So happy that didn’t go back to their old ways by selecting Ed Kosi.
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TeamList Raiders vs Warriors - [Round 20, 2024]
- Thread starter mt.wellington
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Raiders vs Warriors
Raiders
Kickoff In:
GIO Stadium
Friday
Night
22:00
Warriors
Team Lists
giffy
Contributor
Not together but individually, no?
Tuaupiki & CHT have played 8 minutes together back in Round 2. That's the extent of their in-game combination.
No doubt plenty of repetitions in training though
Does anyone know where the warriors train in Canberra? Just moved here and would love to see em train at a local field if they do here.
He's on the extended squad list though.
Sometimes it's these kind of circumstances that brings the best out of the team. Back to basics and play to your instincts. Just wear a woolly shearing singlet under your shirt because its bound to be chilly
For about 10 minutes.... then Roache....
I like a LOT ... if only JAZZ was NSW cup and we had BUNTY/ALE/LABAN instead I'd be 100% happy
As a FB I see wing as the closes fit for a player like RTS much more than centre ..not saying he is. going play a blinder ...he wasn;t that flash in FB last game ...another player on the way towards retirement with Tohu sadly ...so looking forward to the young guns stepping up prove they are FG bound...
Ever Hopeful
Contributor
He was a brilliant wing at the Roosters. He has lost a lot of pace.
Usually I would be very optimistic, but it is that last COVID season where he looked out of his depth there. I don't think his head was in league at that point though.
WHY WING SWITCH WILL UNLOCK RTS
The wing position has become increasingly important to any NRL team’s success in recent years.
Wingers are the first players to take a hit-up on a kick return, with players like Brian To’o and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak showing there’s more to playing on an edge than just scoring tries.
Five of the players in the top ten for running metres play their trade on the wing, with Jacob Kiraz, Brian To’o, Daniel Tupou, Kyle Feldt and Ronaldo Mulitalo all featuring.
And the Warriors have a man who is one of the most dangerous ballrunners in the competition in Roger Tuivasa-Sheck.
The former Dally M Medallist has played 61 NRL games on the wing, with most coming at the start of his career at the Roosters.
But with the role of a winger changing since that time, Tuivasa-Sheck has the potential to fit the bill and excel after making the move one wider in the backline in Round 20.
He’s already played one game on the wing this season for the Warriors, scoring a try and running for 156 metres to go with three tackle breaks and a line break.
Tuivasa-Sheck has been solid in the centres, but he’s set to get the ball in hard more often this round and also will likely be in stronger attacking positions.
Therefore, Warriors fans could see the full scope of his abilities against the Raiders.
Meanwhile, Andrew Webster has previously admitted he believes he’s not given his star recruit the tools to succeed in his new position.
“I have been pretty open and honest that I don’t feel like I have made it work as well as it could,” Webster said.
“The vision was to come here and get a player like that involved, get their hands on the ball.
“We’ve seen it in glimpses, haven’t we?... I just wish he had more opportunities to do it.
“That’s part of my responsibility, to give him more opportunities to show what he can do... the wingers actually get more ball these days than the centres.”
Tragic
Contributor
Don't go hard too early, eat your trumpet after halftime.
I’ll have be strategic about when I smoke my trumpet. Don’t want to fade too early
RTS taking the hitup, then Taine could be nice to see
Noticed that union seems to have made RTS stronger aerially. We have handy kick targets on both wings
Tragic
Contributor
Hmm that isn't how I feel, he makes me nervous under the high ball now whereas he used to be safe as. No stats to back it up but I feel like he makes more high ball mistakes now than he used to
Ever Hopeful
Contributor
He was a 2nd five. He wasn't asked to do much aerial work was he?
Can’t deny I’ve haven’t had worries about him under a high ball either. He’s scored a try plucking the ball out of the air at one stage this year and been close on another couple of occasions on attacking kicks around the try line
He used his FB catching skills and applied to attacking catches this year since he doesn’t need to do defensive catches at centre much