NYC v Dragons

[billy2]

Do you guys have any injury updates on sims, smith, clarke and Mata'utia?

Mata'utia (Pat) and Clarke were in ortho boots at the last game - Sims is out for maybe 3 more games with a broken thumb - no idea on Smith.

 

[billy2]

Josh alison, Kailem Perkins in and Matt Ireland and Nick Ritter out.

They are also saying Ben Roose will start at prop with Vaivai to the bench.

Good move - Ben is a bit small but has a huge motor, while Vaivai will add a lot of impact at time, along with Jeremy Ma'a and Jackson Hill.

 

[billy2]

4-0 to saints after 8

 

[billy2]

10-0 after 11 min

 

[billy2]

16-0
Boys have had very little ball so far.

Big test of their fitness.

 

[billy2]

big comeback, but it's too late - 32-16 with about 15 to go after being down 32-6

 

[billy2]

lost 36-16 with a 60-40 possession flow against us all game.

Picking a smaller forward pack every week had to catch up with us eventually.

 

[The Showstopper]

Can't win em all

 

[billy2]

Korbin Sims and Kurt Mann picked for Qld.

Chanel Mata'utia and Alex McKinnon picked for NSW.

Kurt Mann was picked as 5/8. I think it's his natural position, although i can't remember him ever playing it. As a halfback for us in Ball he played very like a running 5/8, and he loves to run from fullback.

 

[Frederick]

Is will smith an idiot? The games locked up at 28-all, we get the ball from the scrum on their 35 with 29 seconds left in the game. In anyone's playbook, it's a simple case of ruck it up for two tackles then take the shot at field goal. In wills book, the play is to chip it straight to their fullback on the first tackle.

What a bonehead