Forward Pack

[Game Fowl]

Will be different seeing him play in the middle.

Not really if you watched closely last year he was defending in the middle during the prop rotation anyway.

[Guest]

Our boys will do the job whoever runs out.
Its the backs that need to step up this year.

[Guest]

With Friend injured I would start the season with JWH & Moa interchanging with Napa & Liu.
In Jakes absences I would start with Hastings interchanging with McIlwrick.
Aubs & Cordner in the backrow with Willis Meehan or Siosiua Taukeiaho getting some minutes being the 4th reserve.
Guerra lock, he has the size & the motor to play in the middle.

Pearce (c)
Maloney
Tupou
Jennings
Fergusson/SKD
SKD/Fergusson
RTS.

Evans, Kennedy, Manu, McDonald, Taukeiaho, Elliott, Stapelton, Langi, Siejka, Vincent Leuluai & maybe Abraham Papalii are the ones we turn to if we get hit with injury.

[Rooster_6]

Will be different seeing him play in the middle.

You've only been playing him in the middle for the last two years, coach.

[bondi paul]

I prefer a forward that has speed mobility and a metre gainer - all of these Napa is not. I don't buy the so called intimidation factor some say he has. A l

[Bigchook]

I prefer a forward that has speed mobility and a metre gainer - all of these Napa is not. I don't buy the so called intimidation factor some say he has. A l

Have you ever played league? Intimidation is a big factor. I used to love watching us kick off and watch the opposition see moz coming at them before running the other way. Napa will have this effect. This forums standards are ridiculous. These players that are getting bagged out recently are all kids who are still developing. Not many world beaters at 20odd.

[bondi paul]

Have you ever played league? Intimidation is a big factor. I used to love watching us kick off and watch the opposition see moz coming at them before running the other way. Napa will have this effect. This forums standards are ridiculous. These players that are getting bagged out recently are all kids who are still developing. Not many world beaters at 20odd.

The game has changed since Moz - Napa left his team mates posted at the end of last season via his suspension. I prefer a player with skill and a brain and yes to your question I did play league and was also a above average middle distance athlete too.Yes Napa is a kid who needs to grow up as his brain works as fast as his slow leg speed.As you mention a past great Moz I will go further back by naming Bunny Reilly aa a intimidator via his classic tackling style who is regarded in the top 20 hard men of league. half the size of Napa and Moz without the brain explosions.

[Steakface]

I prefer a forward that has speed mobility and a metre gainer - all of these Napa is not. I don't buy the so called intimidation factor some say he has. A l

I see your point.

But I think Robbo could be positoning Napa to take over Cranky Frank Paul's role now that he has left, which is:

1. Intimidate the crap out of opposition to put them off their game plan
2. Intimidate the crap out of the oppositions so they make handling errors and such

It's a very important and underrated role I think.

I'd still like to see him bend the line a bit though, especially given his size

[milanja]

I see your point.

But I think Robbo could be positoning Napa to take over Cranky Frank Paul's role now that he has left, which is:

1. Intimidate the crap out of opposition to put them off their game plan
2. Intimidate the crap out of the oppositions so they make handling errors and such

It's a very important and underrated role I think.

I'd still like to see him bend the line a bit though, especially given his size

You're right, fpn intimidated himself, simplest of dropped balls and penalties aplenty.

[Guest]

The game has changed since Moz -

You're right.The game changes every bloody year.
This is not a good thing.
I hate rugby league.
That wasn't always the case.
Napa didn't want a career as a pro touch-football player.

[Bigchook]

There'll always be a role for an intimidator. Yes the game has changed. There's a difference between being a hard man and giving away penalties. Napa has everything to be the perfect hard man. Much like Luke odonell. He just needs to stop leading with the shoulder, which he has probably learned to do for over ten years when it was legal.

[davos]

There'll always be a role for an intimidator. Yes the game has changed. There's a difference between being a hard man and giving away penalties. Napa has everything to be the perfect hard man. Much like Luke odonell. He just needs to stop leading with the shoulder, which he has probably learned to do for over ten years when it was legal.

I wish they had changed the rule two years afterr the moment they did. Imagine for a second a defence of Napa, JWH, and SBW all running in with shoulder charges. Would make a highlight reel on its own.

[Bigchook]

We'd have the most ferocious pack in the game. But alas, one too many head knocks equals less dollars for nrl.

[Guest]

There'll always be a role for an intimidator. Yes the game has changed. There's a difference between being a hard man and giving away penalties. Napa has everything to be the perfect hard man. Much like Luke odonell. He just needs to stop leading with the shoulder, which he has probably learned to do for over ten years when it was legal.

God help me, I was only 19,.

The NRL has got it wrong, we all know that.

Gotta feel for blokes like Napa.

[Salvatori Grubber]

Dylan "Red Gum" Napa