Round 24 v Storm

[globalpanther]

Some injuries & suspensions…

D EDWARDS
C MCLEAN
D LAURIE
I TAGO
B TO’O
J LUAI
N CLEARY
M LEOTA
M KENNY
JFH
L SMITH
L MARTIN/M GEYER
I YEO

T TOELAU
M EISENHUTH
L HENRY
M GEYER/A KEPAOA (13 games 2nd row + 8 off bench as utility for WT)
18.S TURUVA

 

[Iamback]

Kepaoa must be close to getting a spot on the bench.

Until we are full strength. I'd keep Patea in the team.

4 runs today. 2 tackle busts and 15 PCM in that, if we are doing a little stint to play Kenny in the middle.

Then need that sort of impact from that last bench guy

 

[Chins get the wins]

Another training run here

 

[Kilkenny]

i hope we can lift for the big occasion, this is a massive contest.

Still plenty of time to get key players back, find some form, but we need to start putting some really good games together sooner rather than later and get our edge defence sorted.

 

[Munky]

Martin is gone for a week if he accepts the early plea or two if he fights and loses.

Will we line up with a starting pack entirely of middle forwards?

 

[globalpanther]

Hope he plays LSmith right edge over LHenry.

 

[Iamback]

Martin is gone for a week if he accepts the early plea or two if he fights and loses.

Will we line up with a starting pack entirely of middle forwards?

Of course

We will run out with Henry/Smith as the backrowers

 

[Iamback]

Hope he plays LSmith right edge over LHenry.

No Sorro or Garner. Both will play edge

 

[globalpanther]

Or he plays Geyer & one of them & a bench of Toelau Eiso LS/LH Patea

 

[globalpanther]

In saying that if KATOA isn’t back for Melb they’ll have Nelson on an edge & a poor bench.

 

[Iamback]

Or he plays Geyer & one of them & a bench of Toelau Eiso LS/LH Patea

Assuming Fish plays? In the injury report. Pete Green sounded less likely that he'd play.

Personally I'd play Kepoara but Ivan will pick a side to be solid in defence and back the halves to create enough points

 

[Munky]

I'm expecting Leota to go beast mode for this game.

The difference between his ceiling and floor in performance in individual games is Burj Khalifa level.

 

[Girds89]

Laurie
Tito
Casey
Tago
Too
Luai
Nath
Leota
Kenny
Eiso
Geyer
Lindsay
Yeo

Trent
Henry
Asu
Patea

 

[Fangs]

Laurie
Tito
Casey
Tago
Too
Luai
Nath
Leota
Kenny
Eiso
Geyer
Lindsay
Yeo

Trent
Henry
Asu
Patea

That's my team. Start Geyer.

If Edwards is back then it's Toelau v Laurie for the 14. They have both been good it's a tough choice.

 

[Chins get the wins]

That's my team. Start Geyer.

If Edwards is back then it's Toelau v Laurie for the 14. They have both been good it's a tough choice.

Ivan can't get Laurie into a game from 14. It's Trent's spot

 

[Fangs]

Ivan can't get Laurie into a game from 14. It's Trent's spot

It's a question of cover.

Toelau has looked pretty good. If the plan is to catch tired forwards he is the guy. If we are instead thinking about covering the backs then it's Laurie.

Think of a future scenario with injury cover and Laurie starts looking like the better pick. Like last years grand final. Cogger was a must with Luai's injury and thank god we picked him. Toelau can cover halves but we haven't seen him in the 1, or wing/centre.