Round 9 vs. North Queensland Cowboys Discussion

[Big Pete]

North Queensland Cowboys vs. Dolphins
Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Saturday 4 May 2024
Kick Off: 7:35pm

1. Scott Drinkwater 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Valentine Holmes 4. Viliami Vailea 5. Semi Valemei 6. Tom Dearden 7. Chad Townsend 8. Jordan McLean 9. Reece Robson 10. Griffin Neame 11. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki 12. Jeremiah Nanai 13. Reuben Cotter

14. Heilum Luki 15. Thomas Mikaele 16. Sam McIntyre 17. Jason Taumalolo

18. Jake Granville 19. Jake Clifford 20. Harrison Edwards 21. Jamal Shibasaki 22. Jaxon Purdue

1. Trai Fuller 2. Jamayne Isaako 3. Jake Averillo 4. Tesi Niu 5. Jack Bostock 6. Kodi Nikorima 7. Isaiya Katoa 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Jeremy Marshall-King 10. Mark Nicholls 11. Felise Kaufusi 12. Euan Aitken 13. Max Plath

14. Josh Kerr 15. Kurt Donoghoe 16. Ray Stone 17. Connelly Lemuelu

18. Oryn Keeley 19. Sean O'Sullivan 20. Jarrod Wallace 21. Edrick Lee 22. Mason Teague​

 

[Big Pete]

Lemuelu and Kaufusi will return ahead of this week's rematch against the Cowboys.

Jesse Bromwich has been named despite suffering a calf injury against the Knights that limited his minutes. If he was ruled out, Wallace will likely come onto the bench.

I'd like to see Bennett play with the forward formation, particularly the front row with Bromwich and Nicholls. Having both the old stagers on at the same time limits the line-speed and they seem to be better coming off the bench when the sting has gone out of the game. Without Flegler and Gilbert, the Dolphins lack options, but I would be tempted to play Stone there, try to soften the Cowboys up and open the game up for Kerr, Nicholls and Lemuelu later in the piece.

I expect to see a lot of players running inside lines back through the middle third and a lot of cross-field kicks to put Valemei and Feldt under pressure. Largely I'd be looking for a response because the effort against the Knights was really disappointing.

 

[Puff]

Bennett is the master at getting responses

 

[isaiah]

cowboys by 16

 

[isaiah]

So glad Hiku and Luciano went elsewhere

 

[MugaB]

cowboys by 16

Cowboys by -2 ...coz Holmes can't kick straight

 

[Puff]

Cowboys by -2 ...coz Holmes can't kick straight

Not really, Cowboys by ONLY -2, because we have half a team out. Had hammer been at fullback, they would have lost by a lot more.

 

[MugaB]

Not really, Cowboys by ONLY -2, because we have half a team out. Had hammer been at fullback, they would have lost by a lot more.

Huh? That's what I said, cowboys by minus 2