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  TopEel February 6, 2015 at 10:01am

  I hate to say it but kelepi is going to have the year of his life running off Thurston and pairing up with taumalolo.
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    Ham Sammich > TopEel February 6, 2015 at 11:03am

    Hope that they all pair up defensively. Gaps and players falling off tackles everywhere. Give me Tepai Moeroa over Tanginoa any day of the week.
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  The Badger February 6, 2015 at 10:22am

  He'll get injured in a trial and miss several games and do exactly what he did here - not much.

  Afetr he misses too many tackles he'll be playing Q Cup.
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  EelLectric February 6, 2015 at 10:58am

  Just on Taumalolo, he looked like he added a fair bit of weight over the off-season when I saw him running around in the 9's. Looked like George Rose from a distance! Maybe it was the jerseys or somehting that made him look bigger than he is, but I thought he looked too heavy. Probably a good thing for Kelepi is he is 10kgs lighter than Taumalolo
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  qldeel February 6, 2015 at 12:10pm

  Wish I was going to see him play this weekend. Bit of wishful think there guys I reckon he will have a great year!
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  CP February 6, 2015 at 12:43pm

  Wish him the best. He's not the one that wanted to leave. But yeah can't hold onto all of them.
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  Will 5150 February 6, 2015 at 1:19pm

  As always... everything about this bloke is based on having big muscles and lifting heavy things. The whole article is about how big he is. A heck of a lot more to good footy than oversized biceps.
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    Ham Sammich > Will 5150 February 6, 2015 at 1:28pm

    Plus it just means he could be over-exerting in the gym, which would explain his history with injuries. Kelepi can run hard and fast in a straight line, ask him to do anything other than that and he struggles.
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  EelLectric February 6, 2015 at 1:37pm

  I recall Willie Tonga saying last year that he thought Loko's injury problems were probably caused by his increase in muscle and his body couldn't handle it. Sticky had wanted Tonga and Loko to add an extra 5kg's or something similar when he was around in 2013.

  Then BA comes along and tells Tonga to shed some kg's and he finally got on the park for us!

  I defintely think there is a correlation between maxing your body out to it's ultimate extreme and then constant breakdowns thereafter. Some of these bloke these days are so finely tuned, it doesn't seem to take much for them to break down. Have a look at guys like Luke Douglas (possible use of supplements aside), Hindmarsh in his day, Cameron Smith etc - none of those blokes are/were out and out muscle bound adonis' yet they are some of the most durable playesr of the modern era. In cricket, the bowlers these days do so much more gym work and training which a lot of the time has little to do with the art of 'bowling' and what follows? Pattinson, Bird, Cummins, even Starc to a degree, all break down what seems like every other month.

  Like Harry Callahan would say, "A man's got to know his limitations"...
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  1Eyed Eel February 6, 2015 at 4:33pm

  Kelepi's been a tank since I first saw him at 15, he's just got amazing natural strength.

  If Kelepi was 10cm taller he'd be one of the best front rowers in the comp.