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[vvvrulz]

Bluey is a genius

Inu aside, the very minimum he should have done was put the wingers back where they belong and stick Martel back on the bench.

 

[Fast Eddie]

He's a supercoach.

 

[ozbash]

He's a supercoach.

Onya Feddie.

A lot of you guys have selective/pisspoor memories. Inu was the most whinged about player (Jro was out for the season) on this forum. His game was crap, his attitude worse.

This seasons obviously no different.

 

[Rich102]

Vodafone Warriors head coach Brian McClennan has named an unchanged starting line-up for Sunday’s sixth-round NRL match against the Raiders at Canberra Stadium.
The same 17 players involved in last Saturday night’s 8-26 loss to the Sydney Roosters have been retained with the only change being the choice of Krisnan Inu on a five-man bench.
If Inu is included in the final 17 on Sunday, he’ll make his 98th NRL appearance.
The Vodafone Warriors and Canberra have identical records so far this season, both winning two and losing three; the Raiders went down 6-22 to the North Queensland Cowboys last night.
The match left Canberra with injury concerns, experienced prop Brett White forced off the field with what proved to be a season-ending ACL knee injury. Second rower Joel Thompson also left the field with an ankle injury which will sideline him for several weeks. They join David Shillington, Josh Dugan, Shaun Fensom and Trevor Thurling who were already on the casualty list.
Still out for the Vodafone Warriors are Micheal Luck (wrist and shoulder), Jacob Lillyman (bicep), Steve Rapira (ankle) and Kevin Locke (leg) plus Alehana Mara (knee) and Sebastine Ikahihifo (hand).
With or without a fully fit squad, Canberra has proved one of the most challenging away missions in the Vodafone Warriors’ history. Their only win at Canberra Stadium was a 31-24 victory in 1997 while their only other success in Australia’s national capital was a 22-10 win at Manuka Oval in 2001. This will be the club’s first visit to Canberra since a 12-38 loss there in 2009.
“It’s a really difficult place to go to,” said McClennan.
“Our record there isn’t a good one but we’re not alone there. It’s a real challenge for all teams to go to Canberra.
“We’re just trying to do all we can to be as well-prepared as we can possibly be. Obviously our effort against the Roosters was really disappointing but we’re all committed to working hard to compete with the Raiders. It’s not going to be easy, though.”
After his try-scoring return in his fifth NRL appearance, Glen Fisiiahi will wear the No 1 jersey this week. Kevin Locke, who started the season as the first-choice fullback, has remained in Auckland to continue his recovery from a cork above his right knee.
In scoring the Vodafone Warriors’ other try against the Roosters, centre Jerome Ropati cracked 50 NRL tries, only the sixth player in the club’s history to achieve the feat.
VODAFONE WARRIORS v CANBERRA RAIDERS
Canberra Stadium, Canberra
2.00pm, Sunday, April 8
Referees: Shayne Hayne and Alan Shortall
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 GLEN FISIIAHI
2 BILL TUPOU
3 BEN HENRY
4 JEROME ROPATI
5 MANU VATUVEI
6 JAMES MALONEY
7 SHAUN JOHNSON
8 SIONE LOUSI
9 NATHAN FRIEND
10 BEN MATULINO
11 FELETI MATEO
12 SIMON MANNERING (c)
13 ELIJAH TAYLOR
Interchange:
14 RUSSELL PACKER
15 UKUMA TA’AI
16 LEWIS BROWN
17 SAM RAPIRA
18 KRISNAN INU
COACH: BRIAN McCLENNAN

http://www.warriors.co.nz/default.a...ame-starting-line-up-named-to-take-on-raiders

 

[hitman82]

haha oops, I just made a new thread with a dupe post.

 

[_addict]

We're all enthusiastic about Hurrell, but we simply can't afford to be running centres off the bench, that goes for Inu too. If Inu's going to play he needs to be on the field for the duration and we can't have Hurrell out there if he's not going to go the distance.

Reece's suggestion of Palavi in, Ta'ai out, has merit and having considered it a bit more I support it.

 

[NZ Warrior]

Yeah, I lost a bit of respect for King Ukuma after saturday night's theatre performance. The Ukuma I know and love would have taken the hit and f**king killed JWH!

 

[hitman82]

I'd like to see Palavi get a run too. He kind of reminds me of a younger, smaller Jerry Seuseu. He's a really smart player and I am sure he wouldn't let us down.

I also agree it's stupid to carry a bench centre. If a centre really can't last the whole 80, we should just be using a second rower as a 20 minute "breather".