Post Match Pre Season Trial 2- Warriors vs Storm

[tajhay]

Post match discussion

 

[KPWarrior]

Viva Las Vegas!

 

[Canonball]

Well, fuck me, looks like our coaches had a plan

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Some good insights into what we may see out of specific players and combos.

Looking forward to Vegas.

 

[John Nick]

Shame on the Storm for the second rate team.
Penrith not happy either

 

[OtautahiEast]

Ale in the 2nd row and Halasima in the middle was mad to watch

 

[tajhay]

That was a good hitout. Our attack in the first half looked fluid.

Biggest question mark i have is what to do with CNK/TMM. I think that Taine booked himself a wing spot (though i do worry he will get picked up and put into touch a few times this season due to his size), CHT and Metcalf locked their halves spots.

I like how TMM provides a bit more link to the outside backs coming from the back, but obviously doesnt have the metres that CNK provides. I cant see webster putting CNK at centre to accomodate TMM at the back either.

Will be interesting to see the makeup of our bench for Round 1.

 

[snake77]

Have to be realistic. It was their first trial and our second. Closer to our top side than their.

In saying that under Kearney I can't remember if we lost to a 2nd-3rd string Storm side. But the reasoning after the game was how further they were in their development. Our depth players looked up to it today.

You can only play who is in front of you. Our guys made their tackles, worked to their structure and made their metres. The Storm score off kicks which is good for our defence.

Trials lose structure in the second half as the positions change. Overall our younger guys looked less nervous this week for the run last week.

 

[Dannevegas]

Team for Vegas,

Martin
Tuivasa-scheck
Leiataua
Nicoll-klokstad
Tauapiki
Harris-Tavita
Metcalf
Fisher-Harris
Egan
Barnett
Halasima
Niukore
Clark

Walker
Vaimauga
Ford
Ale

 

[tajhay]

Team for Vegas,

Martin
Tuivasa-scheck
Leiataua
Nicoll-klokstad
Tauapiki
Harris-Tavita
Metcalf
Fisher-Harris
Egan
Barnett
Halasima
Niukore
Clark

Walker
Vaimauga
Ford
Ale

No Capewell?

 

[JustVisiting82]

Yes this was just a trial and it was a well and truly B grade Storm side, but still plenty to be encouraged by I thought in terms of how our players performed individually and as a unit.

 

[John Nick]

Yes this was just a trial and it was a well and truly B grade Storm side, but still plenty to be encouraged by I thought in terms of how our players performed individually and as a unit.

 

[Jonesy69]

23,500 people at the game today. Surely that’s a new NRL record for pre season

 

[snake77]

Shame on the Storm for the second rate team.
Penrith not happy either

Weren't Penrith upset as they pulled players to come here.

The Storm do have a history of spreading their talent through multiple trials. Pretty sure in the past they have given us the young guys and depth players and had the stars playing elsewhere.

 

[Dannevegas]

No Capewell?

na we have better players in that position imo. Even Ale looked far better on the edge than capewell.

 

[KPWarrior]

23,500 people at the game today. Surely that’s a new NRL record for pre season

Thats mad for a pre-season trial.

 

[snake77]

From our point of view it was a big step up from last week.

Let's hope the 40/20's from Metcalf keep coming through the season.

Last week we got mixed up a bit not knowing the tackle count. A lot better this week on the last tackle.

 

[Canonball]

Martin is so 'mercurial' - i'd love to have him in the team, but always and only in his second preferred position, if you know what i mean: somehow thrives after having been shifted - cf panthers magic round, fb for the broncs and now today, shifted for cht ... some deep psychology happening there

 

[Tookey 2.0]

The TMM to FB probably asks more questions than it answered:

Did TMM look that sharp at fb as it was his 2nd outing?
Did CHT play better because there was a 3rd play maker on the field?
Is TMM to fb a viable option theyve been practicing in training, or a late fuck around that paid off?

Imo it really muddies the waters as to 'what half played better', as Martin created from the back and also at half when he was there later on in the game, while CHT also looked really good too.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

There's no way Kosi plays wing again. I've been a sympathiser of his for a while. He looked bigger than Utoikamanu when they clashed with eachother lol. Prop for you bruv.