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Lots of unwarranted negativity about our play IMO. I thought Stewart was good. He was sniffing around the ruck early. The coach kept his role simple. I thought he was good under the high ball until late in the game and his kick returns were aggressive. He is also well positioned in defence. The per...

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Raiders_Pat wrote: ↑April 14, 2024, 10:05 pm
afgtnk wrote: ↑April 14, 2024, 8:28 pm Joe Tapine

26 runs
303 metres
134 post contact metres
33 tackles
What an absolute beast

Truly amazing. Well done.

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I’m a 30 year old man. Married, got about 8 animals, mortgage and life stressors like everyone else. But right now, the forefront of my mind is this rugby league team AND I LOVE IT. I’ve never been so excited in the 22 years I’ve been watching - I’m more excited now than I was during our 2019 run a...

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Lock in for sure. This kid is something special. Looks like a smart player, nice step, speed, great running game and solid D. Is there a better 19 yr old in the comp today? If I had to choose a team to play for my life and needed to pick between Wighton and Strange as 6 on todays form, I'd pick Stra...

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I think teams have realised he is a 1 trick pony. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk What does Cook do that Starling can't? Maybe he needs to mirror more of Cook's game. Don't know. Its a shame, because he was really effective a few years back for us. I do notice when he comes on we drop. I struggl...

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When hopoate "has" to come back in, it should be at centre with Kris to fullback. Stewart is showing good signs in cup, strong, not getting driven back, takes hard carries, I'd say not quite ready, but close. Just to give rapa a week off for niggles Disagree. Savage will catch a cold outs...

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Not sure that Woolford is a suitable bench player. He is solid and good at delivering crisp ball to get the forwards rolling forward and defends well but doesn't offer much in terms of a running game and basically every time he kicks its a disaster. Starling at least brings a change in style that m...

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A lot of people are picking Stewart in their 17 for this game if Rapana is rested, but I think chances of it happening are incredibly slim. Far more likely that Kris or even Savage will go to fullback with Sasagi or Hopoate to go to the centres. Hard to speculate on how we might line up without kno...

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Also... strange > wighton. Convincingly IMO.

Both on current form and upside.

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Also, how good is it to see some free-flowing attacking movement? It’s interesting, we’re now suddenly executing these lovely sweeping backline plays, and it’s essentially all players who were here last season, like Levi to Tapine to Fogarty to Rapana to Timoko, even though we were repeatedly told ...

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From Stick's epic facepalm over Savage I will be incredibly surprised if he is in the 17. Savage is young - i believe he will learn from the slip ups. I put them down to a mistakes as opposed to a lack of desire and ability. Savage scored a try that frankly most of our backs last year wouldn't have...

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Don’t think we need to make panic changes, still think most of the blokes who played are in our best 17. 1. Rapana (chevy to debut in next 3-4 rounds) 2. Hoppa/Cotric 3. Kris (need to go left more) 4. Timoko 5. Savage 6. Strange 7. Fogarty 16. Horsburgh 9. Levi 10. Tapine (c) 11. Young (Sasagi on h...

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Back to the teams I would say the following: 1. Rapana 2. Schiller/Hopoate 3. Kris (although I want somebody better here) 4. Timoko 5. Savage (although it wouldn’t surprise me if he got dropped) 6. Strange (he is a massive positive) 7. Fogarty 8. Ata 9. Levi (I really wish there was somebody better...

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I'm hoping Strange is given a bit more rope starting with this match. He's been really solid but he hasn't been asked to do any steering or kicking in the first month. We could really do with some variety to our kicking game when the 5 rucks then hit and hope from Fogarty isn't causing any problems...

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https://twitter.com/SnoogThe/status/1774432683730624981?t=M26bMF6TEMNjvqVr4rttTQ&s=19 Thanks for sharing. I was surprised when I saw it that there wasn't any attention, even from the commentators - if my memory serves me correctly. I kinda lost interest, as did our players, at this point in the...

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Just a reminder we beat the Tigers 118-24 across senior grades two weeks ago. They are playing better than us mate and if they played like they have over the past two weeks they would have beaten us easily I agree thst this is a possibility. Tigers lacked discipline... if they brought that to the g...

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I think the Warriors game took a lot outta the tank. No reason for panic or alarms. We lost that match due to lack of concentration.

Nothing else has changed.

I think we need to stick with this squad and not chop and change all the time.

I hope Hosking is ok.

