New South Wales 2016

[DOGS AND EELS!!!]

Actually I prefer Morris but just reading the previous posts didn't QLD score most their points down his side in G3 last year??

3 of them were scored because Pearce missed a tackle, 1 was Beau Scott and another was Hoppa. Luckily all 3 of them have been left out.

 

[lafai]

Morris is better than Dugan at centre but he won't stop Inglis. I've seen reserve graders out run Josh

 

[Tweed Titan]

Does Morris have any knees left? Plays on one leg these days to be fair to his loss in pace.

 

[Tommy Smith]

If NSW want impact off the bench then look no further than BJ Leilua.

At least he could actually play in the backrow.

The guy is the best centre in the game atm, if you don't count GI.

 

[Caped Crusader]

If NSW want impact off the bench then look no further than BJ Leilua.

At least he could actually play in the backrow.

The guy is the best centre in the game atm, if you don't count GI.

In attack, maybe

BJs defence is bloody awful though. He and Rapana got shown up multiple times today

 

[Tommy Smith]

It can't be any worse than Fergo's defense!

Still, off the bench as a roaming backrower he'd cause havoc.

 

[umina panther]

Yep havoc for us or them? More likely to drop the ball than make a break

 

[some11]

Does Morris have any knees left? Plays on one leg these days to be fair to his loss in pace.

He's always performed in Origin regardless of injury, just a nuggety f**k who is always great defensively and good for a try.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Last yr when JT
Caught that kick ,took off downfield it was Pearce who run him down .
Morris was chasing but not catching .

& Jt is not all that quick .
Yet Morris took no ground off him .

6-8 yrs ago Morris would have caught him in 30-40 mtrs

 

[DOGS AND EELS!!!]

Last yr when JT
Caught that kick ,took off downfield it was Pearce who run him down .
Morris was chasing but not catching .

& Jt is not all that quick .
Yet Morris took no ground off him .

6-8 yrs ago Morris would have caught him in 30-40 mtrs

Piss is actually really fast, remember when he ran down Inglis?

 

[leaguegod692]

Jmoz is a good defensive centre but dugan would do a similar job there too and did in game 2 2014


they are both the most capable players in containing GI


the problem was always gonna be fergy, he's gotta make good decisions about when to come in and when to stay out, its actually a harder role then centre imo and Fergy doesn't look up to it

 

[Hutty1986]

Morris is better than Dugan at centre but he won't stop Inglis. I've seen reserve graders out run Josh

J Moz has lost a lot of pace but Inglis isn't as quick as he was either. Morris will be fine.

 

[Captain Apollo]

It can't be any worse than Fergo's defense!

You must have a real shot term memory then Tommy. His defence was s'house when he was with our club. It has not improved one iota since he left us.

 

[Shorty]

Last yr when JT
Caught that kick ,took off downfield it was Pearce who run him down .
Morris was chasing but not catching .

& Jt is not all that quick .
Yet Morris took no ground off him .

6-8 yrs ago Morris would have caught him in 30-40 mtrs

Doesn't matter, Morris is good with his positioning, Inglis needs space and Morris doesn't give him any.
Dugan is probably ok but I have noticed he's not nearly as good with positioning.

I'd give NSW the edge on getting the series back but I'm looking forward to seeing how Oates goes, who's marking him? Mansour?

 

[big hit!]

Jmoz is a good defensive centre but dugan would do a similar job there too and did in game 2 2014


they are both the most capable players in containing GI


the problem was always gonna be fergy, he's gotta make good decisions about when to come in and when to stay out, its actually a harder role then centre imo and Fergy doesn't look up to it

well, a winger is basically tied to the organisation inside him. he's the last man in the line so he's generally the one who will be noticeably outnumbered if the guys inside him don't shift, or if the attack overloads the side with numbers.

but yes, if he makes stupid decisions such as coming in on Inglis who is already covered by the defensive #2 & #3, then Oates will have a f**kin' field day.

 

[Hazardous]

Saddest thing about Jmoz's loss of pace is that he genuinely was in the top few in regards to pace up until injury screwed him around in 2014 after that 'heroic' (detrimental actually) play in origin.

I vividly remember him EASILY mowing Jennings down over 60-70 metres having given up a 10m + start. Also remember him catching Shaun Johnson after giving up 3-4 metres.

Never mind the fact that he was a long-range try scorer. In 2012 especially, he would have had 5 or so length of the field tries or just about.

 

[Hazardous]

Watch at 11:50 minutes to showcase what I mentioned above.

 

[ram raid]

Reynolds is goal kicking.

 

[Jason Maher]

While I'm not 100% happy with the team (Jackson and Cordner over Frizell and especially Wade Graham is a joke, but at least they didn't pick Beau Scott, also wtf Fergo? and WTMFF Walker?), I am very, very happy that we have finally picked a competent halves pairing. Bonus is we have a very skillful ball playing fullback as well. The only issue is two of those 3 players are on debut, and will be savaged by all and sundry if we get rolled. I just hope that Reynolds and Moylan are shown half the patience that Pearce has been and that we don't panic because they don't turn out to be match winning heroes on debut.

Reynolds should have been picked 2-3 years ago and have some experience under his belt by now. Maloney should have been the half retained from 2013 rather than Pearce. But what's been done has been done. At least the right decisions are starting to be made. It's only cost us a few more series defeats to finally get to this point.

 

[Dragon_Taylor6]

It just goes to show that even at the top level, politics plays a huge part in team selections.