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  Camo73 April 13, 2010 at 7:57pm

  Good looking team.
  
  In the first email received today (initial team list) it said that Hindy is being honoured by being given the co-captaincy. No need to read anything more into it other than that. On 9 news tonight they threw all of the speculation questions up (other than the obvious one) and it was a most unhelpful story.
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  Robisms April 13, 2010 at 8:15pm

  I so reckon they're gonna run their huge forwards at our little guys. Gonna need Ben Smith and Hindmarsh to DEFEND hugely otherwise they'll look to make speed humps out of Mortimer. They have a massive pack.
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  Eelectric April 13, 2010 at 8:46pm

  Same team, waiting for the same inept performance...What is Anderson doing...Mateo carves them up to set up the second try and what and what does Ando take him off...if he cant play 80 what good is he.Robson good at hooker gave some spark and his defence was great.. they all need to stand up Hayne can;t do it all by himself..
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  K-DOG April 13, 2010 at 9:30pm

  Inu should be permanent. Too good to leave out. Needs to build confidence but so does the whole team. Wants to stay at Parra. Move Mateo to 6. Play Robson at 9. Morts at 7 and I think the scrum needs more speed. Play Reddy at Lock. He's very good defensively and will cause havoc with more ball.
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  RealEel April 13, 2010 at 10:43pm

  This looks like a pretty awesome team with all players at their best and its a bloody shame that we haven't seen this team in full flight. Hopefully the players can find some form and we can see it soon.
  
  I was just looking at the balance of the forward pack, as I have written in another blog regarding this. It occured to me that Tim Mannah might go OK starting the game in the second row for Ben Smith. That way we might get some go forward early in the match. We really do miss Shackleton in the second row to provide some balance to this side.
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  MaxZ/3iaGGiZ April 14, 2010 at 1:04am

  A very strong lineup to celebrate Hindmarshs great achievement.
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  big black guy April 14, 2010 at 2:04am

  this will see if our forward pack has, the heart or the steal, come on boys. get up for Hindy
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  Slaka April 14, 2010 at 9:01am

  He was taken off because he quite often forgets that rugby league also involves defence. He is the laziest player in the club.
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    Camo73 > Slaka April 15, 2010 at 6:53am

    Mateo could have stopped the Thompson try before it began. He was close enough to tackle him when he was still around the half way line. Replays clearly showed that it was a lack of desire and effort.
    You compare that to the Horo tackle in the in goal to secure a repeat set and you see a very different amount of commitment and effort.
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  Mark Khoury April 14, 2010 at 2:45pm

  My line up would have been
  
  Mateo at five eight, he gives u a playmaker which we don’t have in the half’s at the moment
  
  Mortimer gives u some zip out of dummy half and should gain more confidence
  
  And you start with your best forward pack
  
  See below - Please comment if you dont agree
  
  1. Jarryd Hayne
  2. Luke Burt
  3. Krisnan Inu
  4. Timana Tahu
  5. Eric Grothe
  6. Feleti Mateo
  7. Kris Keating
  8. Justin Poore
  9. Jeff Robson
  10. Fuifui Moimoi
  11. Nathan Hindmarsh (C)
  12. Nathan Cayless (C)
  13. Ben Smith
  
  INTERCHANGE
  14. Daniel Mortimer
  15. Tim Mannah
  16. Brendan Oake
  19. Justin Horo