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Savage in just one play made 15 m from dummy half. Is it just me or is it bordering crazy not giving thst speed time at fb during the game?

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Our only challenge will be scoring points against Cronulla. Hope we win. I’m with you benda - have a feeling it’s going to be grindy. So far we are playing a lot better this year, but our attack still looks clunky and missing structure for the most part. I agree but we do look more fluent in attack...

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Our only challenge will be scoring points against Cronulla.

Hope we win.

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EW is not going anywhere, and that is not ideal, but it is reality. I like the idea of rotating Ata and Mooney and only using Guler when absolutely necessary. I just think they would have more impact than Emre does. Saulo is not a huge-meter eater. But he has a fast PTB and is defensively good. Rot...

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I was watching Manly and Parra yesterday. Whilst I think we can grind well, it's clear to be compete against the better sides, we need go have consistency in our squad and develop combinations in attack. We dont have the game to score most of the tries both teams scored. What I would consider: - Loc...

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1. Savage 2. Rapana 3. Timoko 4. Kris 5. Schiller 6. Strange 7. Fogarty 8. Papalii 9. Woolford 10. Tapine 11. Hoskingsons 12. Hudson-Young 13. Smithies 14. Puru 15. Horsburgh 16. Mariota 17. Mooney 18. Whitehead Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk God I would kill to see that team named. And I thi...

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1. Savage 2. Rapana 3. Timoko 4. Kris 5. Schiller 6. Strange 7. Fogarty 8. Papalii 9. Woolford 10. Tapine 11. Hoskingsons 12. Hudson-Young 13. Smithies 14. Puru 15. Horsburgh 16. Mariota 17. Mooney 18. Whitehead Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk God I would kill to see that team named. And I thi...

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1. Savage 2. Rapana 3. Timoko 4. Kris 5. Schiller 6. Strange 7. Fogarty 8. Papalii 9. Woolford 10. Tapine 11. Hoskingsons 12. Hudson-Young 13. Smithies 14. Puru 15. Horsburgh 16. Mariota 17. Mooney 18. Whitehead Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk God I would kill to see that team named. And I thi...

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I was big on Nic Cotric and had him pencilled in a wing spot for 2024 but he needs to go. He is too slow to be a winger. I am not marking him down for the dropped ball but his lack of pace, athleticism and involvement means he's no longer a walk up start to FG. We saw the decline in Josh Mansour. I...

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Hosking can poke his nose through the line, better in the air (we at least have an aerial threat), better defender and now better player. He contributes. Hosking is currently proving to provide more in attack than Young. Im pleased we signed him and hopefully we dont muck him around with the bench....

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Also the Tapine try: I didn't notice Tapine "knock on". Both him and RTS touched the ball simultaneously and Tapine regained it. Play on.. Given they did it one handed on opposite sides of the ball that’s instantly a knock on. Then it’s just down to which one you believe touched it first ...

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I watched delayed and just finished now so haven't read back, but the Tapine try looked a try on every replay to me. Not sure what the consensus is here but I feel that was the wrong decision by the Bunker. I had no issues with the Strange no try... it went up a no try, he grounded it with his fore...

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The decline of Cotric as a footballer is only matched by the decline of Maguire as a coach. Ok here is comes....I rate Hoppa over Cotric In general, I'm in your camp. Cotric to me is a more sound performer over a longer period of time (vs Hoppa). However Cotric has declined. Cotric needs to wake up...

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Morgan Smithies needs to play 80. He is the competitor we need, is into everything like a dog with a bone. Absolutely love a everything about Smithies. I was very impressed with his game tonight. For his style/role it was a break out game. Did lots of dirty clean up work and locked up the middle of...

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Botman wrote: ↑March 22, 2024, 5:11 pm Nice set up there, one on one with hoppa AFB is going to win that most times but Hoppa barely got a hand on him

Our forwards are only setup to barge over under the post.

Nice try by warriors

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100% agree. I am ok With Whitehead starting and Hosking on the bench, as long as Whitehead is there to eat up the first 20 or so minutes of the tough stuff and then a fresh Hosking is put out there to reap the rewards. Big issue I have is Red not selected and Guler and Saulo picked over Ata and Moo...

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I cant understand how Hosking get dropped from starting. The guy was the best second rower in the round across the entire comp with a solid first game too. He is an absolute gun. Credit where it's due for coaching staff picking him up. Clearly a winner, I just hope he starts the game. I'm not a fan ...

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Will be a tough match. Good test for us.

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