Round 9 Team....

[Joker's Wild]

Centre to second row means that he moves infield 4 metres. Its the same position, just running close to the middle.

Thats an over simplification

Second rowers do more defence, run different lines, have less room to work with in attack and generally become part of the bench rotation. There are plenty of differences, large and small, that make the transition a challenge

 

[Joel-22]

1.J.Mamo
2.C.Matautai
3.S.Matautai
4.D.Gagai
5.A.Uate
6.C.Tuimavave
7.J.Mullen
8.K.Snowden
9.T.Randall
10.J.Stockwell
11.B.Scott (c)
12.J.Leilua
13.J.Smith

14.K.Sims
15.T.Sims
16.C.Newton
17.J.McManus

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

1.J.Mamo
2.C.Matautai
3.S.Matautai
4.D.Gagai
5.A.Uate
6.C.Tuimavave
7.J.Mullen
8.K.Snowden
9.T.Randall
10.J.Stockwell
11.B.Scott (c)
12.J.Leilua
13.J.Smith

14.K.Sims
15.T.Sims
16.C.Newton
17.J.McManus

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[The Showstopper]

1.J.Mamo
2.C.Matautai
3.S.Matautai
4.D.Gagai
5.A.Uate
6.C.Tuimavave
7.J.Mullen
8.K.Snowden
9.T.Randall
10.J.Stockwell
11.B.Scott (c)
12.J.Leilua
13.J.Smith

14.K.Sims
15.T.Sims
16.C.Newton
17.J.McManus

Manly are f###ed now!

 

[perverse]

I see the boys are getting the week off this week. Well earned, wouldn't you say? Ugh...

 

[TooheysNew]

Thats an over simplification

Second rowers do more defence, run different lines, have less room to work with in attack and generally become part of the bench rotation. There are plenty of differences, large and small, that make the transition a challenge

Its really not. Yep, theyre different, but nowhere near as much as you think.


Going the other way is harder.happy to agree to disagree though.

 

[Joker's Wild]

They shouldnt be training

They should spend every waking minute of the next 2 weeks staring into a mirror

 

[otori]

1.J.Mamo
2.C.Matautai
3.S.Matautai
4.D.Gagai
5.A.Uate
6.C.Tuimavave
7.J.Mullen
8.K.Snowden
9.T.Randall
10.J.Stockwell
11.B.Scott (c)
12.J.Leilua
13.J.Smith

14.K.Sims
15.T.Sims
16.C.Newton
17.J.McManus

Is Tuimavave playing NSW Cup? How has he been going?

 

[perverse]

I don't think BJ has the fitness to play in the forwards at this stage. He runs out of puff very quickly, asking 30 tackles of him a match (not to mention the need to push up in the line more) would be too much, I think.

His future is probably there if anyone can get him fit.

 

[Joker's Wild]

If T-Rex can play in the backrow, anyone can lol

I agree though, its not something he'll just be able to do straight up.

 

[The Showstopper]

Rick might as well use his week with Fiji as a week off for himself but alas he cannot. The boys would be sending his Blood pressure skywards.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

I see the boys are getting the week off this week. Well earned, wouldn't you say? Ugh...

Well we did start the season with 4 straight wins....

Maybe they just started getting tired. (a nap time during the game would be perfect!!!!)

 

[Yosh]

I think we have some pretty gun centres in the side. I wish we'd just give them early ball all the time.

 

[Joker's Wild]

Will be interesting to see where Tuimavave plays for Samoa this weekend. Hope its in the halves so we get a look at how he handles himself in a bigger game

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Tui has had a few nice touches and kicks, 1000x better than ploderts has been this season.

Make the change Stone.

 

[Jono078]

Joey Leilua has just about been worst on field.

He'll make nice runs but every one has ended in a lost ball.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Bj has been woeful

 

[Allstar Knights]

Tui has had a few nice touches and kicks, 1000x better than ploderts has been this season.

Make the change Stone.

Doesn't get involved enough though. Seems kinda lazy, but perhaps he's still getting over that injury from the nines.

I'd go Feeney or Randall.

 

[Jono078]

What do you mean by lazy? He was in everything in the first half and put his body on the line in D to stop a couple of tries.

 

[Spot On]

Ah, 18 rounds left. Will Rick piss off the underachievers and give them a wake up call in reggies or will he watch his career quickly slip away with loss after loss???