I wanted to give Adam Keighran a shout out, he's quickly becoming a favourite of mine. I love that he's just a natural "footy player" type of guy that will slot in wherever he is asked. The hooking role has taken some adjustment, and there's still some work to be done regarding running and defense, but a few things I loved yesterday:
2 or 3 pin point dummy half kicks that found the grass
and trapped the Titans in their 10m. I think given the weight of possession and field position the titans were gifted with, these momentum swings were huge for us. Great vision and something we have missed since Friend retired (he was great at this).
Great awareness and control to pick up a low bouncing off load, nearly scoring himself, got up quickly to play the ball (should have been a six again, surprise surprise) and the next tackle Walker puts Tupou over.
His dummy half service, whilst not Verrills laser-like, is still very sharp. The pass out the back for the decisive field goal was right where it needed to be.. 12 metre looping ball that landed in front of Walker's eyes (perhaps a touch high) but gave him time to slot the field goal. This could easily have been bungled given the pressure of the situation.
And last but not least, my goodness his goal kicking. He is elite. As has been mentioned in the game thread, we lose this game without his goal kicking. Maloney was the last kicker of ours where you just expected it to go over and were shocked when it missed. Adam's is a level above this.
In summary, great play yesterday for Adam and I think we need to find a way for him to eventually be on the field for 80 minutes if feasible. Perhaps hooker and then into the ball playing lock role, providing that his defense can tighten up.
2 or 3 pin point dummy half kicks that found the grass
and trapped the Titans in their 10m. I think given the weight of possession and field position the titans were gifted with, these momentum swings were huge for us. Great vision and something we have missed since Friend retired (he was great at this).
Great awareness and control to pick up a low bouncing off load, nearly scoring himself, got up quickly to play the ball (should have been a six again, surprise surprise) and the next tackle Walker puts Tupou over.
His dummy half service, whilst not Verrills laser-like, is still very sharp. The pass out the back for the decisive field goal was right where it needed to be.. 12 metre looping ball that landed in front of Walker's eyes (perhaps a touch high) but gave him time to slot the field goal. This could easily have been bungled given the pressure of the situation.
And last but not least, my goodness his goal kicking. He is elite. As has been mentioned in the game thread, we lose this game without his goal kicking. Maloney was the last kicker of ours where you just expected it to go over and were shocked when it missed. Adam's is a level above this.
In summary, great play yesterday for Adam and I think we need to find a way for him to eventually be on the field for 80 minutes if feasible. Perhaps hooker and then into the ball playing lock role, providing that his defense can tighten up.
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