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      • You would be better saying you think Volkman has more potential than Joash in your opinion, making blanket statements that one is better than the other is denigrating to Joash, whereas you could say that you think how good Volkman can be.

        Completely agree that Averillo could be a great buy, regardless of someone not working out, can't have it both ways in foresight, only in hindsight. I like Ponga as well, not much point in liking but if he is not interested in coming.

  • That's not a bad lineup at all. Our forward stocks look promising, especially with some of the good juniors coming through. I'm starting to think that we might not even sign a big name forward. It dosen't seem to be Ryles' style and if the current squad continue to improve as they have this year, then I don't think we need one.

  • 1: I Longi

    2: Z Lomax

    3: W Penisini

    4: S Russell 

    5: J Addo Carr

    6: J Papali 

    7: M Moses

    8: J Hopgood

    9: R Smith

    10: Jr Paulo

    11: K Tulugi ( improved a lot )

    12: K Kautoga 

    13: JDB ( plays 20 mins, then goes to front row)


    14: D Walker

    15: L Moretti 

    16: J Williams 

    17: T Da Silva 

     

    NSW CUP

     

    1: Twiddle

    2: B Simonson ( if still here )

    3: J Tago

    4: R Penisini

    5: AMS

    6: R Volkman

    7: D Hawkins

    8: T Mataele 

    9: B Hands ( if still here )

    10: S Tuivita 

    11: C Guymer

    12:  J Samarina

    13: M Doorey

     

    14: W Latu

    15: R Matterson ( if still here )

    16: B Parker

    17: S Pryke 

     

    we do have a lot depth for next year, depending on injuries, I'm expecting Matterson, hands, Simonson not being here next year but. So this side will change a lot over the next 6 months, we do need another middle, I'd be looking at D Moale from Souths, also need another back. I'm expecting Lorenzo and Richie to debut next year at some point 

    • I like that Cup side. A good mix of youth and experience to provide that NRL cover. These guys will be knocking on the door of the NRL squad, and no doubt many will play a few games. In the past the Cup side has been a bit of a purgatory for out of form NRL players, but you can't afford that if you want to create legitimate backups in each position. Healthy competition for spots keeps everyone on their toes.

  • Too early to do as i believe there are alot of pieces still to move. Mainly around what happens with Simonsson, Matterson and Hands. We will have up to 5 spots to fill. 

    As for right now i think the team is pretty straight forward.

    1. Iongi

    2. Lomax

    3. Penisini

    4. Russell

    5. Addo-Carr

    6. Papali'i

    7. Moses

    8. Hopgood

    9. Smith

    10. Paulo

    11. Williams

    12. Kautoga

    13. De Belin

    14. Da Silva

    15. Walker

    16. Moretti

    17. Tuilagi/Tuivaiti

     

    Now again out of those 17 not too much movement will happen. The only question marks are Papali'i at 6 and Russell at Centre. I have also said there was a rumour of Paulo retiring but doubt it. So until about January is when we can actually have a decent prediction. As we just do not know about movement of players. 

    • Why the question mark on Russell, he's a lay down misere for the left centre spot. I can understand Papali, but I doubt JR is looking for another 5/8. The one player who i think is under more pressure is JDB. When we signed him, players like Moretti, Kautoga, Kelma, Doorey and Guymer were not setting the world on fire, since then they have all gone above and beyond expectations. I'd hate to see any of these players miss out, but with what we have now, there's going to be a couple who will.

  • Interesting with JDB /Walker. One is more defence and the other is attack and plays very much like a half.

    Didn't think we needed JDB to be honest. Walker is the no.13 we need to play more minutes.

    I think it's time to give more minutes to Tuaviti as well. He should be in the 17 ahead of Morretti & Doorey. We need someone that can bend the line, someone to step into Paulo's shoes.

     

  • For me the key is Moses' being fit and playing at least 75% of the games; and Paulo staying on the ball; we need another forward for me and someone with some back up NRL exp would be good; Injuries are key and lets not forget we lost some back up backs this year due to injuries.

  • Tuivati should be in the 17 he is best prop we have had come through our pathways since Junior

  • De Belin is going to be an interesting fit, for mine he comes off the bench into our middle rotation. I'm not quite sure where else he goes, I'm certainly not moving any of our current forwards to the side to allow for him. If he earns a starting spot so be it.

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