Round 14 - Warriors vs Storm
We've been pretty spoilt for first choice fullbacks.
Robbie Ross
Billy Slater
Cameron Munster
Billy (again)
Paps
We must all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately
Jahrome was good filling in. GI was handy too.
Don't mean to sound like I'm picking on Nicho, he's been fantastic this season but his lack of urgency at the back this season is really eye opening when you've seen great fullback play for two decades. Hard not to nitpick.
Round 1; Storm 26 - Bunnies 18. Johnson 2 tries
Round 9; Bunnies 0 - Storm 50. Johnson 0 tries.
So our defensive system can work out there, but it's by far our weakest area of the game. Everything needs to go right.
We certainly weren't helped by the mix-and-match lineup on that side.
Surprisingly, there is some interesting data here: https://www.statsinsider.com.au/nrl/left-right which indicates we are getting better!?!
Tries conceded down Right Hand Side by Storm:
2019 - 61%, 33/54
2020 - 49%, 27/55
2021 - 43%, 13/30 up to the Titans game.
We must all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately
He's best suited to 6 IMO, and I believe that is where he will play at Cronulla.blazza18 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 10:10 amJahrome was good filling in. GI was handy too.
Don't mean to sound like I'm picking on Nicho, he's been fantastic this season but his lack of urgency at the back this season is really eye opening when you've seen great fullback play for two decades. Hard not to nitpick.
As for bringing back Lee and ditching Jennings, I just don't see the point. Whether the Smith/Lee or Smith/Jennings combo is better is debatable, I don't think there's a lot in it. So, we back in the incumbent (and also the one who is not leaving us to the Broncos). Lee is backup now.six rings wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:26 amimagine the Rabbitohs and Alex Johnson and what they could do to that right side.Bullucked wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:32 amI freely admit to having not seen the game yet, but, this is an ongoing problem and starts further inside than just the two outside men. Although initially unsure in him I now think Reimis is a fantastic centre and generally makes excellent decisions and executions in defence, offensively I think he has a problem passing to his outside man sometimes. If we compress in as we do the whole team needs to work harder sliding out.
I think Dean was there for the last two tries. And Lewis was on that side as well at that stage. So it was quite makeshift.
With Jennings back from hamstring, it might work a bit better but at some stage I wouldn't mind Brenko Lee being given another shot in there because at least he can tackle. Remember Brenko played so well last year, he got into SOO 3 so he deserves a go at some stage.
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So Munster's push off with his shin/leg (or kick in the back, as reported by Fox) is judged to have been as bad as the Tigers' Tom Amone's facial with his fist & elbow and the Eels' Isaiah Papali'i's deliberate knee to the face (both while the opposition players were on their backs on the ground)... uh huh.
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Lucas wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 11:36 amAs for bringing back Lee and ditching Jennings, I just don't see the point. Whether the Smith/Lee or Smith/Jennings combo is better is debatable, I don't think there's a lot in it. So, we back in the incumbent (and also the one who is not leaving us to the Broncos). Lee is backup now.six rings wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:26 amimagine the Rabbitohs and Alex Johnson and what they could do to that right side.Bullucked wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:32 am
I freely admit to having not seen the game yet, but, this is an ongoing problem and starts further inside than just the two outside men. Although initially unsure in him I now think Reimis is a fantastic centre and generally makes excellent decisions and executions in defence, offensively I think he has a problem passing to his outside man sometimes. If we compress in as we do the whole team needs to work harder sliding out.
I think Dean was there for the last two tries. And Lewis was on that side as well at that stage. So it was quite makeshift.
With Jennings back from hamstring, it might work a bit better but at some stage I wouldn't mind Brenko Lee being given another shot in there because at least he can tackle. Remember Brenko played so well last year, he got into SOO 3 so he deserves a go at some stage.
I agree. Also - I also just don't feel that Lee is a great winger? Kind of in the sense Cheyse Blair could play wing but was more of a specialist centre.