Team going forward for Finals

[King Salvo]

One would say a bunch of NSW Cup players will be training on - some or quite a few may even play in the last round game vs Souths?

Coach Robinson may have other ideas i.e Manu at 5/8 and Keary at 7 - Jennings right centre ( If Suaalii is fit to play) - have to wait and see 1st week of finals

1. Tedesco
2. Toops
3. Suaalii
4. Manu
5. Young
6. Keary
7. Sandon Smith
8. Collins
9. Watson
10. Leniu
11. Crichton
12. Nat Butcher
13. Whyte

Interchange/Starting 13 options

Dockar - Clay - Dummy Half/Lock/Halves
Moriarty - Dummy Half
Sitili - Second Row/Centre
May - FR
JWH - FR (when back from Suspension)
Wong - Second Row/Lock/FR
Jennings - Centre
King - FB/Centre/Wing
Pauga - Wing/Centre
Nawaqanitawase - Wing
Billy Smith - Centre/Wing
Toia - Centre/Wing
Steep - Lock/Second Row
De La Salle Va'a - FR
Xavier Va'a - FR
Foketi - Second Row/Lock
McCathie - Second Row
Elliot - 5/8/Half
Savala - Half/5/8

[RoosterBooster]

Nice little summary King

[King Salvo]

Souths Game - if bulk of NRL Squad is rested

1. King
2. Pauga
3. Toia
4. Billy Smith
5. Nawaqanitawase
6. Elliot
7. Savala
8. May
9. Dockar-Clay
10. Whyte
11. Wong
12. Foketi
13. Steep

Interchange

14. Moriarty
15. De La Salle Va'a
16. Xavier Va'a
17. McCathie

18, Gromek
19. Losalu

[Inflictor]

Coach Robinson may have other ideas i.e Manu at 5/8 and Keary at 7 - Jennings right centre ( If Suaalii is fit to play) - have to wait and see 1st week of finals[LIST=1]

FM if Jennings plays another game I am going to buy an Atlanta Braves jersey. FM FFS FM FFS.

[Chook2]

One would say a bunch of NSW Cup players will be training on - some or quite a few may even play in the last round game vs Souths?

Coach Robinson may have other ideas i.e Manu at 5/8 and Keary at 7 - Jennings right centre ( If Suaalii is fit to play) - have to wait and see 1st week of finals

1. Tedesco
2. Toops
3. Suaalii
4. Manu
5. Young
6. Keary
7. Sandon Smith
8. Collins
9. Watson
10. Leniu
11. Crichton
12. Nat Butcher
13. Whyte

Interchange/Starting 13 options

Dockar - Clay - Dummy Half/Lock/Halves
Moriarty - Dummy Half
Sitili - Second Row/Centre
May - FR
JWH - FR (when back from Suspension)
Wong - Second Row/Lock/FR
Jennings - Centre
King - FB/Centre/Wing
Pauga - Wing/Centre
Nawaqanitawase - Wing
Billy Smith - Centre/Wing
Toia - Centre/Wing
Steep - Lock/Second Row
De La Salle Va'a - FR
Xavier Va'a - FR
Foketi - Second Row/Lock
McCathie - Second Row
Elliot - 5/8/Half
Savala - Half/5/8

I agree mate I’m scared robbo will put Manu at 6 or even Teddy just cause we have some many good outside backs but we need to keep the 17 close to how it was and just out sandon and 7 and ZDC at 14
we still have a good 17 when all available are back
we will heavily rely on suaali now for kicking
if we win from here it will be robbos greatest achievement

here goes to mid 2025 when we may have out best team on the park since 2019 grand final

[Vasco]

Still a more than competitive side with the injured players missing.

It's a shame Savala is leaving. I wonder if they can convince him to stay.

[Eggspert]

For the love of God keep Manu out of the halves.!

It has to be Keary & Sandon moving forward.

Play the whole NSW Cup team...to lose 3 to season ending injury yesterday is just ridiculous.

[PLV012]

Still a more than competitive side with the injured players missing.

It's a shame Savala is leaving. I wonder if they can convince him to stay.

The Titans offer apparently is not confirmed. He is a tall, rangy, athletic attacking 5/8. Solid goal kicker, & on occasion can pull out a side line conversion after slipping over to tie a game, then follow up with a drop-goal, under pressure, wind-swirling, & not really get the meat of the ball, but still nail it to win... as he did the other week. It was a great memory to cherish watching that game vs the Dogs.

The flip side, would appear to be his defence needs work. One game comes to mind vs the Knights, we were in the contest, then they exposed him & his edge 4x to score every time. They continued to take the advantage to go on to win comfortably. A game he would want to forget & was consequently dropped the following week.

But he's young, & that's what development is all about. I'm sure the system takes these young guys to a point to where they either continue with their progress or move on elsewhere. The business of footy.

E2W
RWB

[bondi paul]

As for the vermin game they sure will target Spence the NRL / Media money spinner.

[caz]

i don't know the best strategy for next week's game but for the first week of the finals i'd go with

teddy
toops
su
joey
dom
sandon
keary

butch
angus
sitili
spenny
watson
lindsay

dockar-clay
may
whyte
wong

[Intercept]

Going forward. That caught my attention after yesterday. Way too much sideways stuff. Missed the Big Dog big time. Pricky knew they could put it on us and they did! But, next week is a whole new ball game.

[roosterchook]

Souths Game - if bulk of NRL Squad is rested

1. King
2. Pauga
3. Toia
4. Billy Smith
5. Nawaqanitawase
6. Elliot
7. Savala
8. May
9. Dockar-Clay
10. Whyte
11. Wong
12. Foketi
13. Steep

Interchange

14. Moriarty
15. De La Salle Va'a
16. Xavier Va'a
17. McCathie

18, Gromek
19. Losalu

I lean more towards Mark N being included in the side at centre. He won’t let us down and will make up in some ways for the loss of talent with Walker out. The more talent we have playing the better.

[dice]

I lean more towards Mark N being included in the side at centre. He won’t let us down and will make up in some ways for the loss of talent with Walker out. The more talent we have playing the better.

You reckon a newbie can just slot into one of the hardest defensive positions?

[tloos1999]

Sandon needs to be the 7, it’s his time to step up now. Been in the system long enough, and will be the key half going into next season until Walker is back. I’d be running ZDC @ 9, a genuine hooker, and a Crichton/Whyte second row combination and Watson at 13. Nat has shown nothing this season to deserve a starting spot. May, Sitili, Wong, and Butcher is a good enough bench.

It’s exciting to see what this team could do, now everyone has written us off and all the expectations are we go out in straight sets. We still have enough world class players in this side.

[PLV012]

I lean more towards Mark N being included in the side at centre. He won’t let us down and will make up in some ways for the loss of talent with Walker out. The more talent we have playing the better.

After watching Mark's short RL career this season, I would take a punt to start him on the wing... guy shows that little bit of class in all the small things... he's confident & backs himself... has a skill set of hand/foot befitting an international rugby player... & that bit of creative flair with X-factor to spark the attack... he's no mug & because of his reputation & media exposure he knows he's a target & doesn't shy away from the tough stuff... in his first game (Dogs i think) early in the game he got folded taking an exit carry... he felt it, but still got back into the line to take the next... not a highlight reel play but shows he wanted to earn respect... he also comes across a decent bloke, no show pony or - do you know who I am - about him! Good luck to him.

E2W
RWB