Smug Panther
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You are so antagonisticSo I asked one, yes one, question and I'm hard on Blade? Get over yourself.
You are so antagonisticSo I asked one, yes one, question and I'm hard on Blade? Get over yourself.
The 17 will be everyone from last year with Kenny starting Luke on the bench with Hosking and Garner fighting it out to be the second edge backrower. I don't really see how we can have any big suprises to have a bolter for 23.
We have been blessed with relatively few injuries these last three years. I remember several promising seasons derailed between 2011-2019 due to injuries.
Should we have anything like one of those ordinary years, I'd expect a fair few new faces to feature and perhaps make a name for themselves.
We don't replace that. You change the attack to be more focused on Tago and May. All that's needed in Kikau's spot is a hole runner to be an option.I think the Mitch Kenny - Soni Luke rotation can work. Time will tell.
Unlike others I think Kikau is a bigger loss, I just can’t see us being able to replace what he brought to the side. He was just a threat even when not doing anything, just the fact he was on the field put defences in two minds. I just don't see how we replace that.
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I’m not convinced 93kg - 184cm Izack Tago is going to offer the same threat out wide as our former player in 195cm - 118kg Viliame Kikau. Ivan can change the attacking structures which ever way, but offering the same threat just isn’t going to happen. Suggesting we just need a ‘hole runner’ is fine, we just need one who is very big, strong , fast and we currently don’t have that from my assessment.We don't replace that. You change the attack to be more focused on Tago and May. All that's needed in Kikau's spot is a hole runner to be an option.
2023 is when we find out if Luai is really a rep level player
He played in the back row a couple of games and nailed it.I’m not convinced 93kg - 184cm Izack Tago is going to offer the same threat out wide as our former player in 195cm - 118kg Viliame Kikau. Ivan can change the attacking structures which ever way, but offering the same threat just isn’t going to happen. Suggesting we just need a ‘hole runner’ is fine, we just need one who is very big, strong , fast and we currently don’t have that from my assessment.
I don’t recall Isaac Tago playing in the back row this season my memory suggests he played exclusively in the centre position. Regardless, it would be a huge ask for a kid with an entirely different skill set to be expected to fill Viliame shoes. Anyway it is what it is and it is for Ivan and his new coaching staff to figure out. I’m sure there is a plan.He played in the back row a couple of games and nailed it.
Or it could be the year before.I don’t recall Isaac Tago playing in the back row this season my memory suggests he played exclusively in the centre position. Regardless, it would be a huge ask for a kid with an entirely different skill set to be expected to fill Viliame shoes. Anyway it is what it is and it is for Ivan and his new coaching staff to figure out. I’m sure there is a plan.