Rd 13 Team List:
- Gutho
- Sivo
- Blake
- Opacic
- Dunster
- D Brown
- Moses
- RCG
- Mahoney
- Niukore
- Papali'i
- Matterson
- N Brown
- Smith
- Lane
- Kaufusi
- Cartwright
Obviously, Lussick will come in for Mahoney, but that will mean W Smith should stay on the bench because I don't think Lussick has even played 80min of hooker in NSW cup.
With Paulo returning next week (unless BA rests him), who makes way in the squad? Is it time for BA to possibly rest Papali'i next week and Lane the week after since they have played every game this year? Everyone will be refreshed against the Panthers in 2 weeks time if we do it.
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Makatoa and Greig had a great game in reserve grade. Greig made 23 tackles for 1 missed tackle and 0 ineffective tackles. He ran for 173m in 13 runs. Makatoa made 30 tackles for 1 missed tackle and 1 ineffective tackle. He ran for 176m in 14 runs. So they can replace Papali'i and Lane.
Penesini made 12 tackles for 0 missed tackles and 1 ineffective tackle. He broke 7 tackles, 1 try, 1 try assist, 2 line breaks and 180m from 15 runs
Those stats are pretty awesome. Yeah I'd love to see BA giving some of the senior players,a bit of a rest but we've seen how long it took BA to actually make a change to the Fergo/Waqa combination, so not sure if he'll be giving anyone a rest anytime soon..
Last year he rested the players against Tigers. I think he may of learnt from last year and rest them earlier.
I think we need to consider it. Having some young guys busting out at the back end of the season is extremely helpful. A guy like Penisini could catch fire towards finals for instance. Opposition teams won't have much info on him. It could make a big difference. It definitely helps having a cohort of young guys with NRL experience raring to go if given a chance.
I just hope that injuries / suspensions don't hit us at the back end of the season like last year because we didn't have any youngster with experience raring to go. BA could even consider resting Opacic or Blake one week (maybe against Dogs) to give Penisini a little experience. I think Greig and Makatoa will get an oppurtunity soon.
Yep. Papa is obviously in the best 13 list but looks like he needs a rest to me. Cartwright could do with extra game time.
Rest some before and some after bye round give them acouple of weeks off
Why wait for Penisini? Get him in and see how he goes. After Dunsters effort against the bunnies last year he should have been given a go before now. Blood the young ens and see how they go
This week
1: C Gutherson
2: M Sivo
3: T Opacic
4: W Blake
5: H Dunster
6: D Brown
7: M Moses
8: RCG
9: J Lussick
10: O Kaufusi
11: M Nuikore
12: R Matterson
13: N Brown
14: I Papali
15: Jr Paulo
16: B Cartwright
17: W Smith
rest S Lane this week, start Paulo and Papali off the bench.
rest Jr Paulo next week.
R Mahoney is out for a month.
so start Lussick, bring Smith off bench
We have a squad of 30 and we should use them.
We need to be able to beat the bottom 4 teams with our B squad so we can rest up our A squad for the brutal run of games ahead of us. Last season was proof that our gameplans can gas our forwards and once that's done we're impotent.
Give the full roster a chance to stand up and then we'll know our best 17 to take into the finals.
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