Team vs Tits

[Rich102]

1LANCE HOHAIA
2KEVIN LOCKE
3BRENT TATE
4JEROME ROPATI
5MANU VATUVEI
6JAMES MALONEY
7BRETT SEYMOUR
8SAM RAPIRA
9AARON HEREMAIA
10RUSSELL PACKER
11LEWIS BROWN
12BEN MATULINO
13MICHEAL LUCK (c)
Interchange:
14WADE McKINNON
15JEREMY LATIMORE
16JESSE ROYAL
17SIONE LOUSI
18JOEL MOON
COACH: IVAN CLEARY

http://www.warriors.co.nz/news/496/mannering-to-miss-season-opener-against-gold-coast/

 

[Scorpio30]

Thats a bizarre bench.

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

McKinnon on the bench? Interesting to say the least.

 

[ozbash]

so, lance to 9 and McWade to 1 ??

no nonsense front row, I like it..

 

[Dirty Hoe]

Thats a bizarre bench.

hohaia to interchange at dummy half, mckinnon to play fullback while hohaia at dummy half, moon to cover centre and stand off, the others to cover forwards.

 

[Drzoidberg]

where is the logic in that? Mckinnon and Moon on the bench.......WTF?

Really what is Mckinnon going to do from the bench. Come on in the 2nd half.....what the hell for

Looks like more of the same from Cleary.

Geez makes me feel very uneasy looking at that.

 

[ozbash]

Moon is named at 18, so he might not get a run..

 

[Micistm]

I don't mind it all that much, kinda what I thought might happen first up...my only surprise is Jro still in the centres, thought Moon would be there.

 

[Drzoidberg]

Moon is named at 18, so he might not get a run..

O, guess I just entered rage mode to early.

Still we have to be the first team ever with an impact fullback, now that is so rude.

 

[Lego_Man]

Shocking side, absolutely woeful.

 

[Dirty Hoe]

Shocking side, absolutely woeful.

get over it dude...its all we have got. are you going to keep saying its a woeful side week in, week out?

dont take too much out of the first game either, the titans will be almost impossible to beat at home

 

[Dr Crane]

that's quite something.

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

I would have Packer come off the bench after 20 to get some good go forward, we dont get that from Jesse Royal

 

[Martli]

No Lillyman, interesting. No complaints with that.

I reckon they should put Moon in for JRo, otherwise, probably our best with what we've got.

 

[MKEB...]

Geez, stuffed from game one!

 

[ozbash]

Gold Coast Titans: Preston Campbell, Kevin Gordon, Mat Rogers, Joseph Tomane, David Mead, Greg Bird, Scott Prince (captain), Luke Bailey, Nathan Friend, Brad Meyers, Anthony Laffranchi, Mark Minichiello, Ashley Harrison.
Interchange: Matthew White, Sam Tagataese, Will Matthews, Riley Brown, Michael Henderson, William Zillman, Bodene Thompson (four to be omitted).

 

[Dirty Hoe]

not much weakness with that side. our best bet is to keep up the same old against a side like that, that being bomb to the shorter wingers close to the tryline. its the only weakness i can see, so will have to exploit it as much as possible

 

[rabbitohbill]

How does this hooker HEREMAIA go? I havent seen much of the guy at all.

 

[blain]

i hope they kill bird. if that happens but we lose i would be a little bit happy.

team wise the backline looks pretty good, lance over mckinnon shows cleary has balls. hes on the bench because we have no other back up hooker that they believe could serve us well, so i guess they are not quite sure about mara being up to it yet. aggressive second row, could be great if they fire. i hope royal can re discover his offload under iro, because if he can he would make a handy bench player this year. havent seen much of lattimore so cant say much bout him, and same with lousi.

im pretty happy with that team, should be interesting to see our new attack for the first time

 

[Rich102]

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