2024 pre-season discussion: Pre-season Premiers

[007]

He's pretty tall for a hooker:

Mozer: 184cm (6 ft)
Cam Smith: 185cm
Buderus: 185cm
Smoothy: 181cm
Walters, Robson, Cook, Brandon Smith: 180cm
Ben Hunt: 178cm
Grant: 177cm
Boxhead: 176cm
Ben Elias: 172cm
Mahoney: 172cm
Granville, Koroisau: 172cm

Never realised Cam Smith was that tall!

 

[Big Del]

Anyway that said, Mozer is BIG, maybe too big for a 9. He's a gun hooker but hes probably destined for 13.

I was informed here that he is the same height as Cam Smith .

 

[Big Del]

He's pretty tall for a hooker:

Mozer: 184cm (6 ft)
Cam Smith: 185cm
Buderus: 185cm
Smoothy: 181cm
Walters, Robson, Cook, Brandon Smith: 180cm
Ben Hunt: 178cm
Grant: 177cm
Boxhead: 176cm
Ben Elias: 172cm
Mahoney: 172cm
Granville, Koroisau: 172cm

Used to be more inportant when hookers , hooked for the ball in scrums . They needed to be shorter than the open side prop so they could manouver their bodies in the scrum .

 

[McHunt]

 

[BooKhaki]

So basically I disagreed with you and you didn't have anything with substance to counter my argument, so you insulted me.

Yet I am the dolt, right?

You disagreed with something that was worth insulting.

Why would someone do a high paying job they don't enjoy? Pretty up there in the dolt Olympics.

 

[1910]

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't Souths Logan struggling in 2022? They had K. Hunt come in as a coach, Sailor as fullback (and probably more movements), so I know it all doesn't just come down to Mozer.

But isn't that something that shouldn't be slept on? For a hooker to start in his first season of Q Cup and nearly take a team to the top of the table from near the bottom. You obviously have the most knowledge of all the lower grades so I'm curious about what you think of that.

With that being said, I don't think Mozer gets a shot unless Smoothy or Walters get injured, or he is absolutely carving up and simply cannot be ignored. Looking at 2023, we were pretty lucky to have no hookers injured all season in hindsight. So, unlike last year he'll probably get an opportunity due to injury at some point.

Sailor came in 22 so was part of the debacle. Mozer’s first year of Cup was 22 too.

Hunt was involved with coaching in 22 too.

Mozer wasn’t the sole reason for improvement. I’ve spoken extensively for 12 months about Hunt’s role.

I think Mozer’s improvement and his first full year of Cup certainly helped. When Paix came in and the role was shared things became clunky.

They dropped to 50% wins with Paix and Mozer.

 

[BroncosFever]

You disagreed with something that was worth insulting.

Why would someone do a high paying job they don't enjoy? Pretty up there in the dolt Olympics.

That's a snarky little edit of the question I posed but here we go.

"High paying", who cares? Money isn't everything. People earning all sorts of coin top themselves quite often, that should tell you everything you need to know.

 

[Fitzy]

They can shove that rule change up there ass

 

[Sproj]

Oh good, so making it more like rugby union because that sport is just going so well in Australia. Just leave the rules alone.

 

[Santa]

I actually think it will suit us, as Reynolds loves those sneaky kicks, but at least they'll be no penalty when he stuffs it up. This will probably also limit the impact of players like Cleary who just kick it in goal for continuous repeat sets.

I don't mind it. Wish it was in the grand final.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...s/news-story/d7eb8f5be826d0e2800740204345f1f8

 

[winslow_wong]

I actually think it will suit us, as Reynolds loves those sneaky kicks, but at least they'll be no penalty when he stuffs it up. This will probably also limit the impact of players like Cleary who just kick it in goal for continuous repeat sets.

I don't mind it. Wish it was in the grand final.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...s/news-story/d7eb8f5be826d0e2800740204345f1f8

One last bit of salt into the wound from the grand final.

 

[Santa]

One last bit of salt into the wound from the grand final.

It's like how they changed the golden point rule after the 2015 grand final...

 

[McHunt]

I actually think it will suit us, as Reynolds loves those sneaky kicks, but at least they'll be no penalty when he stuffs it up. This will probably also limit the impact of players like Cleary who just kick it in goal for continuous repeat sets.

I don't mind it. Wish it was in the grand final.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...s/news-story/d7eb8f5be826d0e2800740204345f1f8

Yep, Reynolds is going to lap it up. I love it when the NRL does us a favour.

 

[Big Del]

You disagreed with something that was worth insulting.

Why would someone do a high paying job they don't enjoy? Pretty up there in the dolt Olympics.

Because the glint of gold won`t help motivate you when you need to do the 1 %ers . That`s why he got dropped at the Dogs ; no heart ,no willingness to put in extra effort . Looked like he didn`t enjoy the game and it was an insult to his team mates . Dolt like even . LOL .

 

[BooKhaki]

Because the glint of gold won`t help motivate you when you need to do the 1 %ers . That`s why he got dropped at the Dogs ; no heart ,no willingness to put in extra effort . Looked like he didn`t enjoy the game and it was an insult to his team mates . Dolt like even . LOL .

He also made origin at the Dogs.

 

[Culhwch]

He also made origin at the Dogs.

Should he have, though?

 

[McHunt]

He also made origin at the Dogs.

Other than his brief cameo at the Penrith, Tevita has an impeccable record of sending teams down the shitter and killing off his coaches: Bennett, Seibold, Barrett, and the coach of that game, Fittler. Canterbury had the worst defensive record (under Ciraldo) last season, and were destined for the spoon when he quit.

His Origin appearance was disastrous.

‘100 per cent’: Blues great declares NSW debutant has played his last Origin game

‘100 per cent’: Blues great claims NSW debutant has played his last Origin game

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[McHunt]

Probably about right, except Oates in for Mariner: