Peach & Apricot
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Congrats on signing the big man. The total opposite of that pillow Sharon Woods, in Hunt you have a player who will use his size with aggression to bed the line. Hope he goes really well for you next year.
he has certainly been bought to fulfil a particular role which does need filling in our pack,,,,one of impact.
Royce will be great for you guys.
There's talk in the Rumours thread of him only averaging 6 runs and 63 metres a game this year.
While on the surface that doesn't paint a pretty picture, it's a classic example of stats not telling the whole story.
Number one, he was conditioned over the offseason to only play in short bursts of 10-15 minutes.
The coach has been using him accordingly this year.
Over the course of the season he has averaged ~23 minutes a game.
And number two, I've lost count of the number of times he has been brought on right around the time the team starts dropping the ball, giving away set restarts and penalties and just defending the whole time he's out there.
Ditto Tuku Hau Taupuha.
I'd argue he's capable of way more than he's been allowed to show this year.
As the video below shows, he played his best football - and for longer minutes - under Bomber.
Get his conditioning right and he's a rampaging beast.
Exactly, stats are only a guide. It's the effect that a certain hit up or tackle etc has on the game rather than 29 flops.I think the Superocach generation has way too much emphasis on stats. A huge amount of rugby league cant be measured on tackles and hit ups. I take a big notice on what happens after a player takes a hitup. We started our comeback V Manly after Fonua Pole came on. Our first try was after he made a good hitup, landed on his front, quick play the ball, then Api shot out, caught the markers sideways and scored. On the stats its registered as 1 hit up for 10ms, yet it was so much more.
IM not syaing Hunt is going to be a game changer for us, however he is certainly more then '6 hit ups a game'
Cheers DJDL.Royce will be great for you guys.
There's talk in the Rumours thread of him only averaging 6 runs and 63 metres a game this year.
While on the surface that doesn't paint a pretty picture, it's a classic example of stats not telling the whole story.
Number one, he was conditioned over the offseason to only play in short bursts of 10-15 minutes.
The coach has been using him accordingly this year.
Over the course of the season he has averaged ~23 minutes a game.
And number two, I've lost count of the number of times he has been brought on right around the time the team starts dropping the ball, giving away set restarts and penalties and just defending the whole time he's out there.
Ditto Tuku Hau Taupuha.
I'd argue he's capable of way more than he's been allowed to show this year.
As the video below shows, he played his best football - and for longer minutes - under Bomber.
Get his conditioning right and he's a rampaging beast.
I didn't know that he played with Horsey in Canberra. What's your opinion of those two being a middle rotation?