Team v Raiders

[Meth]

1- Walsh
2- Ratuva
3- Arthars
4- Berry
5- Pompey
6- Harris-Tavita
7- Johnson
8- Fonua-Blake
9- Egan
10- Lodge
11- Aitken
12- Murchie
13- Tevaga

Res- Pene, Afoa, Murdoch-Masila, Katoa

Dire stuff

 

[Fufu Andronez]

He's not gonna be here next year and we have enough back rowers so Aitken should go back to centre for a while.

 

[Meth]

He's not gonna be here next year and we have enough back rowers so Aitken should go back to centre for a while.

I think that's one of those decisions that there's agreement on, but also a feeling that it just won't happen.

He is playing well in the second row, so there's also a sense that when things aren't going well, you don't want to change the things that are.

Also, as bad as things might be in the centres, they're worse on the wings. Right now, with Montoya and DWZ out, our already scant options are Kosi, Ratuva, Pompey....yick

 

[Meth]

I still don't quite know what to do with the likes of Berry and Vailea. Do we give them an extended run? Or hold them back to work on their game? Probably why I am not an NRL coach

 

[Tongue]

He's not gonna be here next year and we have enough back rowers so Aitken should go back to centre for a while.

Or Vailea considering theyve just extended him - and Arthars wont be here either.

 

[Tongue]

1- Walsh
2- Ratuva
3- Arthars
4- Berry
5- Pompey
6- Harris-Tavita
7- Johnson
8- Fonua-Blake
9- Egan
10- Lodge
11- Aitken
12- Murchie
13- Tevaga

Res- Pene, Afoa, Murdoch-Masila, Katoa

Dire stuff

Pene charged Grade 2 - hes gone.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

I still don't quite know what to do with the likes of Berry and Vailea. Do we give them an extended run? Or hold them back to work on their game? Probably why I am not an NRL coach

I'm not sure with Berry either. I feel like he's probably better being down in ressies, learning about the game. I think Brown said he'd played 20 games of league total, and the NRL is too hard of a school to be learning on the fly. Maybe go back up to first grade later in the year when he's more accustomed to how to be a centre in senior footy.

 

[Rich102]

What's this about Curran?
He is signed till 2024.

 

[Scott]

Berry has to play. He has brains and can actually tackle. Far more upside than Kosi, Arthurs, Pompey etc.

 

[vvvrulz]

Who would've thought we'd be in a position where we're sweating the return of Marcelo Montoya.

Want to see BMM get a proper return dig, he was going well for a bit last year.

 

[Tongue]

1- Nikorima
2- Ratuva
3- Vailea
4- Aitken
5- Berry
6- Harris-Tavita
7- Walsh
8- Fonua-Blake
9- Egan
10- Lodge
11- Katoa
12- Murchie
13- Tevaga

Res- Afoa, Murdoch-Masila, V. Kepu, Otukolo

 

[flippikat]

Honestly - we just need 17 guys who agree that last night's 2nd half was totally unacceptable, and have a steely determination to take it out on the Raiders next week.

The game vs the Raiders is winnable, and vital to the psychological well-being of the club.

Win that, and we may avoid the kinda spiral that has the team way off the pace by the end of Origin.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

What's this about Curran?
He is signed till 2024.

MCL injury, would say its 4-8 weeks before we see him again.

 

[Rich102]

He's not gonna be here next year and we have enough back rowers so Aitken should go back to centre for a while.

Curran is signed to 2024.

 

[Benek]

He meant Aitken's not going to be here next year, so it's not like we need to give him consistency in one position for the future. If we get more value from him at centre right now, we should make the change. God knows we desperately need it.

 

[JJ]

Who would've thought we'd be in a position where we're sweating the return of Marcelo Montoya.

Want to see BMM get a proper return dig, he was going well for a bit last year.

that's the story of BMM's NRL career though

and lol on Montoya, sad but true

 

[Meth]

Four frontline players ruled out

Vodafone Warriors bring in new face but without four frontline players for Canberra clash.

www.warriors.kiwi

VODAFONE WARRIORS v CANBERRA RAIDERS

Moreton Daily Stadium, Redcliffe

3.00pm, Saturday, April 30

VODAFONE WARRIORS

1 REECE WALSH

2 ROCCO BERRY

3 JESSE ARTHARS

4 ADAM POMPEY

5 VILIAMI VAILEA

6 CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA

7 SHAUN JOHNSON

8 ADDIN FONUA-BLAKE (c)

9 WAYDE EGAN

10 MATT LODGE

11 EUAN AITKEN

12 BAYLEY SIRONEN

13 JAZZ TEVAGA

Extended bench:

14 TANIELA OTUKOLO

15 BUNTY AFOA

16 ELIESA KATOA

17 JACK MURCHIE

18 EDWARD KOSI

20 BEN MURDOCH-MASILA

21 DAEJARN ASI

22 PRIDE PETTERSON-ROBATI

23 JUNIOR RATUVA

24 VALINGI KEPU

25 JACKSON FREI

Head coach | Nathan BROWN

So-
Berry, Vailea, Katoa, Murchie in
DWZ, Curran, Pene, Kosi out

 

[Blair]

Montoya's a loss, regardless of what we think of his limitations.

He has a decent go, and is even a bit an on-field nutter that opposition players are wary of. Ditto Lodge, which is why I like them both.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Montoya's a loss, regardless of what we think of his limitations.

He has a decent go, and is even a bit an on-field nutter that opposition players are wary of. Ditto Lodge, which is why I like them both.

Lodge is probably more feared in the NRLW

 

[Matua]

Montoya's a loss, regardless of what we think of his limitations.

He has a decent go, and is even a bit an on-field nutter that opposition players are wary of. Ditto Lodge, which is why I like them both.

Are players really wary of Lodge? They're not two young women and a family with a child. I reckon most front rowers will happily have a go at him. None of the Storm front rowers were quaking in their boots facing him.