Pick Your Team Titans v Warriors - [Round 25, 2025]

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Forum members extensively debate the Warriors' lineup for their upcoming match against the Titans, focusing on optimizing backline and forward combinations amidst injuries and suspensions. Key discussions center on whether Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad or Taine Tuaupiki should play fullback, with user #4 advocating for Nicoll-Klokstad's return to enhance defensive stability, while #66 defends Tuaupiki's attacking impact. User #5 suggests bench rotations for Laban Halasima to maximize his offensive strengths. Several proposed lineups emerge, including significant contributions from #6 #7,#22, each offering different positional strategies for halves and centers. User #29 highlights Kurt Capewell's return implications following Bunty Afoa and Jackson Ford's absence. Statistical comparisons of fullback performances appear in #81, informed by detailed analysis. User #133 strongly urges a tactical shift toward aggressive, creative play to boost finals prospects, emphasizing offloads and unpredictability. Halves selection remains contentious, with #164 recalling Te Maire Martin's previous effectiveness at halfback. Throughout, members express concern about the Titans' historical advantage and the need for cohesive gameplay to secure top-four positioning.

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Playing Ford for 60 straight minutes can't be the best use of him. Webster being his conservative self wants to keep interchanges up his sleeve (1 unused last night, 2 vs Bulldogs, 1 vs Dolphins) but because of Ford's work rate he gets sloppy at the back end of the first half and over halftime break he doesn't fully recharge because fatigue errors plauge him very early into the second half.
At halftime he had 1 error, 1 ruck infringement & 1 missed tackle which is hard to complain with due to his workrate (35 tackle or thereabouts at that point). After halftime he had 2 errors, another ruck infringement & 2 missed tackles.
 

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Don't change a winning side. Same team, they won their last game, build on that performance.

Ok to expound on that cliche, it would be daft to change a team that just started to sort its defence out against a fast back line when you know that is what they will face this week vs the Titans.

Bringing in different backs for attack is completely missing the point. The Dragons may well have lost forwards mid game, but the speed of their backline (which is where we have lost most of our games - against faster backlines) was contained largely by this Warriors backline. NO CHANGES.

I thought Boyd led us around well, he needs to be persevered with, he has hardly had a decent platform to make a fist of it, even peak SJ could look like shit behind packs that were getting beaten in the middle.
 
Cces said:
Most of their 5 games together in NSW Cup occurred in April and TMM was right side and Boyd was left side. They paired up against the Dolphins, albeit on opposite sides of the field, and looked like a new combination. Is there enough time to bed this in before playoffs?
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Are you sure about the sides? TMM played 6 in cup and majority of his try assists were left side.
 
sup42 said:
Don't change a winning side. Same team, they won their last game, build on that performance.

Ok to expound on that cliche, it would be daft to change a team that just started to sort its defence out against a fast back line when you know that is what they will face this week vs the Titans.

Bringing in different backs for attack is completely missing the point. The Dragons may well have lost forwards mid game, but the speed of their backline (which is where we have lost most of our games - against faster backlines) was contained largely by this Warriors backline. NO CHANGES.

I thought Boyd led us around well, he needs to be persevered with, he has hardly had a decent platform to make a fist of it, even peak SJ could look like shit behind packs that were getting beaten in the middle.
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Capewell comes back.
Unfortunately Ford looks likely to be suspended so Niukore to Prop
 
sup42 said:
Don't change a winning side. Same team, they won their last game, build on that performance.

Ok to expound on that cliche, it would be daft to change a team that just started to sort its defence out against a fast back line when you know that is what they will face this week vs the Titans.

Bringing in different backs for attack is completely missing the point. The Dragons may well have lost forwards mid game, but the speed of their backline (which is where we have lost most of our games - against faster backlines) was contained largely by this Warriors backline. NO CHANGES.

I thought Boyd led us around well, he needs to be persevered with, he has hardly had a decent platform to make a fist of it, even peak SJ could look like shit behind packs that were getting beaten in the middle.
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We really weren't being beaten in the middle when we held onto it - I'm more inclined to have TMM in there, there's something not quite there with Boyd
 
mrblonde said:
Largely keep the same team but for a start, CNK back to fullback, TT to centre. Neither particularly shone yesterday, I see no harm in switching things around there.

Obviously, it's closer to Finals Time in the NSW Cup, not sure who qualifies to play there versus who we need to play NRL but, honestly, we're a fair bit more likely to win the NSW Cup Premiership than the NRL Premiership, as much as that's not as "Sexy" or "What The Fans Pay Their Money For", so I think if the Warriors are looking for trophies, we pick the strongest 17 we can for the NSW Cup, even if maybe that's not best for the NRL team.

Whichever approach the club take on that, agree with the idea that Halasima needs to be on the bench as it's been I'd guess a bigger season than he'd have expected so he needs some kind of a break.
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Is your head screwed on?
 
Tookey 2.0 said:
CNK
RTS
Ali/Pompey
Berry
DWZ
TMM
CHT
JFH
Egan
Niukore
Leka
Capewah
Clark

Healey
Demi
Ford
TSS/EIT

I think we need to roll the dice a wee bit here. The way we've been playing lately, we're not going to progress very far last the first week of finals footy
We started the year with Berry and Ali as our first choice centres, we're playing bottom 8 teams the last 3 weeks before finals, give them time to gell. I mean, the other options of CNK, Pompey and Capewell are all making mistakes too, may as well have Ali out there learning.
I think currently the spine of CHT/Boyd/Taine isn't working and imo, of you're going to have TMM direct the attack, having someone solid like CNK at the back with a bigger body is going to benefit the team big time.
Rogers been great, Dallin looked great
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Dannevegas said:
Ale in for Ford? Surely
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him or bunty
 
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