Team v Panthers- Trial 2

[Meth]

VODAFONE WARRIORS
22 KEVIN LOCKE
2 BILL TUPOU
3 DANE NIELSEN
4 KONRAD HURRELL
25 MANU VATUVEI
6 THOMAS LEULUAI
7 SHAUN JOHNSON
8 SAM RAPIRA
14 ELIJAH TAYLOR
10 BEN MATULINO
16 BEN HENRY
12 SIMON MANNERING (c)
13 FELETI MATEO
Interchange:
1 DOMINIQUE PEYROUX
15 JACOB LILLYMAN
17 PITA GODINET
18 ALEHANA MARA
21 NGANI LAUMAPE
9 CARLOS TUIMAVAVE
20 SAM LOUSI
23 SEBASTINE IKAHIHIFO
26 JOHN PALAVI
27 GLEN FISIIAHI
11 SIO SIUA TAUKEIAHO
24 STEVE RAPIRA
5 CHARLIE GUBB

Interesting.

WTF is Taylor doing playing at hooker?

 

[maddest_kiwi]

No Todd Lowrie either???

 

[Juju]

No Todd Lowrie either???

His Grandfather died.

No Siejka is a bit curious

 

[ozbash]

and there you have it..
barring any more injuries, I'd say that's the run on teamlist for rd 1.

the reserves could be anyones guess..

I'm glad Gubb stuck around.

 

[SilentOne]

again with the numbers? is it some kind of zen bullshit?

 

[Diesel]

Looks like an ok side to me

 

[Blair]

Looks like an ok side to me

On paper, just like last year.

Let's hope they start fitter for one thing. With that hot dry summer they've had were they flogged on the sand dunes as promised?

 

[hitro]

yeah I guess that's the top side apart from Lowrie. Saw the Panthers on the plane from Sydney today, I could recognise any of them apart from L Brown and that trainer guy with the mo

 

[Iafeta]

Saw a couple of Panthers today at Coffee Club in Penrith. Weston's a unit, don't know the other bloke was.

Taylor will be great if the opposition has the ball all game. His defence is really good. However, if you want someone to bring the forwards onto the ball and get the ball fluently to the halves, he's not your man. Unless, that is, a lot has changed in the off season. I'm awaiting for him to really stamp himself in first grade, he's got terrific natural balance and ball skills... at least he did early in his NYC career.

 

[hitro]

I hope Elijah goes good at hooker. He's got heaps of ticker but is too small for second row. Friend has heaps of ticker too but he's too old

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Taylor should be ok as hooker AS LONG AS HE PUTS AWAY THE NO LOOK PASS!

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Also is JRO still injured? Interesting to not see him there.

 

[hitman82]

Taylor should be ok as hooker AS LONG AS HE PUTS AWAY THE NO LOOK PASS!

Hard. He's played enough dummy half/halves in the past that he should have some awareness of the best options to take. But that no-look pass to nobody can't be allowed.

Also is JRO still injured? Interesting to not see him there.

Yeah still injured, expected for the final trial.

 

[Hench]

How is Hurrell shaping up?

I read that he came back to training in worse shape than last year. Any truth to that?

 

[ozbash]

How is Hurrell shaping up?

I read that he came back to training in worse shape than last year. Any truth to that?

Konrad is looking lean and mean. He is ready.

 

[ozbash]

Panthers squad for Hamilton

Kevin Kingston
Dean Whare
David Simmons
Sika Manu
Clint Newton
Jeremy Latimore
Wes Naiqama
Lachlan Coote
James Roberts
Nigel Plum
Nathan Smith
Matt Robinson
Brad Tighe
Lewis Brown
Josh Mansour
James Segeyaro
Luke Walsh
Ryan Simpkins
Tim Grant
Sam McKendry
Blake Austin
Tom Humble
Travis Robinson
Mose Masoe
Tom Eisenhuth
Geoff Daniela
Adam Docker

 

[vvvrulz]

Taylor in the past was shocking at hooker, no-look passes or not.

Even stock standard passes completely missed the mark and led to fumbles or the receiver getting nailed by a tackler. I hope he's worked hard on that off-season, Mara unlucky not to get a start.

Otherwise I like the squad.

 

[ozenzud]

Wasn't there talk that the trials were gunna be on Sky? Does anybody know if it is?

Re Hooker, its bad that in the trials we are struggling to name a player? Mara is a Wellington boy, so been biased toward him, but he is a little "scatty" if I were honest.

Our 9, 7, 6 combination ain't clear to me yet.

Great to see Charlie Gubb from University getting a run. From the warriors.co.nz website he seems to be training up a storm. Looks like great fun this preseason. Better than the endless 400's we used to do in my day....

 

[SilentOne]

The Broncos trial in Dunedin is on sky.

 

[Meth]

Taylor in the past was shocking at hooker, no-look passes or not.

Even stock standard passes completely missed the mark and led to fumbles or the receiver getting nailed by a tackler. I hope he's worked hard on that off-season, Mara unlucky not to get a start.

Yep.

No question about his defensive ability. But on attack, he is not the man I want in at dummy half. I can't believe some do. Short memories.