommo and to a lesser extent Gallen and Bird.

Sharks ended the year with most metres made, most dominant tackles and the second least metres conceeded.

8.Ross
9.De Gois
10. Douglas
11. Gallen
12. Thommo
13. Bird

Of those 3 have played SOO or better, 2 were selected for city/country and De Gois is a portugese international.

Not too shabby at all.

Would have been even better had we managed to nab Mason, but oh well.

 

[Geohood]

Every pack will be the benchmark next year, no doubt.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

The best is Melbourne, the worst by far is Canberra lol.

Tongue=David Stagg, pathetic at best hence no rep honours.

 

[Charlie124]

David Stagg played origin.


there were no survivors

 

[Eelementary]

Premiers.

 

[Dragonwest]

Saints are missing a dominant 9 to be considered near the top of the packs. However the pack below is far from uncompetetive.

8. Poore
9.Woolford
10. Ryles (great mtrs)
11. Young (ball playing forward)
12. Scott (Line breaker on the edges)
13. Creagh (able to play as a third prop)

14. Hunt
15. Renyoldson
16. C. Stanely
17. R. Chase (Best impact attacking hooker/pivot going around)

Peek, Thorby, Saffy, Sailor

Chase Stanely is gona be the big mover next yr as a backrower. The boys only 18 is capable of running around or over many a defender. His abililty to draw in 3 or 4 defenders and offload is second only to SBW and Mateo.

Put that with the following backline and u'd expect top 8 pushing for top 4, injuries aside.

1. Nightingale
2.Morris
3. Gaz
4. Coops
5. Morris
6. Hornby
7. Soward.

 

[caylo]

"a champion team always beats a team of champions."

Teams with massive changes (like the roosters) will relay on individual brillance, which may get them over the line against lesser teams, but against a team with a decent defencive pattern (Melbourne, Manly, Parramatta) they will struggle to score points.
I think teams that have core players who have been together for a while will do well (Melbourne, Souths, Parramatta, Tigers). I don't relay rate the roosters pack for instance.

OMealy (showed this year he struggled)
Aurburson (showed without the support of smith or croncj he stuggled, the rooster have aweful halves)
Lapea (HIGHLIGHT of this pack)
Mason (hot/cold, turn it up for big games but was inconsistant. To intrested in talking)
Fitzy (over the hill, over the sand duns, and rolled into the ocean , should just give it away)
Tupou (one of the old rickys pets... over rated)

IMO this pack has nothing on the parramatta pack with the likes of Cayless, Hindy, Riddell and Moimoi. Plus young guys like Cordoba, Mateo, Hauraki and Paulo. Then back up of Robenson, Wagon and Gnulavou. In there, there is 4 internationals, plus Mateo (who was tauted as the next big thing). There is a blend of experiance and youth, plus young guys liek T.Williams, Oake, Mannah to come through. Over the last 2 years parramatta has blooded some relay good young players, and they will continue to over the next few years. So IMO this comment that parramatta has one of the worst pack in the comp is just stupid, week in week out last season they performed and beat the bulldogs pack 3 times, held their own against Melbourne twice, humiliated the Tigers pack, held off the warriors pack. They were the most efficent when it came to rapping up the ball, and created second phase play better than most of the teams in the comp. They have all the attributes to be on of the best packs in the comp on their day.

 

[sydraider]

The best is Melbourne, the worst by far is Canberra lol.

Tongue=David Stagg, pathetic at best hence no rep honours.

Fair dinkum Ron, you know f**k all!

 

[Big Mick]

even i have to admit Ron...u know SFA.

To inferno...how sure are u Thommo will be the same player when he comes back?..its no surprise to see ur team struggle without him mid-season. Douglas is still 2 years off being a rep prop and I think Gallen will be foiund out.

 

[boonboon]

Storm, Roosters and Sharks would be my top 3 packs

 

[gorilla with a shotgun]

TLL is better than SBW.

Im a raiders supporter but i still laughed when i read that

 

[gorilla with a shotgun]

Melbourne has the best pack and any1 who disagrees is either very biased or loopy

 

[mxlegend99]

Melbourne has the best pack and any1 who disagrees is either very biased or loopy

Melbourne have a top 4 pack. But i wouldn't call them the best pack. They just have the most balanced team in the comp. The quality is spread right through the team. Other teams have forward packs that could match or beat the Storm... but the Storm have great backs and halves which will then get them on top.