Really looking forward to us playing the Tits.
Gotta laugh at Hurrell fear.
Paasi is the player to fear as an ex Warrior.
He is twice the player that Hurrell pretends to be and four times the threat of that bloke.
Konrad should be the easiest to contain in the seventeen, he is the player they know how to read best. Ex Kiwis that carve up the Warriors are an anomaly of the past, borne out of ex Pats that come here fired up in front of family, friends, ex team mates, and coaching staff they have a point to prove in front of.
The only reason they get purchase in these games is the Warriors players either fear them or take them too lightly.
I cant see us playing in cruise mode this coming game...as Ive banged on in several other threads, the coaches have this team fired up.
Hurrell is easy to beat. Kick the ball to him directly on every set. Mark up heavily on him (the risk is he offloads or passes if you do this....but he only ever does that once a game...so you might concede one try....thereafter he is neutralized till the end of the game...he is a confidence runner...with no space he goes to crap).
Running people at him is a popular tactic too.
My suspicion is, that if we spend too much time worrying about Konrad...that it is more likely other players will carve us up.
Konrad is shit at off the ball work at effort on effort.
Throw all of our best attackers at him in motion...loads of decoys...he is a shit reader.