Team List Preseason 2025 Trial 2 - Warriors vs Storm

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Capewell is going through the motions as is Marata Niukore.

We all know why, it is because NRL players do not take the Warriors seriously, so apart from some stand out exceptions, the majority come here when they are looking for pay days and easy times.

That is cool. Webster is not a fool he can see the same things we do every week. What Webster needs is options, he needs the young forwards internally to force Marata and Capewell out of the club, unfortunately at the moment those blokes cruising are still better than our tomorrow stars.

I guess we are not used to seeing players get better and better as the year goes on?

 

[CWC]

SJ was crap in his 2023 trial game

That term grain of salt is ideal for trial forms…

 

[Ref]

FFS the season hasn’t even started.
We had a pre season game where lots of players had a hit out, we defended pretty well and had some nice ball movement at times and threw the ball to space on early tackles sometimes. Bit of clunkiness as was expected. No one was terrible. Attitude was good.
Some bad ball handling on the left may have cost us two tries but hey it’s pre season.
Pretty sure we will see TMM get more involved this Saturday.
The TMM and LM combo will be lethal if Webby can get the chemistry right.
We lose a winger and the world is ending.
Not so.
Kosi, Kali, Dion A, MGT, Pasikala can fill in decently enough I reckon but T will probably get the nod in R1.
Onwards and Upwards.

 

[Ref]

11. Laban
12. Halasima
13. Demitric Vaimauga

I reckon that could be the best back row in the comp, in a year or so...

Or Now!

 

[Boats n Hoes]

My guess is that the reason Leka is being given some middle experience is that Webster is looking to foster his Andrew Fafita qualities, this will prove especially true if Leka keeps growing physically.

I see his blooding in the middle as just part of development plan specific to him as someone special that could play anywhere in the Scrum outside of hooker.

Webster likes leg speed in his props and he likes some footwork and hole running from his props when they are inside the opposition twenty (AFBs role).

I take it Webster wants leka to speed up our middle third, add some unpredictability in the middle, and use his mass, speed and foot work to win that ruck, especially when JFH and or Barnett are off.

I also believe Webster is smart enough to imagine Leka the big fast mobile middle forward being placed on an edge for a set play.

I actually think it will be good for him.

Part of where Lekas future lies depends on how well others perform in the middle. ergo Leka to the middle is just a symptom that at present our middles are not good enough.

Also Leka is most likely going to be an impact middle forward which means he is gonna run off Walker, i won't extrapolate on why that would be a good thing.

Great points.

Youve actually got me keen on the idea now.

AFB was such a weapon for us close to the line with his late footwork and power.....likewise Leka's power to size ratio (with footwork) is out the gate and maybe the idea is to use him in this fashion.

Care to extrapolate on Walker? I think he's had a larger role than just upping the tempo when he comes off the bench that most of us see......in several SJ interviews last year he alluded that Walker was the go to guy to get the attack to certain parts of the field and setting up for the shifts.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Care to extrapolate on Walker?

Fuuu! ??? That's a flash word! Is that like an extra tug on the same day? I usually have to wait a week. Then, Onto a player? You kinky bugger!