Hooker, Halfback, Five-Eighth and Fullback combinations in '08

[BrisVegas]

With the player market kicking into gear and the importance of the above positions to any teams chance of Premiership success, how are the various clubs looking in term of the 9,7,6 and 1 in 2008:

Players that are contracted for 2008 are in bold.


North QLD Cowboys:

9. Payne
7. Thurston
6. ? (Burns? Smith have another go? Maybe Jackson Nicalou?)
1. Bowen


Brisbane Broncos

9. Ennis (Is he on contract beyond '07)
7. Wallace
6. Lockyer
1. Hunt


Gold Coast Titans:

9. Friend
7. Prince
6. Lewis
1. Campbell


Newcastle Knights:

9. Buderus
7. Walsh
6. Mullin
1. Gidley


Manly Sea-Eagles:

9. Ballin (Is he contracted for '08?)
7. Orford
6. Lyon
1. Stewart



Sydney Roosters:

9. ? (Will Craig Wing be resigned?)
7. Pearce
6. Anasta (Or will he be moved back to lock?)
1. Minichello

South Sydney Rabbitohs:

9. ? (Irvine? Webb?)
7. ? (Jeremy Smith?)
6. ? (Roberts? Wiliams?)
1. Peachy (Is he contract another year?)


Wests Tigers:

9. Farrah
7. Morris (Will he be moved to the bench for utility value?)
6. Benji (Will he be moved to fullback?)
1. Hodgson (What happens to him if Benji moves to fullback?)


Canterbury Bulldogs:

9. ? (Hughes be re-signed?)
7. Sherwin (?)
6. Holdsworth
1. Patten


Parramatta Eels:

9. Riddell
7. Smith
6. Finch
1. Burt


Penrith Panthers:

9. Priddis (Is he under contract?)
7. Gower
6. ?
1. Wesser


Cronulla Sharks:

9. ? (de Gois? Kingston? someone else?)
7. ? (Will Kimorley re-sign?)
6. ? (Will Dykes re-sign?)
1. Kearneyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kearney


St. George-Illawarra:

9. Woolford
7. Soward (If so where does that leave Head?)
6. Gasnier (?)
1. Hornby (?)


Canberra Raiders:

9. Withers
7. ? (Will Dobson be resigned? If not who will play halfback?)
6. Carney
1. Zillman


Melbourne Storm:

9. Smith
7. Cronk
6. Inglis (Or will he be shuffled back to the centres? replaced by Geyer?)
1. Slater


NZ Warriors:

9. Fien
7. Rovelli (Will Witt get first crack)
6. Ropati
1. McKinnon



Which combinations do you like the look of? Which combinations have the most potential and which clubs need to become more active in the player market?

 

[ByRd]

Bulldogs:

9. Aiton/Marsh/Wing (according to rumours, one of these guys is coming)
7. Sherwin
6. Roberts/Holdsworth
1. Patten

 

[Nook]

9. Farrah
7. Morris (Will he be moved to the bench for utility value?)
6. Benji (Will he be moved to fullback?)
1. Hodgson (What happens to him if Benji moves to fullback?)

9. Farah
7. Not Morris - we're definately after a new half.
6. Benji, if Hodgo doesn't go. Morris, if Hodgo goes, we get a new half, and Benji goes to fullback.
1. Hodgo, if he doesn't go to Hudds. Otherwise, Marshall, maybe. Or Lawrence, unless Fatz goes and he ends up in the centres. Or McConnell.

Going to be an interesting few months at Wests...

 

[Martli]

NZ Warriors:

9. Fien
7. Rovelli (Will Witt get first crack)
6. Ropati
1. McKinnon

Witt will either be 6 or 7, he's easily been our best half this year. It all depends on whether Rovelli will find some form or if Cleary wants to persist with Ropo, Witt will move to fit the other player in. All I can assure you of is that we will not have a settled halves combo next season.

