SQUAD v STORM

[dice]

Hutch omission a little surprising considering Robbos comments all year about sticking with the players that will play the grand final. Either Egan has greatly impressed Robbo, or perhaps SST and Collins are not that fit.

[The Lip]

NAS is playing second row though and not in the middle - so who ever defends inside Keary or Walker will be having a busy night as there will be plenty of traffic going their way.

Manu and Suaalii need to get in tune D wise too - Manu rushing up and in and Suaalii leaving his wing will be fruit for the sideboard for Olam and Nofo - Hughes and Munster will have a field day orchestrating the Storms left side attack if they defend like that.

Poorly researched big guy, NAS is playing 10.

[DP1990]

Yeah I don't wanna jinx us but when's the last time we were full-strength? Hope we can do a job on 'em.

I can't remember ... some point in 2020 (maybe) ?

[ism22]

Hutch omission a little surprising considering Robbos comments all year about sticking with the players that will play the grand final. Either Egan has greatly impressed Robbo, or perhaps SST and Collins are not that fit.

Guessing that the two utilities worked because they allowed us to give the pigs a rest without necessarily replacing them 1-for-1? For example you could take Rads off for Watson, then take Lodge off for whoever's needed the most (ad-hoc) while Butch moves to front row.

Then there's all the stuff like moving Hutcho to centre while Manu plays 5/8 (during times where Keary's injured). Great... but you really don't want (example) Hutcho defending against Olam, Watson defending against Hectic Cheese, Butch defending against Bromwich and Manu trying to match Munster's kicking. It works against Brisbane and the Cows but not against the big guns.

IMO you want your middle and edges to be tight as. Part of that involves playing you A-team and playing them all in their preferred positions rather doing a heap of crafty substitutions to cover for injuries.

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

Not only mine but Robbo's as well

Maybe it was 2 months ago, no-one can say for certain it would be now esp given Butcher's obvious improvement. So, it's in your opinion.

[Waylander]

Poorly researched big guy, NAS is playing 10.

As much as it galls me to agree with Queen Sally, NAS has been named at prop for the last two weeks but actually lined up at right 2nd row. It started with the Penrith game to nullify Kikau and worked so well they stuck to it against the Broncos last week.

[Rooster36]

I don’t think we’ll hammer them as they are a great club and we’ll coached but I think we’ll dominate and win by 6-8 with lots of nervous moments where I’ll be sure we lose .. however after the game I’ll be like yea we were never in doubt

[roostermcgregor]

Nelson is a grub.
Kafusi is an even bigger grub.
I hope the referee (and bunker) have enough balls to send someone off , if they try to pull off some illegal shit.
Trouble is, the ref and bunker have got a habit of second- guessing themselves, when things get serious.

[Thirteen]

Nelson is a grub.
Kafusi is an even bigger grub.
I hope the referee (and bunker) have enough balls to send someone off , if they try to pull off some illegal shit.
Trouble is, the ref and bunker have got a habit of second- guessing themselves, when things get serious.

I don’t want any send offs I want to beat all 13 of them.

[BigCok007]

Hutch omission a little surprising considering Robbos comments all year about sticking with the players that will play the grand final. Either Egan has greatly impressed Robbo, or perhaps SST and Collins are not that fit.

Reckon he comes in for momo

[mightyrooster]

So Momo was injured last week? A great looking team, probably the best we’ve had all year in fact.

[Rooster36]

I don’t want any send offs I want to beat all 13 of them.

Yep 2018 I wanted slater to play!!

[mightyrooster]

Nelson is a grub.
Kafusi is an even bigger grub.
I hope the referee (and bunker) have enough balls to send someone off , if they try to pull off some illegal shit.
Trouble is, the ref and bunker have got a habit of second- guessing themselves, when things get serious.

Yeah I dislike those two immensely. Nelson is a thug and Kaufusi is, as you say a dirty grub. I still can’t believe NAS got off scottfree for that grubby act a few weeks back. I really hate playing the Storm because even when we win, which is not often lately, we always come away with injuries from their grubby twisting and forearming tactics or, suspensions getting sucked into their grubby tactics.

[The Lip]

As much as it galls me to agree with Queen Sally, NAS has been named at prop for the last two weeks but actually lined up at right 2nd row. It started with the Penrith game to nullify Kikau and worked so well they stuck to it against the Broncos last week.

Kaufusi is back this week though - I reckon he switches back to the middle.

[Roosterfarian]

Hope Collins uses what little brain cells he has and stops launching himself head first into people.