They brought Lasalo on to the field last week when Gardner went off. Shame too as Gardner would have added to his already impressive try scoring record - 17 in 10 games.
Auremi and Laufo are chalk and cheese - Laufo is very quick and nuggety and very good from dummy half. Auremi is a tall young centre - has played at lock and 5/8 at stages as well. Very strong defender.
Very well drilled outfit - Steve Mortimer even said so ;-)
1, 6, 7 and 9 are all strong playmakers and hard to stop behind the likes of Latham, Mannah, Johnson, Nutira and Baiteiri.
Face a tough prospect against the Penrith side though - they have played the best part of two seasons together, are big across the park and had a tough hitout against the Roosters.
The result against the Raiders was good but the scoreline could have been better much closer......
Should be a good game and well worth getting out to watch for anyone who wishes to get a first hand look at some of the kids who are likely to be playing in the under 20's comp next year.