Paulo showed great go forward against Canberras reserve graders the other night. Once he had them on the back foot the rest of the pack did well to keep rolling forward but what happens when we play a full strength NRL team and Paulo is off the field. The team desperately needs another Topline FRF, Alvaro n Mannah get through a lot of work but are at their best of the back of someone else's initial strong run.
Let's hope Sivo is half as good as Semi to start the sets off with powerful kick returns.
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Agreed
Also Paolo is not really a true alpha prop like Klemmer or someone who will go and lay down the law with an opposition player steppping out of line. We have NBrown but we need someone a bit bigger. Maybe Kenny was a bit like that.
Two things we lack are
1. Dominating/alpha pkayers
2. Smart players who know when to hold and fold and how to lead a team
I see Terepo as the answer. He's becoming more consistent. No more 'butter fingers' jokes.
I just don't have enough of a gauge on how the frontrowers defend in the middle. Is he a good defender? I don't know enough about new 'techniques' in the tackles to know.
What do you all think?
What?no more Peni's hands jokes?
Peni is the hardest ball runner of out forwards IMO!