You're as good a shout this year as anyone tbh. Your starting backrow is terrifying. Big questions are on the fullback (I hear good things about Tedesco though), consistency and whether or not Reddy and Tuquiri come back the same players. Injury to Benji will crush you obv but you could say that about many teams.
The consistency of the team should be greatly improved by:
I thought you didn't rate Moltzen as an organiser though. Or is the plan that he goes to fb with a young bloke coming through in the 7?
I don't really rate Moltzen particularly highly as an organiser, but he's certainly a better organiser than Lui who himself is an even worse organiser than Marshall. Lui is not a bad player but he is a specialist five-eighth IMO. Moltzen himself would be best used at five-eighth but he does an adequate enough job at halfback and fullback. I'd rather give Miller a crack personally but it's unlikely to happen; Moltzen will be an improvement.I thought you didn't rate Moltzen as an organiser though. Or is the plan that he goes to fb with a young bloke coming through in the 7?
The consistency issue has a bit to do with level of Benji's influence too. That's the downside of having a guy like that as your dominant player. He is a guy that can fail to fire on occassion and the team, particularly his halves partner, looks lost when that happens. I guess that's when you need a steady hand in the 7 eh.
Your man Walsh signed for another couple of years earlier in the week. Really looking forward to watching him under Cleary. It looks like Flash has come back from his ACL the same player and I reckon Burns will be ousted by Austin (the kid looks absolutely gun) or Seijka at some point this year. We could be a bigger threat than most people are crediting.
But they're not because they used to play before the 7th and 8th places teams did.
sauce best prop in the game
Yep. Bashed his missus for the second time in a year and the Tigers tore up his contract.
Yes, that was my point. He's gone, so even though he wasn't a bad player, it'll improve the side because he wasn't a natural halfback and he was a terrible fit for Marshall.
Only insofar that it ensures that they have two halves that can't tackle.
Groat doesn't excite me at all, but Galloway and Woods are very good footballers. I think the Tigers did the right thing in letting go Gibbs and Fifita in order to keep these 2.
lol, I wouldn't go that far.
It's difficult with Burns as he was quite good last year. I actually started to almost warm to him as a 6 - previously I thought he played like a backrower or possibly hooker. Austin to me seems more backrow than 6 too. He looked good from what I saw last year though. With Plum out he'll push for a starting spot, but I have a feeling Cameron Ciraldo is going to start in the backrow and do quite well. Seijka could take over from Burns at 6 though if form dictates.
The official site nrl.com is reasonable. foxsports.com.au has a league section and they are normally quite fast at finding news stories. I'm sure others will find their info on other sites.
Well, now. I thought NRL was coming back onto Sky this year, but it seems I'm mistaken. It's still on Premier Sports (Sky ch 433), which is another stand alone fee channel.
Don't have a team as such; used to watch a bit of Super League in the late 90s and have started watching it again recently. Was hoping to catch a bit of NRL as Brumby said Sky have the rights, but turns out that probably won't be the case.
WAC.Don't have a team as such; used to watch a bit of Super League in the late 90s and have started watching it again recently. Was hoping to catch a bit of NRL as Brumby said Sky have the rights, but turns out that probably won't be the case.
So I'll probably end up supporting one of the teams that make the Grand Final. Would definitely back NSW in State of Origin though
Thing with Burns is he does some ridiculously awesome things. The field goal charge down which gave us the win against the Dogs last year is a good example, but he comes up with big plays in defense on guys with 20 kilos on him regularly. Trouble is if Walsh is playing a solely organizing role Burns doesn't provide any creativity, and actually often blunts the attack with poor passes or by running a bad line. Then our only attacking threat comes from Lewis, Gordon or from a kick. Willing to give both the halves a chance though because it's hard to know how much of their faults (in particular Walsh) were down being badly coached.
WAG.
