If Napa suspended, who comes in?

[Tommy Smith]

Sharks, Broncos and Storm have the big bench forwards. Souths seem to be resting Tatola this week and have Nichols and Musgrove back first week of semis which gives them size. We just need to give early ball to Keary, Teddy and Mitchell throughout the game to combat our lack of size in the middle.

Musgrove? Has he played a game all year?

And Tatola and Nicholls!

Lions, Tigers and Bears! OH MY!

[Tommy Smith]

I agree Tommy,even though our bench is thin I don’t think any team in the 8 has a bench that stands out (maybe Sharks) an exception..

Just another bit of garbage coming out of one of the most overrated individuals to put on a Rooster jumper..

If his talents matched his big mouth he would be an immortal right now!

Yeah Braith is just another dolt on Fox NRL. They're so flakey. One moment we're the clear favourites then two irrelevant defeats later we have major worries.

And on the bench it's just a symptom of the salary cap.

Unless you cheat the cap (Sharks) or have loads of young guns on cheap deals (Broncos) you can't really afford to have 4+ beasts in the middle of the field.

[The Axe]

the FARMER could be a finals POD

could have been

the reason? For too often we covered jake whilst having subs sit on bench with no/minimum minutes.
why? Not needed when boo or maubs could cover
instead we could have..... played the mullet and the farmer for FG experience

result? Wasted opportunity and little experience to hit the semis ready to fill the role