Joey's strip on Munster

[The Marshall]

Just watching the GF again tonight, A lot said about about Mitchell's hit on Chambers Into the sign post. For me Joey's strip on Munsters certain try was a massive play in the overall scheme of the the GF. The Storm where asking questions and this play sucked momentum out of them. GREAT GF PLAY.

[takethe 2]

Joey has grown into a super player this year

[Danish]

We have the best centre pairing in the comp, and it’s not even close.

cant wait to see the destruction Manu and Mitchell hand out next year

[Johnny Tobin]

I predict we will be even better next season despite losing Fergo. They are some massive shoes to fill.

[Chooksforme]

I was worried about Manu's defensive flaws earlier in the season, it was terribly obvious he was struggling in the tackling department, but full credit to the coaching staff, to work with him, to get that part of his game up to scratch. I would also like the speed coach to work with him over the off season, if he can pick up another yard or two of pace, the world is his oyster.

[takethe 2]

I love watching his instinctive play, his skills are sublime

[roosters75]

Joey's Manu first year fulltime in 1st grade nerves got to him at the begining of the year only a young kid. Craig Fitz worked on his defence and the kid grew with confidence within a season and look at him today great work Joey. Go Chooks!!!

[Speedymetric]

Just watching the GF again tonight, A lot said about about Mitchell's hit on Chambers Into the sign post. For me Joey's strip on Munsters certain try was a massive play in the overall scheme of the the GF. The Storm where asking questions and this play sucked momentum out of them. GREAT GF PLAY.

Totally agree it was massive. I was there with my wife & 16 year old daughter. When Manu stripped the ball my daughter & I looked at each other & both said that's the play of the game.

It was a huge play. The Storm were mounting pressure & were lifting. Despite the fact Munster had four on two & probably should have passed it Manu was gone, he was wrong footed & had started falling, his desperation & commitment just got enough on Munster's arm to force the error. If the Storm scored there it was game on & we would have been well & truly under the pump for 20 minutes defending one short.

After the strip you could see the wind go out of their sails & heads drop. It went a long way to winning the game.

Been impressed with Manu's improvement this year. He is quickly developing the best fend in the game & we now easily have the best centre pairing in the game.

[Moose]

I was worried about Manu's defensive flaws earlier in the season, it was terribly obvious he was struggling in the tackling department, but full credit to the coaching staff, to work with him, to get that part of his game up to scratch. I would also like the speed coach to work with him over the off season, if he can pick up another yard or two of pace, the world is his oyster.

Tackling was never his issue, it was his defensive reads that were the problem, guarantee defending outside Cooper Cronk has made that much easier.

[Keith]

It's good being a Rooster at the moment

I remember the dark days of the 80's and 90's , the Grand Final losses , and then 2016.

Now we have a full squad to be proud of.

The rise of Joey Manu is just one of the great things we have has the pleasure to watch this year.

[ism22]

Just watching the GF again tonight, A lot said about about Mitchell's hit on Chambers Into the sign post. For me Joey's strip on Munsters certain try was a massive play in the overall scheme of the the GF. The Storm where asking questions and this play sucked momentum out of them. GREAT GF PLAY.

All the luck went our way that night and the strip was certainly a big moment.

I still can't believer how easy we made the win look against a team that was expected to beat us. Maybe that's the key though? Like 2017 when the Cowboys beat us, we EXPECTED that we'd win. This year Souffs expected to beat us and so did the Drizzle... both teams were kept to 6 points or less (which IMO isn't getting enough coverage - we played ~140 mins of finals footy with zero tries being scored against us).

[Rooster_6]

There was also a tackle on Scott that he pulled off when the Storm had spent what felt like an eternity attacking our line, I think it was the 5th set in a row where he knocked the ball loose that was absolutely huge in the context of the game too.

Manu's physicality and intent in the second half of the season with his defence was sublime. There's no doubt Manu & Latrell opposing each other in training every day will only benefit each other and take their games to the next level. No other centre in the game gets that kind of test on a weekly basis at training.

Will be interesting to see them go head to head on the international stage.

[ism22]

There was also a tackle on Scott that he pulled off when the Storm had spent what felt like an eternity attacking our line, I think it was the 5th set in a row where he knocked the ball loose that was absolutely huge in the context of the game too.

Manu's physicality and intent in the second half of the season with his defence was sublime. There's no doubt Manu & Latrell opposing each other in training every day will only benefit each other and take their games to the next level. No other centre in the game gets that kind of test on a weekly basis at training.

Will be interesting to see them go head to head on the international stage.

For sure and I reckon it's easy to forget the value of them all training together.

When Paulie got a go in the preliminary final I remember Robbo saying him + Cords knew he was ready because he trained against Latrell every week and could defend Latrell in training... so an old, broken GI was no problem.

[Johnny Tobin]

I was worried about Manu's defensive flaws earlier in the season, it was terribly obvious he was struggling in the tackling department, but full credit to the coaching staff, to work with him, to get that part of his game up to scratch. I would also like the speed coach to work with him over the off season, if he can pick up another yard or two of pace, the world is his oyster.

He’s more than up to scratch. In an offseason he weeny from the worst defensive centre to close to the best. Latrell’s improvement in that area too is remarkable.

[Tommy Smith]

What is overlooked is the absolutely ridiculous 3-4m flick pass to Fergo after he picked the ball up.

He has some insane ball handling skills.