Round 27 vs. Warriors Discussion

[Big Pete]

Dolphins vs. Warriors
Suncorp Stadium, Saturday 2 September 2023
Kick Off: 3:00pm

1. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 2. Jamayne Isaako 3. Tesi Niu 4. Euan Aitken 5. Jack Bostock 6. Kodi Nikorima 7. Sean O'Sullivan 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Harrison Graham 10. Mark Nicholls 11. Felise Kaufusi 12. Connelly Lemuelu 13. Kenny Bromwich

14. Jarrod Wallace 15. Isaiya Katoa 16. Max Plath 17. Herman Ese'ese

18. Valynce Te Whare 19. Mason Teague 20. Brayden McGrady 21. Trai Fuller 22. Kurt Donoghoe

1. Taine Tuaupiki 2. Edward Kosi 3. Rocco Berry 4. Adam Pompey 5. Marcelo Montoya 6. Te Maire Martin 7. Ronald Volkman 8. Bunty Afoa 9. Freddy Lussick 10. Mitchell Barnett 11. Josh Curran 12. Marata Niukore 13. Dylan Walker

14. Brayden Wiliame 15. Jackson Ford 16. Bayley Sironen 17. Tom Ale

18. Kalani Going 20. Jacob Laban 21. Ben Farr 22. Zyon Maiu'u 23. Paul Roache​

 

[Big Pete]

Final game of the season, Dolphins will be looking to end their six game losing streak and take a big scalp before they sign off.

Ese'ese will play his final game for the club. All in all, it would have been a good experience for Herman to reunite with Bennett again and extend his playing career in the NRL. He always had those strong carries and ability to offload which should serve him well over in Hull.

Speaking of players reuniting with Bennett, Jamayne Isaako will become the first Dolphins player to play every game this season. He'd have to be a heavy favourite for player of the season? It's easily been his best year in first grade and he's wound the clock back to 2018. Jamayne has the opportunity to extend his impressive tally of 23 tries and finish the competition as top try and points-scorer which would be a tremendous honour.

It's been a rough end to the season going 1-10 but considering the Dolphins were expected to go as well as Newcastle 2016-17 or Brisbane 2020 they can still take plenty of pride out of this year.

 

[Rich102]

Good luck. Hope it is a good game.

 

[MugaB]

Watch out for Te mare Martin, his sweep plays are unstoppable,

 

[Leber]

Enjoy the win dolphins. But please don’t smash us by too much and dent our confidence.

 

[RL The greatest game]

A great unexpected win for the Dolphins today

 

[Big Pete]

Dolphins 34 (Jack Bostock, Sean O'Sullivan, Isaiya Katoa, Jamayne Isaako, Max Plath, Kenny Bromwich tries; Jamayne Isaako 5/6 goals) def. Warriors 10

9-15

Phins up!!!

The Dolphins have concluded their inaugural season in style with a comprehensive 34-10 victory against an understrength Warriors outfit.

With nothing but pride to play for, the Dolphins had a field day and tore through the Warriors defence. They made 15 line-breaks in total and while they struggled to convert their opportunities they ultimately overwhelmed the Warriors.

It was actually shaping up to be a contest early on. The Warriors had the better of the early exchanges, but when Isaako took an intercept on his line, all the momentum shifted to the Dolphins and it took the Warriors too long to get into the contest.

Bostock ended his season on a high with the best performance of his career. He came up with a lovely put down to open the Dolphins account and was in the thick of the action racking up 177m. Jack will be a player to keep an eye out for in 2024.

Jarrod Wallace played like an extra half and laid on some lovely passes to create space, Kodi was a livewire and O'Sullivan ended his season on a high as well. Just about every player could be proud of their performance and it was a nice reward after a trying second half to the season.

The only player who had a quiet afternoon was young gun Harrison Graham who didn't return after his opening 15 minute stint. I didn't hear exactly what happened to him, but Katoa filled in at dummy half and the Dolphins went up a gear.

Jamayne Isaako added to his try-scoring tally and finished the season as the highest try-scorer and point-scorer. It's been a tremendous season for Isaako who finished last year playing in the Queensland Cup.