This should be our team list vs Manly im hoping. Williams and Guymer both did a great job against the Dogs. We cannot go with Kelma Tuilagi back in the starting 13. We looked much better with Moretti starting and Williams out wider. Both Williams and Guymer have a higher work rate than both Kelma and Kit kat and it showed against the Dogs
Saxon Pryke another great debutant, and another with a high work rate may have cemented a bench spot for the remainder of 2026. In the centres Araz Nava made a fist of it and I would retain him in the centres with Penasini, with Russell to come back onto the wing.
I would also keep Mataele in the 17, keeping out Kelma who imo drops out of the 19 completely. Kelma on his day can be a devastating ball runner, but he's too inconsistent and one or two good games means nothing in this competition
Also Debelin starts. Walker much better off the bench. Debelin adds size from the start.
1. Joash
2. Fox
3. Nava
4. Penasini
5. Russell
6. Volkswagen
7.mo
8. Jns
9. Smith
10 Moretti
11. Williams
12. Guymer
13 Debelin
14. Walker
15 Pryke
16. Mataele
17. Da Silva
18. Teancum Brown
19 Brian Kelly
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Kelma could work in the middle
I've been saying this since the start of last year, In today's current game, I think Kelma is a middle, not an edge. Give him a run at prop and see if it works?
Probably with Kelma his tackles are just giving people a hug or him being left on the floor. We could lose the ruck really badly with him in the middle. Guymer actually makes attempts to bring the players onto the floor in defence to slow the ruck and actually has effort even if his missed tackle count is high
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