Our 9's squad

[Guest]

looks like no one in our group is taking the tournament that seriously, hard to tell who might win on the weekend.



The Squad is in the Green Pool alongside the Parramatta Eels, Brisbane Broncos and Canterbury Bulldogs, who's Squads are listed below.

Parramatta Eels:
Willie Tonga, Kenny Edwards, Bureta Faraimo, John Folau, Manu Ma’u, Fuifui Moimoi, Corey Norman, Pauli Pauli, Joseph Paulo, Nathan Peats, Api Pewhairangi, Semi Radradra, Chris Sandow, Ken Sio, Peni Terepo and Vai Toutai

Brisbane Broncos:
1. Ben Barba 2. Josh Hoffman 3. Dale Copley 4. Alex Glenn 5. Stewart Mills 6. Kodi Nikorima 7. Ben Hunt 8. Martin Kennedy 9. Andrew McCullough (C) 10. Sam Thaiday 11. Matt Gillett 12. Ben Drew 13. Corey Parker (C) 14. David Stagg 15. Todd Lowrie 16. Zach Strasser 17. Jo Ofahengaue 18. Jake Granville

Canterbury Bulldogs:
1. Sam Perrett 2. Mitch Brown 3. Chase Stanley 4. Tyrone Phillips 5. Tom Murphy 6. Moses Mbye 7. Drury Low 8. Tim Browne 9. Mick Ennis (C) 10. Dale Finucane 11. Josh Jackson 12. Tony Williams 13. Pat O’Hanlon 14. Lachlan Burr 15. Corey Thompson 16. Lloyd Perrett

Eels squad looks strong..

[Guest]

Eels squad looks strong..

Broncos have 11/12 of their 2014 starting 17. Dragons not in our pool but look pretty strong

[stsae]

No Maubs???

I'd have thought that style of game would have been right up his ally.

[Darkone]

No Maubs???

I'd have thought that style of game would have been right up his ally.

Cant show our premiership hand too soon....

[fletch]

Saulala Houma looks like being 17th man judging by a tweet by Jackson Hastings containing player numbers, good to see Freddy in number 6

[Guest]

Saulala Houma looks like being 17th man judging by a tweet by Jackson Hastings containing player numbers, good to see Freddy in number 6

How does Saulala go mate?

[fletch]

How does Saulala go mate?

massive human being a real wrecking ball at Newtown, lacks fitness and lateral movement, Gman was saying earlier in the offseason that Robbo has been really impressed with him.

[Guest]

massive human being a real wrecking ball at Newtown, lacks fitness and lateral movement, Gman was saying earlier in the offseason that Robbo has been really impressed with him.

Nice, I didn't watch the Jets much in 013 but I'll definatley keep an eye out for the him..

[Game Fowl]

Looks like a strong squad, be interested to see how they play it if the focus at training has been WCC, you would have to think the clubs that adapt their game will be ontop.

[Guest]

Looks like a strong squad, be interested to see how they play it if the focus at training has been WCC, you would have to think the clubs that adapt their game will be ontop.

I'm looking forward to seeing how much better our players will be after 2013, RLWC and a full preseason..

[Game Fowl]

Our boys will go OK , but this 9s format will reward the unconventional and adventurous teams

[stsae]

Cant show our premiership hand too soon....

Must say I'm surprised he's not in the squad.

Besides him being physically built for this more mobile format of the game he was used to model the 9s jumper a week or so ago, on the official site.

I genuinely just thought he'd be the first player picked.

No biggie, I'm sure the coach knows what he's doing.

[Yak]

massive human being a real wrecking ball at Newtown, lacks fitness and lateral movement, Gman was saying earlier in the offseason that Robbo has been really impressed with him.

I really hope Houma gets a go Fletch. Close to line in this format he would be bloody tough to stop. From the 10 or so games I've seen of him he's certainly fitter than Mose. Plays longer stints too. His movement is pretty decent for a guy his size in my opinion. In NSW Cup some of the tries he scored were ridiculous. Getting the ball 15 out and just brushing blokes off until he eventually reached the tryline. Pretty impressive regardless of the quality of opposition. Nines would be perfect to bring him on when we're in the attacking area cos the opposition will soon run out of guys even close to his size to tackle him. Halves are zero chance.

Sounds like he's really impressed Robbo with his pre-season. If he gets the chance and has a big tournament it might mean that our prop depth is significant this year, which I already believe it is.

Agree with you that it's a shame we don't get to see Milne and Meehan play. But I'd hazard a guess that they will both get good minutes in the Newcastle trial. Our backline depth is limited anyway and then you take out SKD, Reuben, MacDonald, Tupou and Rokolati (who I thought had a pretty bad year last year) we'll have to give kids like Milne and Elliott plenty of minutes in the first grade trial. And Meehan may even play some centre (not that I like that idea). I don't think Robbo would like to play Aubs in the centres for a trial either. With Moga, RTS, SKD, Reuben, MacDonald Tupou and Rokolati unavailable it leaves us with what...Mini, Jennings (who I doubt would play big minutes), Elliott, Milne, Goodsell (who will get big minutes no doubt) and maybe Curtis Naughton at a pinch. That's barely even a full backline. Don't know who's playing for the Jets this year but I'm thinking they'll be getting a run in the first grade trial.

[Guest]

Must say I'm surprised he's not in the squad.

Besides him being physically built for this more mobile format of the game he was used to model the 9s jumper a week or so ago, on the official site.

I genuinely just thought he'd be the first player picked.

No biggie, I'm sure the coach knows what he's doing.

Robbo has lost the plot, sack him!!

[rwbfl]

had to laugh when Jared asked Robbo about any specific training for the nines and Robbo smirked and said no, you could tell he was thinking I have better things to concentrate on than this cash grab of a tournament.

you would think we are going to name a pretty strong trial line up tomorrow for the knights trial, you would think if any player didn't play in either the trial or 9's they wouldn't be considered for the WCC the following weekend.

Looks like you are right on the money their fletch:

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/l...212-32gd6.html