Round 6 - Storm vs Sharks

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Disregard, I just saw the reduced team news.

Currently the official named team is this.

1. Billy Slater
2. Suliasi Vunivalu
3. William Chambers
18. Young Tonumaipea
5. Josh Addo-Carr
6. Ryley Jacks
7. Cooper Cronk
21. Jordan McLean
9. Cameron Smith ©
10. Nelson Asofa Solomona
11. Felise Kaufusi
12. Kenny Bromwich
13. Dale Finucane

14. Joe Stimson
15. Tim Glasby
16. Mark Nicholls
17. Tui Kamikamica
19. Dean Britt
20. Christian Welch
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Young at centre?? Surely we have another centre available.
Edit - probably because a centre wasn't named in the 21
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Young was playing very well at centre last year before he got injured. I thought it was the position where he has looked most comfortable in first grade
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Well Dean Britt will drop from the final team cause he played QCup i
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Really missing Tohu's versatility for this one.
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Agree, Kenny is he next most likely to be able to cover a backline position and he's no back.
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our biggest concern this week should be if NAS and McLean turn up.

A few of their performances have been lackluster and now that both are starting it is even more crucial that they don't let the sharks out muscle us early on.
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Confirmed lineup:

1. Billy Slater
2. Suliasi Vunivalu
3. William Chambers
18. Young Tonumaipea
5. Josh Addo-Carr
6. Ryley Jacks
7. Cooper Cronk
15. Tim Glasby
9. Cameron Smith ©
10. Nelson Asofa Solomona
11. Felise Kaufusi
12. Kenny Bromwich
13. Dale Finucane

14. Joe Stimson
16. Mark Nicholls
20. Christian Welch
21. Jordan McLean
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nacho wrote:our biggest concern this week should be if NAS and McLean turn up.

A few of their performances have been lackluster and now that both are starting it is even more crucial that they don't let the sharks out muscle us early on.
Agree with NAS. McLean has been good in his couple of games this year though.

I haven't been a fan of our backrow either.
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It hasn't taken long for the Young Tonumaipea inspired face palm.
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Awful half. Attack looks so disjointed and we can't hold the ball or build any pressure.
Kaufusi has been great.
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Is it just me or in wet weather have we tried to make more offloads in that first half than we did in last 3 years.
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What a shit performance.
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Abysmal.
Nothing at all to like about that.
We must all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately
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Our forward pack was worked over big time and their key players came up with answers ours couldn't.
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