Verills or freind

[Bondicigar]

So leave out or number 1 or 2 dummy half completely. Use our 3rd choice dummy half and 1st choice lock to give the hooker a rest. In doing so cover our 1st choice lock by picking our 7th or 8th best middle (pending JWH's suspension) on the bench. Weaning all 3 positions.

Instead of playing our number 1 and 2 hooker, letting them cover each other and keeping our 1st choice lock at lock. The sacrifice being that our 7th or 8th choice middle misses out a spot on the final bench spot.

Just saying if Jake plays he will at least play 70 minutes 60 at the least. I think it's a waist to carry verrils to only fill in at hooker. Where rads can fill in which would give Angus more minutes in a backrow shuffle

[Rooster_6]

is the part in bold, is that 2 different statements because I understand it that he is essential through the guts to get us linebreaks but then you say that he missed a tackle. Yes I agree he isn't the most fit of our forwards especially in defence but he would cause problems to oppositions players with his 2 style speed of Stop or Bust!

Anyway when does this missed tackle happen as I am watching the replay at the moment?
Cheers!

I meant he has been at the root cause of some of the linebreaks we have conceded up the middle.

[Rooster_6]

is the part in bold, is that 2 different statements because I understand it that he is essential through the guts to get us linebreaks but then you say that he missed a tackle. Yes I agree he isn't the most fit of our forwards especially in defence but he would cause problems to oppositions players with his 2 style speed of Stop or Bust!

Anyway when does this missed tackle happen as I am watching the replay at the moment?
Cheers!

I meant he has been at the root cause of some of the linebreaks we have conceded up the middle.

[Rooster_6]

is the part in bold, is that 2 different statements because I understand it that he is essential through the guts to get us linebreaks but then you say that he missed a tackle. Yes I agree he isn't the most fit of our forwards especially in defence but he would cause problems to oppositions players with his 2 style speed of Stop or Bust!

Anyway when does this missed tackle happen as I am watching the replay at the moment?
Cheers!

I meant he has been at the root cause of some of the linebreaks we have conceded up the middle.

[Johnny Tobin]

Ha! Please.

Don’t say I agree but that’s what I think will happen.

[Johnny Tobin]

Tetevano has been at the root cause of a lot of our linebreaks up the guts over the past couple of months and he was again last night with a very poor missed tackle.

Butcher has quite evidently jumped ahead of him.

If we weren't so far ahead last night I doubt Tetevano would have seen much more than 10-15 minutes last night.

SST and JWH were both held back to an extent, both only played 40 minutes.

I like Tetevano and agree he has his value, takes all the ugly runs but whilst JWH and SST are there for first play carries he's not needed.

Yep. Tets is a bit down.

[Johnny Tobin]

Sorry, you just can't ignore Verrill's form. He is not just the future - he is the present, and he has helped get us where we are, big-time. Jake will be underdone and although I love him and he is a great player, he has consistent mistakes in his games like poor, ill-timed kicks and forward passes from dummy half.

Robbo is all about defence and Jake is our skipper. He will be straight into the side.

[Mickie Lane]

I agree.

[The Skeez]

The tough-as-nails hooker still has an open wound on his arm after undergoing surgery and suffering a subsequent infection.

However he resumed contact training a week-and-a-half ago in positive signs for his recovery

Phew!! Jakes been doing full contact training for a week and a half, even with an open wound. He must be fit!

[Rooster1908]

Phew!! Jakes been doing full contact training for a week and a half, even with an open wound. He must be fit!

How if he still has an open wound would we possibly risk playing him . After that sort of injury and subsequent infection surely Verills is the best option.

[chopstiks]

What I like about Verrills possible inclusion, if Jake is a smokescreen or not happening, is that Melbourne haven't played him, he's part of our gun side of late, and they don't like playing against unknowns -..... like Sitili, who made that big run for Latrell's FG.

[Bahrain Rooster]

How if he still has an open wound would we possibly risk playing him . After that sort of injury and subsequent infection surely Verills is the best option.

I agree, it’s too risky to play Jake.

[The Skeez]

What I like about Verrills possible inclusion, if Jake is a smokescreen or not happening, is that Melbourne haven't played him, he's part of our gun side of late, and they don't like playing against unknowns -..... like Sitili, who made that big run for Latrell's FG.

Verrills debuted in that game in Melbourne

[chopstiks]

Verrills debuted in that game in Melbourne

Not for long though

[The Skeez]

Not for long though

Another shrewd move by Trent.