NSW Cup and Jersey Flegg, 2025

TheRev

TheRev

SGI NSW Cup
NSW Cup Notes (36-22 Loss):
  • It was all going perfectly at 16-6 before Ramsey copped an ankle injury and went off soon after + Glover got sinbinned for holding a player back that noone saw.. and Parra scored twice in that period and really sort of dominated for most of the game from there.. confident and a couple of speed men were a bit much for us.
  • I do feel like there are a lot of blow-ins now that NSW Cup is going well, and I feel they got found out a bit once things didnt go to plan for once.
  • Ilias was pretty awful, pretty much everything he did didnt come off.. and he was trying obviously to showcase himself for 1sts, not blaming the loss on him, just mentioning it because its going to come up as a topic all week, especially if we lose in 1st grade.
  • Losing Ramsey was huge.. Sloan obviously a handy replacement (and was stoked/energetic to get to play fullback again) but its just not the same, he didnt rly do much wrong though, and nearly pulled off a highlight reel moment, but also it messed up the outside backs, we had Haele playing with Sione on 1 edge.
  • Nick although some powerful runs got found out at ctr today, fast skillful players is too much for him, insert my daily rant that he should have been playing in the 2nd row for months now.. mickey mouse stuff.
  • Sione dropped bombs and didnt have his happiest day, he did score a try and put one on for his brother.
  • Glover was ok but got burnt 1 time by Volkman in defence.
  • Tonga was pretty solid, Sele was pretty solid bar 1 mistake I recall
  • Buchanan was average, its time to drop him to Flegg imo and promote Heidke
  • Connor early on put on 2 tries I think, some rly good dummy half work
  • Noone else really stood out, it was a game where once we lost momentum against a Top3 side with good halves, oh and a goalkicker 6/6 with most from the touchline.. that was just a bit too much.. not embarrassed though, just stuff didnt go our way, and the injury+sinbin was the difference.
 
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TheRev said:
NSW Cup Notes (36-22 Loss):
  • It was all going perfectly at 16-6 before Ramsey copped an ankle injury and went off soon after + Glover got sinbinned for holding a player back that noone saw.. and Parra scored twice in that period and really sort of dominated for most of the game from there.. confident and a couple of speed men were a bit much for us.
  • I do feel like there are a lot of blow-ins now that NSW Cup is going well, and I feel they got found out a bit once things didnt go to plan for once.
  • Ilias was pretty awful, pretty much everything he did didnt come off.. and he was trying obviously to showcase himself for 1sts, not blaming the loss on him, just mentioning it because its going to come up as a topic all week, especially if we lose in 1st grade.
  • Losing Ramsey was huge.. Sloan obviously a handy replacement (and was stoked/energetic to get to play fullback again) but its just not the same, he didnt rly do much wrong though, and nearly pulled off a highlight reel moment, but also it messed up the outside backs, we had Haele playing with Sione on 1 edge.
  • Nick although some powerful runs got found out at ctr today, fast skillful players is too much for him, insert my daily rant that he should have been playing in the 2nd row for months now.. mickey mouse stuff.
  • Sione dropped bombs and didnt have his happiest day, he did score a try and put one on for his brother.
  • Glover was ok but got burnt 1 time by Volkman in defence.
  • Tonga was pretty solid, Sele was pretty solid bar 1 mistake I recall
  • Buchanan was average, its time to drop him to Flegg imo and promote Heidke
  • Connor early on put on 2 tries I think, some rly good dummy half work
  • Noone else really stood out, it was a game where once we lost momentum against a Top3 side with good halves, oh and a goalkicker 6/6 with most from the touchline.. that was just a bit too much.. not embarrassed though, just stuff didnt go our way, and the injury+sinbin was the difference.
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You nailed it all with the 1st dot point
 
jodragon40

jodragon40

Staff
TheRev said:
NSW Cup Notes (36-22 Loss):
  • It was all going perfectly at 16-6 before Ramsey copped an ankle injury and went off soon after + Glover got sinbinned for holding a player back that noone saw.. and Parra scored twice in that period and really sort of dominated for most of the game from there.. confident and a couple of speed men were a bit much for us.
  • I do feel like there are a lot of blow-ins now that NSW Cup is going well, and I feel they got found out a bit once things didnt go to plan for once.
  • Ilias was pretty awful, pretty much everything he did didnt come off.. and he was trying obviously to showcase himself for 1sts, not blaming the loss on him, just mentioning it because its going to come up as a topic all week, especially if we lose in 1st grade.
  • Losing Ramsey was huge.. Sloan obviously a handy replacement (and was stoked/energetic to get to play fullback again) but its just not the same, he didnt rly do much wrong though, and nearly pulled off a highlight reel moment, but also it messed up the outside backs, we had Haele playing with Sione on 1 edge.
  • Nick although some powerful runs got found out at ctr today, fast skillful players is too much for him, insert my daily rant that he should have been playing in the 2nd row for months now.. mickey mouse stuff.
  • Sione dropped bombs and didnt have his happiest day, he did score a try and put one on for his brother.
  • Glover was ok but got burnt 1 time by Volkman in defence.
  • Tonga was pretty solid, Sele was pretty solid bar 1 mistake I recall
  • Buchanan was average, its time to drop him to Flegg imo and promote Heidke
  • Connor early on put on 2 tries I think, some rly good dummy half work
  • Noone else really stood out, it was a game where once we lost momentum against a Top3 side with good halves, oh and a goalkicker 6/6 with most from the touchline.. that was just a bit too much.. not embarrassed though, just stuff didnt go our way, and the injury+sinbin was the difference.
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So hopefully the Nick T in the centres project may now come to an end. We will find out the real character of the team and coach next week against a pretty ordinary Sea Eagles team.
 
TheRev

TheRev

SGI NSW Cup
jodragon40 said:
So hopefully the Nick T in the centres project may now come to an end. We will find out the real character of the team and coach next week against a pretty ordinary Sea Eagles team.
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im a loungechair fan so what do I know.. im just getting a bit pi$$ed off because we have an outstanding right centre and right 2nd rower, but we dont think like that.. we dont put next man up in a position, we rotate players out of position instead, and I dont think it works.. I think it just muddies water and denies development of the player, and it doesnt even result in success in 1st grade.. but im not an expert.. but I do find other clubs have changed their view on this stuff.. age isnt a barrier anymore, the comp is faster and younger.
 
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jodragon40 said:
So hopefully the Nick T in the centres project may now come to an end. We will find out the real character of the team and coach next week against a pretty ordinary Sea Eagles team.
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Don’t agree with the Nick T assessment. Got caught out once when we had 12 men, that happens. Plenty of 1 on 1 misses that led to tries. 1 from Halangahu, 1 from RFM, 1 from Glover
 
jodragon40

jodragon40

Staff
TheRev said:
im a loungechair fan so what do I know.. im just getting a bit pi$$ed off because we have an outstanding right centre and right 2nd rower, but we dont think like that.. we dont put next man up in a position, we rotate players out of position instead, and I dont think it works.. I think it just muddies water and denies development of the player, and it doesnt even result in success in 1st grade.. but im not an expert.. but I do find other clubs have changed their view on this stuff.. age isnt a barrier anymore, the comp is faster and younger.
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To me it's like a real job. So you have a very promising mechanic who wants to learn his trade and be the best he can. Then the Boss thinks well if he's good with the cars mechanics maybe he can work on the cars electrical system. Would you do that in the real world? Of course not, so why not let the kid develop his skillset in his position?

I never did that to any youngsters stepping up, to me it makes no sense. But what would I know? Am I just a dinosaur living in the past?
 
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