Injury update

[herbert henry1908]

Sharks:

1. Aekins
6. May
7. Luai

Broncos and to finish the year:

1. Luai
6. Maloney
7. Cleary

DWZ will be FB as soon as he’s back. We want the most experienced spine possible for a finals run.

 

[franklin2323]

I don't think Hook will plan to have a different fullback for different games. Whoever is fullback will be tested under high balls. I think he'll go for Whare with Peach at centre. Peach is unlikely to play big minutes on Wednesday. I also think we should have a recognised goal kicker, so play Cleary and rest Maloney would be my initial plan, with May at 6.

Not just the game. There is a lunchtime function for the NSW team on Thurs. which cuts it close to gametime when we actually get them.

I think we play the same 17. With either Ellis or Aekins in

 

[OldPanther]

DWZ will be FB as soon as he’s back. We want the most experienced spine possible for a finals run.

I prefer mine because we still get the benifit of DWZ while adding the skill of Luai. The third option in attack would be invaluable in the opposition 20m.

 

[franklin2323]

I prefer mine because we still get the benifit of DWZ while adding the skill of Luai. The third option in attack would be invaluable in the opposition 20m.

DWZ has played very limited FB too. So it isn't like we are moving an experienced FB. As long as we don't lose too much with kick returns the attack benefit it too good to not use

 

[PenrithPanther45]

I hope that NRL.com is just useless and unaware of Aikens/Luai playing FB because this is what they wrote:

With Tyrone Peachey set to return from Origin duty for Penrith's clash with Cronulla next Friday, coach Anthony Griffin could use the NSW utility at the back or shuffle his back line to put Dean Whare, Waqa Blake, Christian Crichton or Tyrone Phillips in the No.1 jersey.

 

[tripster]

I hope that NRL.com is just useless and unaware of Aikens/Luai playing FB because this is what they wrote:

With Tyrone Peachey set to return from Origin duty for Penrith's clash with Cronulla next Friday, coach Anthony Griffin could use the NSW utility at the back or shuffle his back line to put Dean Whare, Waqa Blake, Christian Crichton or Tyrone Phillips in the No.1 jersey.

No need to assume that anything written on NRL.com is informed. It writes the same drivel as the rest of the sports media these days. Case in point Michael Chammas’s article about the “mid season review”. He wrote it without having spoken with anyone at the club.

 

[Kilkenny]

Not a week goes by this season where we don't endure another damaging injury and DWZ is the latest casualty.

No shortage of possible replacements, Whare, Blake, Aekins, Laui or May but none are ideal and it is just another hurdle we have to cope with in this injury riddled season.

 

[herbert henry1908]

I prefer mine because we still get the benifit of DWZ while adding the skill of Luai. The third option in attack would be invaluable in the opposition 20m.

Take your point but experience in key positions is vital for the finals. We haven’t even seen Luai pay FB in first grade yet, way too early to give him that position in front of DWZ.

 

[GongPanther]

Not a week goes by this season where we don't endure another damaging injury and DWZ is the latest casualty.

No shortage of possible replacements, Whare, Blake, Aekins, Laui or May but none are ideal and it is just another hurdle we have to cope with in this injury riddled season.

Shouldn't have too much trouble getting a sponsorship from health insurance company for 2019.

 

[tripster]

Shouldn't have too much trouble getting a sponsorship from health insurance company for 2019.

Seriously, we should go after BUPA or HCF. Penrith stadium could be called BUPA Stadium.

 

[Matthew Ellis]

Aekins in at FB. Watching the reserves yesterday, he was fairly quiet. Perhaps he'd already been tipped re DWZ's injury and FG debut next week.

Tbf he just played the NSW residents game the other week.

 

[franklin2323]

Tbf he just played the NSW residents game the other week.

Still far ahead in many competition stats so probably is next up for a turn. He was good in that game on Sunday

 

[OldPanther]

Still far ahead in many competition stats so probably is next up for a turn. He was good in that game on Sunday

So he's playing rep and leading ISP stats? Has to be close to a call up

 

[franklin2323]

So he's playing rep and leading ISP stats? Has to be close to a call up

https://www.nswrl.com.au/stats/

He missed a game so he is one game less for these but 1st in Kick return metres. Total run metres, Total runs, Tackle breaks, Post contact metres

So plenty to say he should atleast get a shot this week

 

[OldPanther]

https://www.nswrl.com.au/stats/

He missed a game so he is one game less for these but 1st in Kick return metres. Total run metres, Total runs, Tackle breaks, Post contact metres

So plenty to say he should atleast get a shot this week

What I've seen has been good but damn that's a huge effort. Imagine beating the Sharks with a spine of rookies.

 

[franklin2323]

What I've seen has been good but damn that's a huge effort. Imagine beating the Sharks with a spine of rookies.

Sharks don't offer much in attack so it is a good time to do it. 4 tries might be enough

He hasn't got much speed or ball play so prob better for wing. Though given the outs let him ease into FG in his normal position.

 

[TheFrog]

I hope that NRL.com is just useless and unaware of Aikens/Luai playing FB because this is what they wrote:

With Tyrone Peachey set to return from Origin duty for Penrith's clash with Cronulla next Friday, coach Anthony Griffin could use the NSW utility at the back or shuffle his back line to put Dean Whare, Waqa Blake, Christian Crichton or Tyrone Phillips in the No.1 jersey.

They won't have asked the coach and even if they did, he wouldn't have told them. The team is announced on Tuesday, not Sunday. Even the fullback named tomorrow may not be the one who takes the field.

There is a lunchtime function for the NSW team on Thurs.

Whose brainwave is this? Players whose clubs play Friday should be excused from this function.

 

[franklin2323]

Whose brainwave is this? Players whose clubs play Friday should be excused from this function.

yeah so so dumb

 

[OldPanther]

Whose brainwave is this? Players whose clubs play Friday should be excused from this function.

Yeah it's pretty dumb.

 

[Frankus]

Not a week goes by this season where we don't endure another damaging injury and DWZ is the latest casualty.

No shortage of possible replacements, Whare, Blake, Aekins, Laui or May but none are ideal and it is just another hurdle we have to cope with in this injury riddled season.

A friend of mine is a physio for an NRL team. I remember him telling me that there would be at least 1 knee and 1 shoulder reco per annum on average in both first and reserve grade so 4 season enders. That doesn’t include all the other injuries. Some times teams are just blessed/cursed (in our case) with outlier seasons.