Pick Your Team Redcliffe Dolphins v NZ Warriors - [Round 8, 2026]

[ShaunJohnson7]

Competition is great but certainty and building combinations is better. Feel we have to many spots undecided:

Tuaupiki vs CNK
Pompey vs AKP
Boyd vs Metcalf
Laban vs Niukore

Dunno mate....should they be undecided?

After CNKs game(especially after his previous game at centre) that should give TT a run for a while.

AKP must stay in the team and you aren't dropping the centres and certainly not Dallin.

Boyd has the wins on the board. Foolish to mess with that.

Laban over Niukore is an easy choice for me. One is a young up and comer who is one of the potential future cornerstones of our team and the other is a declining mercenary who never lived up to his big contract and is leaving end of year.

 

[Tokyo Warrior]

CHT’s 100th game

Perfect timing for the announcement of a new deal

 

[skinnydippng]

Perfect timing for the announcement of a new deal

that’s what i’ve been hoping! fingers crossed..

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Pompey is available but I hope we stick with the RTS/AKP combo. As others have said, we finally have attacking threat on both edges with this line up. Indifferent about Taine vs CNK. CNK has better ball distributing skills and is a bigger body but TT is more elusive and offers more of a run threat. Those hating on Healey should have some perspective- he is still young and needs to work on his distribution. But that will only get better with more first grade exposure. He complements Wayde well imo.

 

[Tokyo Warrior]

Healey is also coming on when the opposition is chasing points. It’s a bit harsh to highlight that aspect imo.

 

[Dannevegas]

Te Maire Martin is the forgotten man, he’s the perfect fullback for us imo. I’d go Metcalf but His hammies.

Martin’s got the speed and ball playing on both incumbent fullbacks. He’s a dawg on defence as well

 

[ShaunJohnson7]

Te Maire Martin is the forgotten man, he’s the perfect fullback for us imo. I’d go Metcalf but His hammies.

Martin’s got the speed and ball playing on both incumbent fullbacks. He’s a dawg on defence as well

What's he like under the high ball?

 

[ShaunJohnson7]

Healey is also coming on when the opposition is chasing points. It’s a bit harsh to highlight that aspect imo.

Sure but it doesn't mean he needs to play like a reincarnation of Solomon Kata when at dummy half in the red zone either.

 

[BlackToko88]

At yesterdays game TMM mentioned his rehab was well and that he is a couple of weeks early.

Team wise

1. TT
2. DWZ
3. Leiatua (want to see him against herbie and be a good true test defensively)
4. Rog (back to back games running over 100m)
5. AKP
6. CHT
7. Boyd
8. Fish
9. Egan
10. Ford
11. Leka
12. Capewah
13. Clark
14. Healey
15. Barnett
16. Demetric
17. Laban
18. Charnze/Pompey
19. Niukore

Have to keep AKP on the wing, his change of direction is good and will get better

 

[Dannevegas]

What's he like under the high ball?

Going off his broncos fullback days he’s good

 

[ShaunJohnson7]

Going off his broncos fullback days he’s good

Doesn't hurt to give him a shot then....I feel like we can leave the halves and rest of the back 5 as they are right now ....it's FB we need to address.

 

[Stalefish540]

At the end of the day CNK is the incumbent, and the one game he played at fullback prior to yesterday was the round one win against the Roosters where he was solid. The points largely came from Ali getting a bath.

Taine has been ok, but not amazing. CNK was solid in the first half, then had a melt for vast majority of the second half after that drop ball.

Happy to admit I said I wouldn't mind seeing CNK back for his bigger body and D. But he was nowhere to be seen in any of those Titans trys yesterday, so whats the upside besides carting the ball back.

I assume Webby may want a bigger body at fullback if hes going to try accomodate AKP into the squad full time.

Its been a revolving door in the backline to start the season for various reasons. So hard to gauge what Webby sees as his top 1-5. Guess we should be thankful for the depth we have.