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Discuss.
PRE-GAME [Round 5, 2025] Broncos vs Tigers
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KateBroncos1812
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KateBroncos1812
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Round 5 has already started in my household Rosie vs Jack
I bleed Maroon
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Will be watching the Tigers game this round with great interest. They are not the pushover side they have been the past few years. Deadset ambush alert.
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Kobe is dead easy to replace: Willison to prop, Carrigan to lock, Te Kura/Taupau to bench.
Riki is more tricky: Piakura to start, and then scratch around the back of the cupboard. Hunt, probably.
I'm less enthused that Mariner is stuck in the wilderness.
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I guess you could bring in Mariner on the bench for something different and then shift Shibs or Staggs into the second row when he comes on.
Or possibly Cobbo
Mick_Hancock
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Here is a thought after Kobe is fit:
Teach Kobe to run lines.
Kobe replaces either JetSki or Riki (both
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Carrigan back to lock.
Willison starts.
BTK onto bench.
Teach Kobe to run lines.
Kobe replaces either JetSki or Riki (both
)Carrigan back to lock.
Willison starts.
BTK onto bench.
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So let’s assume Kobe and Jordan are out. I’m going with:
1. Walsh
2. Cobbo
3. Staggs
4. Shibasaki
5. Arthars
6. Hunt
7. Reynolds
8. Willison
9. Paix
10. Haas
11. Gosiewski
12. Piakura
13. Carrigan
14. Walters
15. Jensen
16. Te Kura
17. Mariner
1. Walsh
2. Cobbo
3. Staggs
4. Shibasaki
5. Arthars
6. Hunt
7. Reynolds
8. Willison
9. Paix
10. Haas
11. Gosiewski
12. Piakura
13. Carrigan
14. Walters
15. Jensen
16. Te Kura
17. Mariner
Mick_Hancock
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What do we think of Willison moving to the back row?!
I’m thinking more a Brad Thorn style player, terrorising opposition halves.
Is it too far fetched? Can’t be worse than the 4 donkeys we currently have available for those 2 spots…
I’m thinking more a Brad Thorn style player, terrorising opposition halves.
Is it too far fetched? Can’t be worse than the 4 donkeys we currently have available for those 2 spots…
- Jul 28, 2016
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- Jul 28, 2016
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I'll be interested to see what intensity their pack plays with... Terrell May is their leader, but he seems a bit more of a workhorse / accumulator.
Pole comes with aggression, but then the other middle is Twal.
I think Patty and Payne should be able to cover them... especially if they turn up with the same intensity as they did tonight.
On the edges they've got Seyfarth and Fainu... Fainu is the best of the backrowers across both teams, but that's probably not saying much.
Tigers spine is where it's at, but they don't have the kicking game that Reynolds has... their kicking game to date has been Luai doing the stock standard bomb to a corner, but landing it 20m from the goal line.
Reynolds and Bhunt splitting either side against a young Bula could have him doing a lot of running and a lot of bringing it out from their own end.
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**** we've had a soft opening to the season
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Madge should show them their recent record against tigers and also that they've won 3 spoons in a row... need to dish out some fucking payback... especially at home.
We've only got them once this year... as per fucking usual
