4 things learnt from the big win

[Water boy]

1- Brett Morris
I think he has won the race for the right wing position.
Hall should be a bear from now on. He's also a good luck charm as we know what happened last time we signed a veteran winger named Brett who's father played for our club.
2- Sam Verrills
Has to be Jakes first choice backup. Radley has to be lock
3- Angus
He is a 2nd rower with an offload. I'd be tempted to leave him on the left and play Cordner in the 12. Worth an experiment?
4- Sitili
Has earned a place in the 17, even when we're at full strength. Perhaps Tetevano is the unlucky one.

5- Lindsay Collins is a reserve grader at best

[Jacks Fur Coat]

You learn absolutely nothing from a big win, the opposition were terrible. Happy to be proved wrong but I would love to see what you are all saying at the end of the year win or lose.
1. Morris will be in front now as Hall just hasn't had enough footy and played while all the good players were being rested, which also didn't help him.
2. The kid really didn't do anything against a mediocre opposition. Trent has held him back for these 2 games against 15th and 16th on the table. We'll see how he goes over the coming weeks especially against a mobile Canberra on fire. He will get gassed and he will make errors, we'll see how forgiving you are then.
3. For his price we are getting ripped off. He played all his footy for Souths on the right edge, hence why he was signed, he will never push Cords out of his position especially with the how much the Cords and the team are off him. He is as popular as Hasting was before he left except he costs 4x times as much. I'll be shocked if he is still here next year.
4. There will be injuries still so the bench will all depend on who is playing well and if we are lacking middles or edge players. At full strenght Verrills will not be there and I think Butcher is almost locked in as he can play middle and edge. They will run out GF day as close as possible to last years team, otherwise all this resting and rotation would have been a waste of time.

Interesting about Gus there SE, you are obviously a lot closer to the inner sanctum than me.

I felt he is getting better each hit out and as others have mentioned was one of our best yesterday. Certainly haven't picked up on any lack of camaraderie from on field observations.

One thing that has been obvious though is he himself doesn't seem the happy jolly cat he was with Souths, and has drastically curtailed his frequent media hits.

Maybe he was told to get a haircut and get a real job?