ROUND 1 - Knights V Warriors - Friday 3 March, 6:00pm - Sky Stadium, Wellington

[jamesgould]

Dave Gagai has got to become a thing

 

[Defence wins games]

Dave Gagai has got to become a thing

Has to play in a Knights jumper like he played in a maroon jumper.
Or is he just past it?

 

[krustykraz]

AOB is deadset hopeless.
Tuala is more than fine on the wing but trash in the centres, yet is continually asked to play there.

Sack him, if so

 

[Joey1245]

Is Ponga hurt?

 

[EASBay17]

no marzhew . hunt in. tuala in centres . mann at lock . elliot on bench. got my popcorn ready.

 

[slotmachine]

Well I agree that you can't pick Marzhew with how bad he is defensively at least.

Still plenty of the usual AOB fails though.

Mann starting at lock.
Crossland playing any minutes at all.
Enari asked to play at centre when we have ample evidence he can't do it.
Etc

 

[Sarge]

Didn't want both Mann & Crossland in the 17

 

[slotmachine]

Didn't want both Mann & Crossland in the 17

It's big dumb.

 

[danknights]

Hopefully hymel plays centre and enari wing. Mann to spell forwards and Crossland to spell brailz? Seems a bit yucky to me.

 

[EASBay17]

regardless of our opinions , the hunt selection along with crossland might suggest that these guys have earnt there spots this preaseason .

 

[HarVeeGee13]

Frustrating to see Kurt named to start, hopefully AOB pulls one of his classic AOB tricks and does a game day switch and starts Elliott.

Hymel winning the spot over Marzhew is justified based on his trial form on both sides of the ball. That left edge is very weak defensively without him and I thought he and Braddy actually played pretty well together the few times they’ve both been picked on the same wing.

 

[EASBay17]

marzhew not even in the 22 is interesting, injured maybe?

 

[HarVeeGee13]

regardless of our opinions , the hunt selection along with crossland might suggest that these guys have earnt there spots this preaseason .

Crossland is insurance. He only uses 3 of his bench players all the time. Might as well pick a utility.

 

[Billy]

1. Lachlan Miller
2. Hymel Hunt -
3. Enari Tuala
4. Bradman Best
5. Dominic Young
6. Kalyn Ponga (C)
7. Jackson Hastings
8. Daniel Saifiti
9. Jayden Brailey (C)-
10. Jacob Saifiti
11. Tyson Frizell
12. Lachlan Fitzgibbon
13. Kurt Mann

Interchange:

14. Phoenix Crossland
15. Adam Elliott
16. Jack Hetherington
17. Leo Thompson -

Extended Bench:

18. Jack Johns -

 

[EASBay17]

Crossland is insurance. He only uses 3 of his bench players all the time. Might as well pick a utility.

you reckon brailz will play the full 80?

 

[Sarge]

No prob with Hunt , but a bench including Crossland & two underdone forwards ? . Hopefully start with Elliott & hope for a good 30mins out of him . Think that's all you will get anyway . Think I'd prefer Johns than Crossland!

 

[Alex]

Is Ponga hurt?

No

 

[SimpleSpud]

Okay, been supportive of AOB getting a chance, but seriously, how the f*** is mann, crossland and Fitz starting and Elliott on the bench? This actually blows my mind

 

[JOJO82]

Why is crossland in the team, I would much rather have Gamble as the utility.....

 

[slotmachine]

you reckon brailz will play the full 80?

Definitely.