Observations from the bears game in the first half.
Players who wouldn’t look out of place in the NRL
-Britt. Not really a workhorse like most supporters love but he’s got good defence, can run lines and some nice ballplaying skills.
-Fuimaono. Isn’t looking his best with all the strapping but still has some damaging runs. Some pretty solid defence as well.
- Tracey. Great running game, great passing game, can definitely kick and isn’t afraid to tackle.
- Brittain. Small bloke but knows how to tackle and has a crisp passing game.
Imo Viliami Kaveinga (the fullback) is also a player to watch. Is very safe under the highball and runs the ball back hard.
If I’m looking at a replacement for Doueihi I’m probably looking at either Brittain or Tracey mainly because of their versatility. I’m leaning towards Tracey though. He looks above the rest of the competition.
I reckon Britt will play first grade next season if he consistently plays like this.
I watched the whole match earlier today!!!
Britt was actually a workhorse for the 80 imo... he made 15 hit ups for 169m with a try and a try assist 33 tackles.... he ran similar lines Crichton does! If needed he'd do a no frills job off the bench on limited minutes like Turner would. Turner also looked good but not as involved as Britt.
Yeah Brittain has a good passing game. Not much of a running game though.
I feel Norths went better once they bought Mcilwrick on and he had some darts from dummy half. To me Mcilwrick looked more threatening but obviously Seibs see's something better in Brittain as he keeps naming him as 18th man over Mcilwrick so I'll trust Seibs judgement. The concern if Brittain had to play first grade would be he'd be steamrolled and knocked out!
Fuimaono was solid but rusty. Once Kennar went off HIA Fui went to right centre and got caught out defensively several times in the second half.... coming into the business end of the year I'd avoid using him at centre unless it's dire straits injury wise for us. When GI is back I'd have Burns on the bench for us over Fui. It's a shame Fui has had such an interrupted season with injuries.
Yep Tracey developing well.... could have had a hat trick but knocked on with the try line wide open!!
Sam Johnstone looked pretty good too and doesn't seem to have as many errors in him as Rodwell at this stage...
