Ditto. Flanagan got it very wrong when he said they 'debuted too early' the previous season. Imagine the excitement generated when we have an engine room comprising the Couchies and our three Aussie school boys.
Missed most of last 10 mins but what I did see King-Togia was playing from the dummy half. I was all for him to replace Bird, but sooner.
Yes all his size is concentrated in upper torso and much of that is flab. Blocka may play with passion but he is obviously a lazy trainer and gym junkie. Time to go old mate with the rest of the dead wood..
Not a bad idea to only give a 19 year-old on debut only a few minutes.
Yes and no. Seems that is the Flanagan way.
He's continuing to improve but Titans fullback was much better.
His running game was. Sloan was busier round the ball, I like this added involvement he is bringing to his game. He is also learning the correct time to chime into the line to either run or pass.
I like it personally. Even if it's not successful, it's only defending the line for an extra tackle or two and often times defending from 10 out is harder than defending on the line.
I also like the idea of kicking it hard and low toward the sideline. Like pretend Hunt is going to do a short dropout to left but then kick it hard and low to the right, aiming for the sideline.
He tried to go to dummy half once but Liddle pushed him away
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He did the hard yakka
Would I be wrong about giving Anthony Griffin a wrap for that? Right from the start he talked about "building the club from the ground up". i.e. from juniors right through to first grade. He might have been too old-fashioned to be a good coach but I think he knew what he was doing regarding juniors.