Walshy stepped up last week for many of our kicks out of yardage and did a reasonable job in that first half I thought.
Question around Asi coming into the game with two training runs is how effective will he be finding his back-rower and Centre at the gain line. Expect some errors there. His run to pass ratio is high but he’ll still need to spread the ball and find his players as per the Nathan Brown game plan.
I‘m hoping Shaun Johnson isn’t too busted this week on a short turn-around, I feel like we need him active on the ball both sides of the ruck. There‘s a limit to what Asi will be able to do in this game.
Question around Asi coming into the game with two training runs is how effective will he be finding his back-rower and Centre at the gain line. Expect some errors there. His run to pass ratio is high but he’ll still need to spread the ball and find his players as per the Nathan Brown game plan.
I‘m hoping Shaun Johnson isn’t too busted this week on a short turn-around, I feel like we need him active on the ball both sides of the ruck. There‘s a limit to what Asi will be able to do in this game.
Cces
Asi's strength is his running but he has had some decent performances with the boot. Appearances off the bench & at Centre dramatically reduces his average kicking metres for his career but if you only focus on his 4 games in the spine (x3 at #6 & x1 at #1) that average jumps up to 225m per game.
Wrighty
brightman
I doubt that, from memory Katoa has played mostly on the right edge this season..
His performances are a liability, he is always dominated and never gets us on the front foot in attack or defence. Perhaps he has unseen ability, but that shit is for reserve grade not the starting 13 especially at a player like Katoa's expense.
Brown is a fool..
Cces
The chat about Sironen made me go have a look at his highlights at the Rabbitohs. Both his Try Assists there (which are his only 2 to date) were when playing left edge. He also bagged 1 Try on the left & 1 in the middle. I don't think he's spent much time on the left as a Warrior. Right side appears to be where Brown favours him. There was mention of his ball playing when he join the club but I think the closest we've seen to that hype was his cut out ball on Monday that was ruled a forward pass.
This podcast dropped today if anyone wants to hear from him:
This podcast dropped today if anyone wants to hear from him:
Wrighty
brightman
Wrighty
and makes decision making errors and play of the ball errors at just the wrong moment.
Fonzie
Contributor
Some recency bias from me - you are right, he has played more edge than middle, but he hasn’t played edge since round 3
brightman
Fonzie
Contributor
Broncos? From memory he did a short stint in the middle, Pene was out so we were a prop short
Cces
His most recent 2 appearances have been off the bench & vs the Broncos he played exclusively in the middle then against the Roosters his first stint was in the middle then the second was on the right. Looks like it's another option they're trying to develop as Aitken & Curran can play large minutes on the edges
Fonzie
Contributor
brightman
Yes that's right, so we have Curren killing it in the 13, Jazz competent and capable, Tohu Harris being lined up for a future in the front row. Aitken is fruitless as he's leaving. Why waste Katoa's talent in the middle, I don't see Kikau in the middle..
Fonzie
Contributor
Personally I’d play Katoa as our bench edge forward at full strength
Up the guttz
Wouldn’t mind if he turned out to be a decent outside back!
Am I the only one thinking Brownie will bring Ben Murdoch-Masila on to the bench in place of Murchie. Try and get 30 minutes out of him in the middle.
Katoa to spell Sirro, Sirro to spell Jazz.
Katoa to spell Sirro, Sirro to spell Jazz.
Asi in Chanel Harris-Tavita out now, drama !
Edit: Clearly Im late to the table on this one haha, so whats up with Chanel Harris-Tavita?
Edit: Clearly Im late to the table on this one haha, so whats up with Chanel Harris-Tavita?
Waiting For Premiership
With the points you lads have listed and i dont disagree, but you are actually describing Shaun Johnson to a tee.
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