Player Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

[Hitro]

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[Defence]

His yards coming out of our own end are gonna be a massive plus.

 

[tajhay]

His yards coming out of our own end are gonna be a massive plus.

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Don't expect a centre to feature in that list. His carries will be great. Hoping that he makes a successful transition to the position.

 

[Boats n Hoes]

Dont think its any secret the biggest challenge any newcomer to the centres faces is defensively. Its not so much the 1 on 1 stuff but most attacking 2nd man plays and shapes are all designed to create extra numbers. Usually that work is already done on the inside so that the defensive centre is the one isolated into having to deal with the impending extra number and make a defensive decision wether to leave his man and try to shut down before it becomes a threat, or stay his line and allow his insides to recover.......its probably the hardest position defensively because generally no where else on the park are u continuously being put in that position.

The biggest thing that helps in that regard is the defensive structure a team employs and this is where i have faith that Roger will be all right. If u remember the season before last our edge defence was an absolute shambles, an embaressment (holey moley that cronulla game with 11 v 13 and they were still catching us for numbers!) but we saw in the space of one off season Webster came in and the structure defensively changed......our edges (while still occasionly getting stripped as will happen) showed a lot more faith on their inside men recovering and their reads improved out of sight, this is the confidence a good structure will give u. Will take time and a lot of work between now and season start but Rogers a great student of the game, he'll learn the structures and be fine imo.

 

[Defence]

Don't expect a centre to feature in that list. His carries will be great. Hoping that he makes a successful transition to the position.

Yeah he doesnt need near that list to make an impact though. Last year pompey averaged 104m and rocco 69m (massive work on for him.
The best centers for carries were holmes and gagai (169 each) who are a good comparison for rts as theyre all around the same age and all spent time at wing and fullback before transitioning to center.
Having rts, montoya, dwz and cnk brining the ball out of our end is gonna be massive- penrith are the only side who can compete with that.

 

[Up the guttz]

Hopefully we see a couple of 15m dummy half scoots a game, like Justin Hodges used to do…….

RTS will be working so hard on all the intricacies of the position and think by the end of the year will be killing it.

He defo has the ability to step and leave his opposite flat footed, drawing in the wing, and offloading. If I was a wing I’d love to play outside him.

 

[waipiro]

Interesting to hear Webster saying Roger will be centre or potentially wing next year. 3rd choice fullback he reckons.

"I threw all the outside backs in a room the other day and said 'boys, it's yours to go after here',"
"Someone's going to be sitting on the sidelines next year that is a really good NRL player. Don't be coming in round one saying 'I didn't see that coming'."

Webster is so good to listen too.....just seems next level.

 

[Defence]

Has this guy gotten better?
Is that possible?

 

[itsouryearwhenever]

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Has this guy gotten better?
Is that possible?

I think he has gotten better honestly. He still has his world class evasiveness, his defense has become unreal, he can link up quite nicely and pop up wherever, his run yards/return yards are still top of the top and he’s bulked up a bit to handle a lot more physicality.

 

[Noitall]

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Has this guy gotten better?
Is that possible?

Would be interesting to see a breakdown of those stats into each half? I like him with the open space at fullback and think he would be better accustomed to playing that link role that CNK does better than Tuaupiki. Also those effort plays like the one that had Farnworth knock on and the awareness to claim it so definitively forcing the refs hand. Exciting to think what this team can be

 

[shuffle]

This new RTS is better than the old one! That’s saying something. Playing Union has made him better. Mainly the playmaking ability. There’s no pressure on RTS! He’s just there to play!

 

[CWC]

Man we need to send some boys to union for a couple of seasons then they will return as an upgrade lol, his defense is beast now

 

[Buzz Killington]

Maybe Webby deserves some credit. He unlocked the potential from a few players last season.

Poor old SJ…. It’s gonna be hard to win the Dally M with RTS back like this!

 

[Beastmode]

He’s still got that delicious giggle wiggle step

Let’s eat!!!

 

[Playdaball]

With RTS in the side , our left hand side looks far more balanced.
We’ve now got good attacking options and the defence is solid.
Montoya will get opportunities this year.
The key will be Metcalf or TMM???
Regardless, welcome back Roger - you’re the man

 

[chrisnz]

Not going to lie I was happy but not super excited when his return was announced. I Honestly believed his legacy might have been tarnished by the end of this stint but if the trials are anything to go by and he still has some room to improve from getting accustomed to the nrl rigours this might just be his best shift yet. Fanatic guy to have around especially as we start investing into the youth and an even better player I wouldn't confidently name many if any others to take a couple years off and come back in this form.

 

[John Nick]

Not going to lie I was happy but not super excited when his return was announced. I Honestly believed his legacy might have been tarnished by the end of this stint but if the trials are anything to go by and he still has some room to improve from getting accustomed to the nrl rigours this might just be his best shift yet. Fanatic guy to have around especially as we start investing into the youth and an even better player I wouldn't confidently name many if any others to take a couple years off and come back in this form.

Must admit I wasn't convinced about his return but so far he has shown great form on both attack and D.
Great to have him back. Bodes well for a successful year

 

[tyrael]

My question is why did they re-sign Pompey. Or were they not sure about RTS at centre or are they going to make Pompey edge forward.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

My question is why did they re-sign Pompey. Or were they not sure about RTS at centre or are they going to make Pompey edge forward.

Was raised at the time!

 

[Zaggo]

My question is why did they re-sign Pompey. Or were they not sure about RTS at centre or are they going to make Pompey edge forward.

I'd like to preface this by saying I think Pompey is shit.

But he is fairly dependable and offers some versatility. Centre, wing, can kick goals. We'll be glad we have him if we have a couple of injuries in the outside backs.