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  shane December 10, 2016 at 12:32pm

  prop Mannah

  Hooker King

  prop Alvaro (both props good defenders and workers to whether the storm so to speak)

  2nd row Mau

  2nd row Scott

  lock Brown

  bench Edwards, Matagi, F. Pritchard and Moeroa 
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    Bizlack > shane December 10, 2016 at 12:41pm

    Not a crazy proposition as Brown wore the 13 jersey many times last year
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    Chris > shane December 10, 2016 at 7:58pm

    Second row and lock for brown, I agree.
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  Wile E. Coyote December 10, 2016 at 2:14pm

  Frank is looking fit
  http://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2016/12/09/gallery_skills_to_en.html
  Vave is looking like he is trying to maximise momentum
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  Rowdy Roddy December 10, 2016 at 5:55pm

  I reckon BA would start with Vave as we need some size to start the game in the middle and have Brown off the bench like he did so successfully for Souths. I like your idea of Edwards giving IDG a break if he can master dummy half? Kenny is a footballer though and has shown his versatility playing in the halves last year. That way K. Pritchard can play for Wenty and put plenty of pressure on IDG to come with his best game every week. Kaysa is also too injury prone and hasn't been able to produce a full season since juniors. And King is a reserve grader in any position in my opinion.
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  Downie December 10, 2016 at 7:15pm

  I think Alvaro has to be in the mix . He is a machine .
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  Johnny B Good December 10, 2016 at 9:32pm

  I think people are too quick to overlook Terepo. He made a very healthy amount of tackles and only missed 13 in 23 games. That is the least amount of missed tackles from all our forwards, including Mannah, who only played 14 games. He made fewer errors in 2016 and his running game was still damaging. Maybe he could start with Mannah? He is a good contrast to Mannah. I would then have Vave, F Pritchard, Brown and Takka on the bench (with Ava'a or Hoffman to plug the centre role.