Moga named for NYC

[davos]

Not really surprising that he has been in full training for so long without playing. Robbo would have identified his defence as a weakness and made sure that was fixed before he took the field. He's always has reasonable technique in defence, and is certainly quick enough and strong enough but he struggled reading the play at times. I truly believe being outside Anasta who was so slow in defence last year didn't help one bit. I'm confident his attitude has improved massively with the change of coaches too. Even if he only gets his defence up to SKD's 2013 ability (which would be bare minimum) he would offer so much more in attack outside SBW. What are defences going to do well they've got SBW running full pelt next to Moga and Tuivasa-Sheck. Something has to give there.

The fact he's playing on the right side is significant imo. If Moga plays well for 20s and continues to attack and defend well for Newtown I think he could certainly come into first grade around or even just before round 20. That is realistic when you consider e has been at full fitness for about 8 weeks now. If Robbo also bites the bullet on shifting Mini to the wing and RTS to fullback then this side will be electric coming into the finals. Will also be interesting to see if Robbo continues to play SBW in the roving lock role. He was so dynamic last week and if we execute better in attack we win regardless of the two tries against the run of play. Aubusson on the left, Cordner on the right running with and off SBW seems like a pretty good way to play things. Shame about the second tier salary cap issue because I think Kane Evans could have brought another dimension to this team. Watching him over the last month his defence has improved and he has dominated every opponent with his running, much more than he was at the start of the season.

A team like this come finals time would be the biggest threat to the title. But its probably more a reflection of what we'll see next year.

RTS
Tupou
Jennings
Moga
Minichiello
Maloney
Pearce
JWH
Friend
Moa
Aubusson
Cordner
SBW

Langi (if Morts is only gonna get 10)
Evans
Kennedy
FPN

Yes please.

No doubt, that is our best team on paper with the players that we have and the attributes each player can provide for the team.

[Guest]

Sin Binned first game back. Yak how about a review of how the kid went?

[Roostarz]

Didnt see the game just looked at the stats. 4 tackle busts, a linebreak, linebreak assist but also gave away 3 penalties. Will be good to see if anyone watched him closely enough to fill is in on his game?