Lomax not playing RD 1

[possm]

He’s not in ISP either - suggest an injury is probable.

Or Mary is playing games again.
Or it is really Aitken who is injured.

 

[tumbidragon]

Just wait for Aitken's inevitable hammy and we'll have Lomax at RC and Rav on his wing... Nature will sort it out for Mary.

 

[Dragonsamy]

Only Old Farts recall this one.

Jimmy that means I must be a old fart as well gotta love Jethro Tull

 

[George Dragon]

Cussy
Your mail is not totally wrong. He does have a slight hamstring strain but I doubt it would keep him out of the game if required.

Correct picked up a slight twinge on Monday, no concern.

 

[cussy]

Cussy
Your mail is not totally wrong. He does have a slight hamstring strain but I doubt it would keep him out of the game if required.

Thanks man. I probably heard what I wanted tbh and switched off.

 

[Saint_JimmyG]

Jimmy that means I must be a old fart as well gotta love Jethro Tull

There’s nothing wrong with being a self confessed old fart.

 

[Wittenberg]

Not convinced fully regarding Rav. Fast and strong but looked shaky under the high ball at times......a Dragons tradition over the last few years.

 

[Wittenberg]

Only Old Farts recall this one.

I resemble that comment!

 

[Saint_JimmyG]

I resemble that comment!

LOL...join the club.

 

[Saint_JimmyG]

Not convinced fully regarding Rav. Fast and strong but looked shaky under the high ball at times......a Dragons tradition over the last few years.

I fear he’s more Kativerata than Radradra. It’s fair say Ravlawa will be severely tested on Saturday night. Unfortunately, I feel we’re about to find out why he hasn’t played first grade.

 

[Frank Facer]

I once wrote to Brian Smith after we lost 7 in a row about Damian Chapman.
And his reply was let me coach the team and for me to just support them
Intersting reply.

At least you know he read your letter.

 

[Frank Facer]

I once wrote to Brian Smith after we lost 7 in a row about Damian Chapman.
And his reply was let me coach the team and for me to just support them
Intersting reply.

To also get a reply was decent on Smith's part. How many games did Chapman last after you sent your letter? I don't remember him playing first grade for an extended period. I remember when we signed him. He was playing for St Gregs who won the Commonwealth Bank Cup that year too. He may have even won the player of the Commonwealth Bank Cup that year too. He also obviously went on the Australian Schoolboys tour of England. We also signed Andrew Walker the same year. He was immensely talented. I had high hopes for both of them. They were both slightly built. I remember hearing that Walker's attitude wasn't good enough and that he was drinking at the pub instead of going to training.

 

[denis preston]

I fear he’s more Kativerata than Radradra. It’s fair say Ravlawa will be severely tested on Saturday night. Unfortunately, I feel we’re about to find out why he hasn’t played first grade.

Jesus, the club can't win.We whinge that youth is not given a go but when it is some put shit on the player selected. Doesn't give too much credibility of the opinions here.

 

[Brutalitops]

The derision placed on Ravi is very unfair, as are the stupid expectations and comparisons to Radradra. Like a player who is Fijiian somehow always gets boxed into a category and it becomes their defining characteristic. Doesn't sit well.

He showed enough in the trials to get a shot at least. Let him have a shot then

 

[Saints Forever]

I have a feeling Rava will be exactly what we need in attack.

He has speed and power.

The guy will make some mistakes as young players do. But one thing is for sure, he is anything but pedestrian.

 

[Frank Facer]

I have a feeling Rava will be exactly what we need in attack.

He has speed and power.

The guy will make some mistakes as young players do. But one thing is for sure, he is anything but pedestrian.

I think Ravalawa will look better if he isn't playing outside of Aitken.

 

[getsmarty]

Mikaele Ravalawa named to make Dragons debut as Zac Lomax dumped

• Cameron Mee

Local Sport

Call-up: Mikaele Ravalawa. Picture: Greg Porteous/NRL Imagery.


Fijian flyer Mikaele Ravalawa is set to make his NRL debut on Saturday night after being named on the wing for the Dragons round one clash with North Queensland.

The 21-year-old has been selected ahead of highly-fancied youngster Zac Lomax, who has been relegated to 18th man for the fixture.

After arriving from Canberra in the off-season, Ravalawa was impressive during the Dragons two trial matches, scoring a double at WIN Stadium against the Knights. Lomax, a natural centre, struggled in his stints on the wing and was exposed in the loss to South Sydney.

"He's certainly an athlete," Dragons coach Paul McGregor said after the win over Newcastle. " Six foot two, 93 kilos, he can run, changes the ball in each hand, fend with either arm, explosive.

"We've just got to keep working with him, he's only new to our systems. He's a big boy and something we're looking for as outside backs, that speed and size."

The selection of Ravalawa is the only big surprise in the 21-man squad named by McGregor on Tuesday afternoon, with the side to closely resemble that which started in the Charity Shield.

With Jack de Belin's suspension officially confirmed on Monday, Tyson Frizell will line up at lock, while Jacob Host steps into the second row.

After such a tumultuous off-season, Dragons captain Gareth Widdop said the squad is looking forward to taking the field for their first match of the year.


"It's obviously exciting," Widdop said. "It was a tough pre-season, as they all are, it feel like it goes on forever.

"Obviously with all the stuff that happened in the off-season, it's good the positive stuff's back now and the football's here and I think the team's ready to go.

"It's a tough trip to Townsville this week, but the boys are fired up and ready to start playing playing playing."

The Dragons will be without de Belin for at least the opening five rounds after the Federal Court set the date for the final hearing of his challenge of the NRL's new no fault stand down policy for April 16.

The NRL has confirmed the no fault stand down policy will continue to apply in the period leading up until the court proceedings are resolved.


https://www.illawarramercury.com.au...ake-nrl-debut-for-st-george-illawarra/?cs=302

 

[Objective View]

Jesus, the club can't win.We whinge that youth is not given a go but when it is some put shit on the player selected. Doesn't give too much credibility of the opinions here.

There's youth and then there's quality youth

Straight Shooter

 

[nontime111]

hes a nice fella also, lovely chap I met him recently I cant wait to see him carve! huge legs and strength but is a bullet! dont worry about the high ball hell go ok

 

[SnowDragon]

Let see what the match brings...

1) will Widdop’s shoulder hold? And will he be as dynamic as we hope?
2) how will the new halves gel?
3) how much will we miss JDB?
4) how will Mika handle the debut? And will he develop?
5) will the centres be as good out of the blocks as last year? (Based on trials Aitken looked down on last year, but the cows games is the real test for me)
6) Dufty of the bench? A master stroke or a waste of a benchspot and a talented player?


As for the coming months,
7) will we see Lomax and Robson progress into the top 17 and prove their potential?

What did I miss?