Speculation that Sam Walker will be named to play NSW Cup this weekend

[Mickie Lane]

You would assume so, pretty standard practice that your primary kicker defends on the side of the field that they kick with.

Ive been saying for a while now that you surely wouldn't move Hugo from 7, Sam has to be 5/8 IMO. Sams off the cuff & not structured keep Hugo as the general I say.

[Bates]

Ive been saying for a while now that you surely wouldn't move Hugo from 7, Sam has to be 5/8 IMO. Sams off the cuff & not structured keep Hugo as the general I say.

I thought you played in the halves.

The only reason Sammy would play 6 next week is to ease him back into things otherwise he’s our 7 moving forward.

Clueless Mickie lol

[Mickie Lane]

I thought you played in the halves.

The only reason Sammy would play 6 next week is to ease him back into things otherwise he’s our 7 moving forward.

Clueless Mickie lol

Nah Batesy Im serious
Sam is not a traditional general IMO like me & Hugo are/were.
Let me ask you this if DCE comes to the Chooks what position do you think he will play & what position will Sam play?

[Bates]

Nah Batesy Im serious
Sam is not a traditional general IMO like me & Hugo are/were.
Let me ask you this if DCE comes to the Chooks what position do you think he will play & what position will Sam play?

Sammy is a halfback mate.

You'll either work it out or watch it all naturally unfold.

[The Lip]

Sam played the first 40 - looked like he was instructed to take it easy. Nothing stands out in his game today in attack. At one point took an intercept on our own 20 and ran probably 30/40 meters in what looked second gear before offloading to Rodwell in no better position.

As R6 said the most impressive part of his game today was his defensive work - he was marked up against Bryce Cartwright and handled him very well.

He got through the game which I assume was the first step in a return to first grade. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has another hit out in that grade before returning to firsts. Depends how he’s pulled up but looked 100% at the end of his half.

[The Lip]

Interestingly Losalu didn’t play today - I didn’t find out why - I hope it’s precautionary as we are going to need him upfront and Makatoa next week.

[Mickie Lane]

Sammy is a halfback mate.

You'll either work it out or watch it all naturally unfold.

So if we sign DCE you think DCE will play 6?

[Thirteen]

Interestingly Losalu didn’t play today - I didn’t find out why - I hope it’s precautionary as we are going to need him upfront and Makatoa next week.

No Losalu today as he had the flu.

[Carlos Parra]

Sam played the first 40 - looked like he was instructed to take it easy. Nothing stands out in his game today in attack. At one point took an intercept on our own 20 and ran probably 30/40 meters in what looked second gear before offloading to Rodwell in no better position.

As R6 said the most impressive part of his game today was his defensive work - he was marked up against Bryce Cartwright and handled him very well.

He got through the game which I assume was the first step in a return to first grade. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has another hit out in that grade before returning to firsts. Depends how he’s pulled up but looked 100% at the end of his half.

Nice review...but who won?

[Bates]

So if we sign DCE you think DCE will play 6?

Why would we be interested in DCE?

Those rumours are now old!

Things have changed since we reached out following our poor start to the season.

Sammy will be our long term 7. Hugo imo will be our 6 for the foreseeable future.

Longterm and crystal ball material I see Wishard partnering Walker.

[Mickie Lane]

Why would we be interested in DCE?

Those rumours are now old!

Things have changed since we reached out following our poor start to the season.

Sammy will be our long term 7. Hugo imo will be our 6 for the foreseeable future.

Longterm and crystal ball material I see Wishard partnering Walker.

Youre on fire Batesy.

[ARD]

Nice review...but who won?

Went down 28-16. Can watch all highlights on NSWRL website. Sam didn’t feature much, if at all.

[Bruce 38-0]

As The Lip said Sam only played the first 40. Without anything spectacular it was a good hit out. Ball handling in the first 25 mins made it hard. Would have been nice to be at the money end more but wasn’t to be.

Some good support there. Robbo was standing up the back at the start, Gussy was there and we were sitting directly in front of Spencer. MAubs was there with his kids. Could have been others who we didn’t see. Saw Jason Ryles when we were leaving.

4pm Tuesday for Team List Tuesday the next step.

[Bates]

Sammy looked a wee bit ginger imo.

Dunno if he'll be ready to play the Knights next round.

[Thirteen]

I wouldn’t worry about his form. Just glad he got through unscathed.