Match Discussion: Round 27 vs Dolphins @ McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal

[Woody90]

I……actually like the side named.

 

[Woody90]

I wish the club would hold off tapping more blokes on the shoulder for this week (if the reports are to be believed).

I get that we were never really into this season so made sense to start a roster overhaul, but now that we’re still hanging around you’d hope they’d put a pause on it momentarily (although the club is constantly in self-destruct mode so this is probably business as usual for the squad).

 

[Rod]

Felise Kaufusi had his charge downgraded and will play. TBH that doesn't bother me, and one of his brain snaps could even work in our favour.

Looking through their teamlist and the backline is strong, and similar to us it's a bit of a makeshift halves pairing. We're gonna need Gagai and Bradman at their best (pun intended), as perfect reads on Hammer and Farnworth will be required.

We have them covered in the forwards on paper but like a typical Bennett side they'll punch above their weight.

 

[Yosh]

Cogger hasn't been terrible the past few weeks. Gamble would be a huge plus though. Whoever plays doesn't matter. We just need to get Ponga on the ball 2 or 3 times every set. Every set.

 

[Woody90]

Felise Kaufusi had his charge downgraded and will play. TBH that doesn't bother me, and one of his brain snaps could even work in our favour.

Looking through their teamlist and the backline is strong, and similar to us it's a bit of a makeshift halves pairing. We're gonna need Gagai and Bradman at their best (pun intended), as perfect reads on Hammer and Farnworth will be required.

We have them covered in the forwards on paper but like a typical Bennett side they'll punch above their weight.

Yeah if whether we can beat the Dolphins or not comes down to whether Kaufusi plays we wouldn’t go close to winning a finals game.

I was a bit surprised Hammer wasn’t cited though.