Mini to miss the next few weeks with 'knee injury'

[Chookies74]

Your kidding right. Did you watch RTS play fullback in the 20's? He has LOADS of ball playing ability. Much more then Mini. Mini will be missed though.

Copy that. In the 20's he would often play 2nd 5/8 for the 'out the back plays'.
He throws a good long 'right to left' pass.

[ism22]

No doubt Canberra will test him out ...plenty of high balls coming his way on sat night !

Yes very scary, last time they exposed our back line heavily during the second half...

Not quite sure who will take RTS' wing while he's at FB? (Oldfield is out for the season.) That's the BIG scare for me, one wing will have a guy who hasn't played ANY first grade this season most likely. Who will that guy be?

[Guest]

This weekends game against Canberra will tell us a lot about RTS's positional play. Campese has a great kicking game, so he will get a work over in this regard. I hope he doesnt let any bombs bounce as was the case on Saturday night. Better to learn any lessons now than in a final against Cronk and Smith.

In his defence, that kick landed 35-40 metres out from the try line and there was plenty of traffic there. I would have been inclined to let it bounce too.

[Darkone]

with injuries to the reserves we may receive dispensation from Nrl to include Wells on wing

his experience in defusing bombs will assist the back 3

[milanja]

Will be very interesting to see how many bomb will get dropped, mini, if nothing else has been superb under the high ball.

Either way, cant wait for the "I told you so threads"

[roostersrule2]

RTS wont have any trouble under the high ball, there was a stat a couple weeks ago saying he had defused more kicks then any other player or winger in the comp.

[Darkone]

RTS wont have any trouble under the high ball, there was a stat a couple weeks ago saying he had defused more kicks then any other player or winger in the comp.

with a smile like his why not!

[GC6]

Maybe they will go with the maubs centre Skd wing combo that they went with a couple of weeks ago.

[Salvatori Grubber]

Of course they will.

[davos]

Yeh that would be the most likely solution although I noticed that Meehan, Wells & Elliot training with the first grade squad today. This isn't unusual for Wells but it is for the other 2.

Both will play First grade one day. Big wraps on Meehan from what I've been hearing, and Wellls has been outstanding in the NSW cup. I don't think that robbo will bring in anyone new though. I wouldn't be suprised if we saw

1.RTS
2.Tupou
3.Jennings
4. Aubo
5.SKD

SKD has played some of his best footy on the wing. His best game so far this season was on the wing. And Backwards's man Aubo is as tough as you can get in defence, so he will shore up that left side defence.

[Rooster_6]

Maybe they will go with the maubs centre Skd wing combo that they went with a couple of weeks ago.

The more I think about it I don't know.

It means
Maubs --> centres
SKD --> Wing
RTS --> Fullback
Guerra --> 2nd row
Liu --> lock on the bench
Napa --> bench prop

Where as Robbo could just bring in one of the 20s or reserve grade boys resulting in minimal shuffling.

[davos]

RTS dancing with his footwork through the middle of the park, running onto SBW offloads, Maloney/Pearce inside passes and kick returns.

I'm excited.

[davos]

The more I think about it I don't know.

It means
Maubs --> centres
SKD --> Wing
RTS --> Fullback
Guerra --> 2nd row
Liu --> lock on the bench
Napa --> bench prop

Where as Robbo could just bring in one of the 20s or reserve grade boys resulting in minimal shuffling.

I think that Napa would be more suitable to the lock forward position as he has been playing there in NSW cup. Liu has played some of his best footy coming on for a prop off the bench.

[stephenj]

i hope so he doesn't shy away from taking anything?

[Guest]

Well those who have been praying for this to happen have their wish. My only concern with Sheck, is he can't pass right to left, and doesn't have any ball playing ability.

According to who?