St George v Manly

[mbk78]

My brother in law was the head of Saints juniors for many years up until recently and has raved about young Dufty since he was around 11 yo. Just sent him a text saying it's great to see Matt finally being able to show what he can do in the big league!

 

[hewi]

Thank you and goodbye Josh Dugan. Dufty to fullback so where goes Mann?

 

[OzDragon]

Thank you and goodbye Josh Dugan. Dufty to fullback so where goes Mann?

Centre depending on Aitkens injury.

 

[thebigredv]

Do keep in mind although they had a player sin binned, we had zero ball and some friendly Manly penalties during that period, plus Evans was smart kicking to the sun. Wouldn't read too much into that start to 2nd half, although it was scary.

 

[2010]

Did not disappoint. He lived up to expectations. Scored a try in his first game.

 

[Mark D]

Got to love your league... reading these posts from Page 13 onwards with the rollercoaster of emotions.... Fantastic... great to Matt D get over the line .... fantastic game .... well done..

 

[Overseas dragon]

Yes it makes this old guy very happy .time to look ahead coach .don't send the kid back, shift the tatts guy to centre .

 

[giboz71]

Dufty's support play was outstanding as well. He was always in and around the ball Billy Slater like. Something we've missed for 4 years with Duges as our FB.

Speed and ball skills from FB just gives us a totally new dimension we haven't seen in forever. We scored 50 against one of the form teams in the comp who were firmly entrenched in the top 4.

I'm not going to gloat and say I told you so just yet, but if Dufty continues like his debut, I won't need to say anything.

 

[OzDragon]

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

2350218, member: 40908"]UP THE DUFF......congratulions!![/QUOTE]
Ha ha funny comment mate....maybe I can see a new banner....Up The Duff

 

[coast_dragons]

Alot of respect to young Blake Lawrie he worked his arse off yesterday for Illawarra and to backup today what a champion.

 

[Dragsters]

UP THE DUFF......congratulions!!

I liked the "Super Mann" sign at the gong today but surely "UP THE DUFF" is a shoe-in for the next match?

Love it...

 

[Mark D]

Yes it makes this old guy very happy .time to look ahead coach .don't send the kid back, shift the tatts guy to centre .

Perhaps the injury to Aitken may just make that happen

 

[getsmarty]

Yep...Was worried there for a while when Manly got a roll on...Good to see we have the points in us and well done Matty Dufty. on a fantastic Debut.

 

[Willow]

He certainly didn't need to be asked twice when he saw that gap. The kid's got some speed.

 

[Life's Good]

Dufty showed a big part of the 2018 picture coming together nicely. Let's hope our coach has the vision to make it happen by keeping him in FG this year.

 

[mbk78]

Dufty didn't seem isolated in defence either. Not sure if that was just good luck or if if outside backs took care of that. Can anyone comment?

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

Jezz I was getting peeved after 15mins of the second half..shamefully I said to my wife if we lose this after being 30 up Im not watching another game this year..the Nene catch from the bomb turned things back around again thankfully...huge play in the state of the game......Duftys pace in the backline and his dodging and weaving then accelerating is exactely whats been missing...he puts the defence in two minds and created room for Lafai

 

[Life's Good]

Dufty didn't seem isolated in defence either. Not sure if that was just good luck or if if outside backs took care of that. Can anyone comment?

Manly scored tries close to the line so his positioning wasn't tested a great deal. His positioning on kicks and in general seemed fine though. He looked at home.

 

[Dennis Papaioannou]

Dufty's support play was outstanding as well. He was always in and around the ball Billy Slater like. Something we've missed for 4 years with Duges as our FB.

Speed and ball skills from FB just gives us a totally new dimension we haven't seen in forever. We scored 50 against one of the form teams in the comp who were firmly entrenched in the top 4.

I'm not going to gloat and say I told you so just yet, but if Dufty continues like his debut, I won't need to say anything.

Dufty's performance really puts all the talk about size and being ready for FG to bed once and for all.
The young forwards did well too.
Conclusion: let the youngsters loose!
Had we introduced Dufty a lot earlier, our position on the ladder may have been much improved.