 

[Sugar]

Souths

9.Hughes/Wing
7.Paea/Wing
6.Richie Williams/Wing
1.Peachey(Maybe)/Champion/Wing

 

[1999]

hmmmmm slater - excitement machine, rep player

inglis - enough said

cronk - half back of the year he's first crack at it

smith - QLD, australian hooker and Dally m player of the year

hmmmmmmm, if melbourne dont have the best 1.6.7.9 in the comp i dont know who does

 

[NK Arsenal]

Panthers:

9 - Priddis
7 - Gower (c)
6 - Firman
1 - Wesser

 

[DeeGan]

A Brisbane fan looking toward 2008 already? ;-)

I will revisit thread at the completion of the 2007 season.

 

[andrew057]

Panthers:

9 - Priddis
7 - Gower (c)
6 - Firman
1 - Wesser

I hope to god thats not Brett Firman.

 

[Dutchy]

My Manly combo

1 - B.Stewart - Der!!!
6 - Travis Burns
7 - Orford
9 - Ballin


Sexual

 

[themanonthehill]

I will bet London to a brick that Hodgson to england is a done deal
Hence we are allegedly after every halfback on the market
Were very close to Kimmorley but he is staying at the sharks
Wanted a 3 yr deal .. sharks offered 3 yrs @ 260k
Tigers offered 2 yrs @ 270k
Kimmorley to Bris for 3 yrs @ 400k was a done deal til Mrs kimmorley put the kybosh on it

 

[Deleted member 10972]

Roosters will let Wing go, & they SHOULD be moving Anasta to lock.

1. Anthony Minichiello
6. (skilful, young 5-8, Blake Green maybe?)
7. Mitchell Pearce
9. George Ndaira

Reserves

1. Shaun Foley
6. Ben Jones (QLD U17's)
7. Michael Bond (QLD U17's)
9. (solid backup hooker, James Aubusson?)

 

[joel caine number 1 fan]

I will bet London to a brick that Hodgson to england is a done deal
Hence we are allegedly after every halfback on the market
Were very close to Kimmorley but he is staying at the sharks
Wanted a 3 yr deal .. sharks offered 3 yrs @ 260k
Tigers offered 2 yrs @ 270k
Kimmorley to Bris for 3 yrs @ 400k was a done deal til Mrs kimmorley put the kybosh on it

why are we after a half for Hodgson is a fullback and we have plenty of talent there with Mcdonnell,Lawrence and Gallant and even Cowan even matt ryan and ben jeffrey im sure can oplay there

 

[themanonthehill]

Because a half will play half, morris will shift to 5/8 and Benji will play fullback
The coaches/club want to protect his career long term and to do that they want him out of the front line

 

[joel caine number 1 fan]

Because a half will play half, morris will shift to 5/8 and Benji will play fullback
The coaches/club want to protect his career long term and to do that they want him out of the front line

can he catch under pressure ? hows hes postioning????? i higly doubt benji can play fullback if this is true than it will be horrible :?

 

[colonel_123]

can he catch under pressure ? hows hes postioning????? i higly doubt benji can play fullback if this is true than it will be horrible :?

When Marshall first came into first grade I thought I remembered reading that Sheens actually had him ear-marked as a fullback. I think he played a lot of fullback in his first game against the Knights (although he also played 5/8, half-back and hooker that game).

 

[Apey]

Knights are looking hot.

No bias I swear.

 

[gorilla with a shotgun]

RAIDERS

1. Zillman
6. Carney
7. Herbert
9. Hinchcliffe

 

[Munky]

I hope to god thats not Brett Firman.

It is.

Hopefully he never sees first grade in a Penrith jersey.

My team would be

1. Wesser
6. Sammut
7. Gower
9 Priddis

 

[petetheileet]

If i was calling the shots it would be:

1. Morris
6. Hornby
7. Soward
9. Woolford/Ellis

Gasnier at 3. With Soward more reliable than Head at half Hornby will shine at 6