I know Glen Lamar was singing his praises in the commentary but how good was Jack Howarth? Surely his best effort in first grade to date. From a Kiwis perspective hopefully he kicks on
If Barnett is unavailable due to SOO one would imagine that Capewell gets his first crack on the left edge but would love to see Halasima in there. Obviously his discipline is an issue at NSW Cup level but he'd have a completely different levels of leaders around him in the NRL to reign him in...
It doesn't change the fact that the momentum had already swung. We had conceded 10 straight points before he arrived then another 10 in a row once he entered before we returned serve.
Blind Freddy can see he's lost 2-3 yards of pace & he's in his twilight but your claim of the momentum shift...
Prior to him coming on they showed a stat that we'd completed at 50% in the 5 minutes before his introduction. Couple that with us conceding 10 unanswered points before him entering the game along with the Storm introducing Welch & NAS to coincide with his entry, it'd be more accurate to say...
Definitely seems like it's way more common these days.
Growing up I can remember Aaron Raper, the Morris twins, Scott Sattler, Mitchell Pearce & Jarryd Hayne but largely they were anomalies.
John Hopoate has spawned 5 of his own!