What is our best starting back row?

[Gary Worthless]

Cordner, Guerra, Brad T.

The guys who finished it off should get first shot and starting,

FPN was our worst forward in 2011. Maubs can earn his spot back - he was on the verge of being dropped before injury struck early this year.

[alex0063]

11 CherringtonIf he gets going he could be the best of our young backrowers

12 MAub I was thinking at the end of last year that we didnt need him again. After seeing old highlights he is a one reason why SKD got space on his outside in 2010.

13 B Cordner He needs to be given a chance before FPN who was crap last year.

My bench
Taka
Tasi
Mose
Guearra

Friend should be playing 80mins

[Guest]

I just think both Takairangi and FPN are better impact players
My forward pack + bench is;
8. Kennedy
9. Friend
10. Tasi
11. Cordner
12. Guerra
13. Aubusson
14. JWH
15. Masoe
16. Takairangi
17, FPN
Probably have missed someone obvious (no, I don't care for Bwaiff in the pack)

[crikey chris]

We all seem to be forgetting something...or someone.

Where are we going to play Ty Webb?

The golfing charade may be over before it has began Lol.

Going by this http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8370459 he will STILL be in the side somewhere.

Neither option has any appeal to me, but slightly better in the halves than in the forwards!

[Guest]

Happy Gilmore's gonna be bogeying up the six for the next year at least.

I just pray by 2012 he's finished fishing his wayward kick offs out of the bunkers and has moved on to another course.

You are wise of your generation.

[Funky Chicken]

8. Martin Kennedy
9. Jake Friend
10. Jared Warea-Hargreaves
11. Aiden Guerra
12. Anthony Cherrington (Provided the injury gods are kind to him)
13. Boyd Cordner

14. Lama Tasi
15. Mose Masoe
16. Brad Takarangi
17. Anthony Mitchell

[Guest]

I do like that forward pack.

All we need now is Daniel Mortimer and Prince Rogers Nelson to fire up.

[Guest]

FPN had no good form in 2011 and Takairangi doesn't have a big enough engine. You want Friend to make 70 tackles a game now instead of 60?
11. Cordner
12. Guerra
13. Aubusson
17. Takairangi/FPN/Cherrington

Fpn. played,19. trys,4. pts,16. tackles,375. Arm,1472. Hu,182



Boyd C . played , 7. trys, 0. pts,0 . tackles, 127. arm, 504. hu, 71.

Frank is better even when playing badly.

[Guest]

11. Guerra
12. Aubo
13. Cordner

IMO we need aubo running holes on the edges like 2010; he may even play centre considering the amount of backrowers we have.

[Yak]

11. Guerra
12. Aubusson
13. FPN

16. Takairangi

I think those people that think Cordner is already better than FPN are blinded by hype a bit. FPN was terrible in about 4 games this year and he's certainly a player that is noticed more when he has a bad game than when he contributes well. Don't get me wrong I rate Cordner very highly (in fact I think if Guerra continues to struggle in defence early next year Smith will have Cordner come in on the left edge).

Takairangi is definitely best as an impact second-rower that can drift into the centre of the field and offload to a tight support runner.

[Spanner in the works]

8. Kennedy
9. Friend
10. JWH
11. Cordner
12. Aubusson
13. Guerra

14. Masoe
15. Tasi
16. FPN
17. Mitchell

[Guest]

8. Kennedy
9. Friend
10. JWH
11. Cherrington
12. Aubusson
13. Guerra

14. Taka
15. Mose
16. Tasi
17. FPN

[Guest]

Fpn. played,19. trys,4. pts,16. tackles,375. Arm,1472. Hu,182



Boyd C . played , 7. trys, 0. pts,0 . tackles, 127. arm, 504. hu, 71.

Frank is better even when playing badly.

Look at the games played, they are pretty much equal considering FPN played almost 3 times as many games.
Stats aren't everything.

[Guest]

Look at the games played, they are pretty much equal considering FPN played almost 3 times as many games.
Stats aren't everything.

as you said Fpn was far from his best.

[Gary Worthless]

as you said Fpn was far from his best.

FPN had an awesome work-rate in 2010 but went MIA this year when he was needed. In a very tough year some of our forwards still managed to enhance their reputations - Friend, Guerra, Ryles IMO. The younger guys like Tasi, Brad T, Cordner and Guerra just seem so much hungrier than FPN. This was a large factor in our good run home and one of the rare highlights in a poor year. I am keen for the young, hungry guys to get first crack at 2012.