Cowboys vs warriors Team Lists (No Taumalolo)
1 Val Holmes 1
Reece Walsh 2 Kyle Feldt 2
Montoya 3 Javid Bowen 3
Pompey 4 Tabuai Fidow 4
Euan Aitken 5 Tualagi 5
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 6 Drinkwater 6
Kodi 7 Clifford 7
Chanel Harris-Tavita 8 Gilbert 8
Jamayne Tounua-Brown 9 Robson 9
Egan 10 Mcleam 10
Evans 11 Shane Wright 11
Murchie 12 Mitchell Dunn 12
Katoa 13 Coen Hess 13
Harris 14 Jake Granville 14
Tevaga 15 Peter Hola 15 LAM
16 Jensen 16
Afoa 17 Luki 17
Ben Murdoch-Masila Wrighty's team comparison
Fullback. Incredibly despite how great Val Holmes is will call this to advantage warriors despite
Reece Walsh having only 5 games under his belt. WARRIORS
Wings Kyle Feldt must be in the top 5 wings in the league in terms of consistency. Will call this a Tie as we have
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck. TIE
Centres - they have Tabuai Fidow, but I like
Euan Aitken.
Pompey has been a bit off the boil last two games compared to his earlier outings this season. Give this to cowboys by a nose. COWBOYS.
Halves - They have Drinkwater who is one my favourite players, however, Clifford is not great in my books. Will give this to Drinkwater factor however noted that the Warriors halves are clicking well. COWBOYS
Props - Both teams have pretty weak, by NRL standards starting props,
Jamayne Tounua-Brown being the worst of the starting four listed. He ran for a whopping nine metres in total last week. Therefore Peytons team gets the nod. COWBOYS
2nd Row - Our young bucks
Murchie and
Katoa get the nod here - WARRIORS
Lock - Coen Hess was a pay cheque player last year and at the beginning of this year. Shied away from heavy contact and went through the motions. I think the coach has spoken to him as he has perked up a notch or two in recent weeks. However give this to
Tohu Harris who last week ran for 157 metres. WARRIORS
Hooker -
Egan is figuring out the rhythm of the NRL. And looking really good, WARRIORS
Bench
Give a triple advantage to Warriors for the bench. Jake Granville has been poor and a real liability this year. The defensive structure dissapears when he comes on. Should retire. LAM and
Ben Murdoch-Masila also are advantages on the bench. WARRIORS times 3
Overall Warriors 7 Cowboys 3
This game will be close in the first 20 and warriors to assert themselves as the bench begins to get involved for both sides.
At least that is how it plays out on paper IMHO.
Please note don't take this analysis seriously, just my view for conversation and reading material as we get ready for and look forward to the game.
Cheers