Player Marata Niukore

[Defence]

The more I think about it- if walker is leaving I’d give Marata the 13.
He’s played a gf there.
He might not have the ball playing but maybe it would be good to mix it up a bit- start with more of a power game then bring tohu on to start finessing it around.
Jfh, Barney and Marata would be a pretty fearsome starting middle- high tempo.
Just gotta get them edges sorted…

 

[snake77]

He was great last year when we had the structures on the right hand side. Having that big body on that side charging through would of helped create space. He was also useful for Johnson to dump the ball off to so they could reset.

I made jokes after the Dolphins trial it seemed like they would wake up the next day with his boot prints on them the way he was running over the top of them. Early in the season the change to the middle looked promising. The injury didn't help.

Then he got moved back to the edge with the teams poor form and injuries.

They need to decide over the offseason if they are committing to him as a middle or not. If he's going to stay out wider they need to strip a few kilos off him.

 

[Cces]

He's played 80 minutes last night which was just the 4th time in his 32 games for the club. If he can't consistently get through 80 on the edge he needs a role of 45-50 minutes in the middle. His usual output on the edge doesn't justify an Interchange