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The game is much simpler for him in the middle, just leads the line in defence and bash their forwards.
I think TPJ has been having a little bit of trouble on the edge... outside of his defence struggling on the edge, he doesn't seem to run decoys to create space for the fullback and center.
He kind of sits in the line waiting for Croft to pass him the ball whether it's meant for him or not so he ends up getting it flat footed. When the shape to the right is good he skittles them, but he needs to get his timing right because him getting it flat footed is pointless.
He's also been cut down by the halves a bit too much for my liking.. yes he ran over Kodi in the first 5mins, but I can't recall too many other big runs in his first stint (probably because his timing is off and he gets it flat footed).
Kurt Mann was cutting him in half in the knights game as well. He's the size of Kikau, but doesn't seem as lethal as him out on that edge.
Against big guys in the middle he drags a lot of defenders in to tackle him and then has the ability for the offload... I think combined with Haas that partnership could be deadly.
There could also be the option later down the track where TPJ's first stint is in the forwards with Lodge coming on as his replacement at 30mins and then plays out the rest of the game. TPJ's second stint could then have him coming on for Glenn or Oates to play out the game on the edge.
The injection of Oates was bad mainly because he dropped it straight away... Oates should see a real opportunity to lock down a second row spot with Fifita moving forward, but he brought a piss poor attitude into the last game.
Oates is more of a line running second rower and Croft put him into a half break last week, but there was no one there for the offload.
Disagree I think TPJ turned the momentum back to us when he came back on as prop.
The game is much simpler for him in the middle, just leads the line in defence and bash their forwards.
I think TPJ has been having a little bit of trouble on the edge... outside of his defence struggling on the edge, he doesn't seem to run decoys to create space for the fullback and center.
He kind of sits in the line waiting for Croft to pass him the ball whether it's meant for him or not so he ends up getting it flat footed. When the shape to the right is good he skittles them, but he needs to get his timing right because him getting it flat footed is pointless.
He's also been cut down by the halves a bit too much for my liking.. yes he ran over Kodi in the first 5mins, but I can't recall too many other big runs in his first stint (probably because his timing is off and he gets it flat footed).
Kurt Mann was cutting him in half in the knights game as well. He's the size of Kikau, but doesn't seem as lethal as him out on that edge.
Against big guys in the middle he drags a lot of defenders in to tackle him and then has the ability for the offload... I think combined with Haas that partnership could be deadly.
There could also be the option later down the track where TPJ's first stint is in the forwards with Lodge coming on as his replacement at 30mins and then plays out the rest of the game. TPJ's second stint could then have him coming on for Glenn or Oates to play out the game on the edge.
The injection of Oates was bad mainly because he dropped it straight away... Oates should see a real opportunity to lock down a second row spot with Fifita moving forward, but he brought a piss poor attitude into the last game.
Oates is more of a line running second rower and Croft put him into a half break last week, but there was no one there for the offload.
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