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Tyros' form a consolation for Bennett
''We were doing some tackling and the next minute the big bloke just dropped, so we've all gone to look but everyone was just saying 'Stay focused, stay focused','' Marketo said of the injury to Dragons prop Dan Hunt, who is out for the season with a ruptured Achilles.
Almost as unexpected for Marketo, whose father played for Balmain in the 1980s, was the sight of his 17-year-old flatmate, Alex McKinnon, sitting next to him on the interchange bench as Hunt's replacement after playing in the under-20s match.
Marketo got on the field in the main game but McKinnon warmed the bench for the entire 80 minutes.
''I live with Alex and when I saw the big redhead come out and sit on the bench, I was thinking, 'How good is this'. It would have been great if he had got on,'' Marketo said.
As it was, the Dragons still had three debutants in the side following the late withdrawal of centre Beau Scott due to a knee injury. That resulted in Stanley shifting from fullback and Kalifa Fai-Fai Loa being promoted on to the wing.
''He played a great game,'' Stanley said of Fai-Fai Loa, who leads the statistics for metres gained in the Toyota Cup. ''He was very strong and took a lot of workload off the forwards. It is what he does best and everyone thought he played well.''
All three were impressive but none more than 18-year-old Stanley, who scored a try and laid on another for Jason Nightingale.
''That just came out of the top of my head. I saw the opportunity to pass to Jason and he scored,'' Stanley said. ''[But] all the boys stuck in really well and that is what Wayne [Bennett] is really proud about.''
Stanley said his brother Chase, who is set to make his Melbourne Storm debut in next Sunday's match against the Bulldogs, had phoned him several times yesterday.
''He just said do your normal game routine and play your natural game because that is what you do best,'' Stanley said
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...-a-consolation-for-bennett-20100523-w40s.html
''We were doing some tackling and the next minute the big bloke just dropped, so we've all gone to look but everyone was just saying 'Stay focused, stay focused','' Marketo said of the injury to Dragons prop Dan Hunt, who is out for the season with a ruptured Achilles.
Almost as unexpected for Marketo, whose father played for Balmain in the 1980s, was the sight of his 17-year-old flatmate, Alex McKinnon, sitting next to him on the interchange bench as Hunt's replacement after playing in the under-20s match.
Marketo got on the field in the main game but McKinnon warmed the bench for the entire 80 minutes.
''I live with Alex and when I saw the big redhead come out and sit on the bench, I was thinking, 'How good is this'. It would have been great if he had got on,'' Marketo said.
As it was, the Dragons still had three debutants in the side following the late withdrawal of centre Beau Scott due to a knee injury. That resulted in Stanley shifting from fullback and Kalifa Fai-Fai Loa being promoted on to the wing.
''He played a great game,'' Stanley said of Fai-Fai Loa, who leads the statistics for metres gained in the Toyota Cup. ''He was very strong and took a lot of workload off the forwards. It is what he does best and everyone thought he played well.''
All three were impressive but none more than 18-year-old Stanley, who scored a try and laid on another for Jason Nightingale.
''That just came out of the top of my head. I saw the opportunity to pass to Jason and he scored,'' Stanley said. ''[But] all the boys stuck in really well and that is what Wayne [Bennett] is really proud about.''
Stanley said his brother Chase, who is set to make his Melbourne Storm debut in next Sunday's match against the Bulldogs, had phoned him several times yesterday.
''He just said do your normal game routine and play your natural game because that is what you do best,'' Stanley said
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...-a-consolation-for-bennett-20100523-w40s.html
