His effort areas were spot on last night. One thing I picked up on was how often he would be pulling up the last defender off the ruck and positioning them at marker. Lots of pointing and talking in defence. His game fitness has doubled since the start of the year. Really happy with the emu.
3- Hopgood With a pack that lacked experience, losing a middle forward on the 10th min, Hopgood showed leadership, stepped up and played his heart out.
2- Moses without being flamboyant, managed the game well and stepped up when it counted most.
1- Brown (was a toss up between him and Simmonson) had a big impact on the game early, and consistently injected himself when we needed him to.
shout out to a Greig on getting his first try, and again posting a decent 145 run meters
"The fact of the matter is, outside of Panthers and Storm this year everyone outside of probably the wests tigers was basically as good as each other and had varying levels of success based on injuries, momentum and draw difficulty.
No reason we…"
"I disagree. Any year you start with the Australian 7 in his prime, the NZ 6 , a current Qld origin forward , an Australian outside back - 2 goal kickers that kick at 80% and a mix of up and coming youth and some tried and tested vets you should not…"
"As some stated, he was good for a while. Was a beast from 10-20 metres out but a massive defensive liability and a plodder on kick returns.
He was part of the dead wood drifting and it was time to move on.
Thanks for your service Maika. Best of luck…"
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3. Hoogood
2. Emu
1. Maka
3.Makatoa
2. Simmonson
1. Doorey
Hopgood
brown
carty
3: Brown, incredible defence
2: Hopgood, workload
1: Greig, Forward leader in tje absence of tje boopers.
Grieg looked great out there.
His effort areas were spot on last night. One thing I picked up on was how often he would be pulling up the last defender off the ruck and positioning them at marker. Lots of pointing and talking in defence. His game fitness has doubled since the start of the year. Really happy with the emu.
3 Brown
2 Hopgood
1 Cartwright
3. Brown.
2. Hopgood.
1. Makatoa
Mitch played okay , perhaps not popular tonight, but he kicked huge, hit every conversion, scored a late try,
Cartwright played well tonight as well.
3. Brown - Best on field by a long way
2. Simonsson - was great tonight
1. Emu - He was on tonight.
3- Hopgood With a pack that lacked experience, losing a middle forward on the 10th min, Hopgood showed leadership, stepped up and played his heart out.
2- Moses without being flamboyant, managed the game well and stepped up when it counted most.
1- Brown (was a toss up between him and Simmonson) had a big impact on the game early, and consistently injected himself when we needed him to.
shout out to a Greig on getting his first try, and again posting a decent 145 run meters