Troops arriving back from injury

[ism22]

I think Walker will be the alternate kicker once it all settles down a bit. no need putting more pressure onto him just yet.

Agreed. He has enough to focus on right now without kicking.

[BUDDY]

Looking forward to having that problem of picking four out of JWH (a given), Liu (a given), Butcher (a given), Lussick, Hutcho, Keihgran, Fifita, Lam, Baker for our bench. And hopefully Cordner and Friend both play again which will add Sitili and Verrills to that list.

At the moment it looks so far away.

[fletch]

No Collins against the Sharks also a little surprised that they named Sitili Tupouniua if he played he would be the first guy in quite a while to play a week after suffering a concussion.

[Thirteen]

I have no problems with Hutch being in the side as people may forget he was a highly talented junior player making the top level juniors side - NSW Under 20's / Junior Kangaroos- Captaining some of these teams and in teams of the year as a half/ 5-8

Of course the ACL injury is the curse of many a footballer - some come back like nothing has happened/ some are not the same again and some vanish never to be seen again.

Being first in line for the halfback role at the Dragons then suffering the ACL obviously had a dramatic affect on him and going to the UK superleague was probably not what he wanted to do but to resurrect his career it was probably the best thing at the time.

He has worked hard to get back into the NRL and he should be respected on that basis notwithstanding being a Chooks player

Not a bad Junior Kangaroos side he was the 5/8 for either - 2nd link down

https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/06/09/...ome-to-an-end/

https://www.nrl.com/news/2014/10/10/...de-to-face-nz/

Great post King.

[Thirteen]

No Collins against the Sharks also a little surprised that they named Sitili Tupouniua if he played he would be the first guy in quite a while to play a week after suffering a concussion.

Never take too much notice of “The Tuesday Team”.

[Thirteen]

To me, Hutchinson is a confidence player and he’s just finding it now. It would be tough to play as a replacement for a premiership heavyweight like the Roosters.
His playmaking ability and general play kicking game will keep him in the side for the time being.

100%. I also think he has more to offer than Lam.

[Thirteen]

I think the issue is when SST isn’t on the field, hutch and teddy cannot be relied on.

interesting that walker wasn’t first choice after SST?

Probably didn’t want to give him yet another responsibility on his debut.

[Bruce Pickett]

I have no problems with Hutch being in the side as people may forget he was a highly talented junior player making the top level juniors side - NSW Under 20's / Junior Kangaroos- Captaining some of these teams and in teams of the year as a half/ 5-8

Of course the ACL injury is the curse of many a footballer - some come back like nothing has happened/ some are not the same again and some vanish never to be seen again.

Being first in line for the halfback role at the Dragons then suffering the ACL obviously had a dramatic affect on him and going to the UK superleague was probably not what he wanted to do but to resurrect his career it was probably the best thing at the time.

He has worked hard to get back into the NRL and he should be respected on that basis notwithstanding being a Chooks player

Not a bad Junior Kangaroos side he was the 5/8 for either - 2nd link down

https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/06/09/...ome-to-an-end/

https://www.nrl.com/news/2014/10/10/...de-to-face-nz/

That is some team that Junior Kangaroo side. It's worth noting that Hutch kept Munster on the bench in that side.

There's a certain calmness about him. Maybe it's because he seems to be doing things in slow motion lol...

Hutch is clutch?

[morley101]

I would give young Walker 2 spells before the finals, to give mind and body a rest.

Billy Smith back in Round 12...

[Vasco]

I think Hutcho will be the 5/8 for a while yet. He looked OK when running the ball, probably could have passed once or twice.

He's a steady player which is what Walker needs.

[stringaz]

I feel the need to shoot down the idea of Manu in the no.6 role. Big fan, but I feel Joey needs to add more maturity and polish to the position he's in. Him jumping into the 6 postion at times during games is a bit different from starting there. We may have no choice god forbid if the injury toll rises but like mentioned, I would only like to see lam/keighran/hutch there this year.

[Rooster89]

And he needs to count when its 5th tackle haha

I think Hutcho will be the 5/8 for a while yet. He looked OK when running the ball, probably could have passed once or twice.

He's a steady player which is what Walker needs.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

And he needs to count when its 5th tackle haha

Thats a bit unfair....Hutch can count ok, up to 20 with his shoes and socks off. And 21 in the shower.

[mattyh]

Thats a bit unfair....Hutch can count ok, up to 20 with his shoes and socks off. And 21 in the shower.

i can only count tp 20.5 in the shower

[roosterchook]

Next week round 5 we have Collins and Fifita back.

In 3 weeks we have Keighran back.

In 5-6 weeks we have Lam and Verrills back.

Cordner will follow after that and than mid season Billy Smith.

I dare say Keighran will go straight to 5/8 until Lam returns. My guess is once Lam returns Robbo will give him the opportunity to cement his spot in the starting side.

When Verrills returns than Lussick will drop back to the bench.

Our team will look stronger each week and if we can avoid any more lengthy injuries than we might be in a stronger position than what we're feeling at the moment.

If Lam can't impress I wonder if Robbo will trial Manu at 5/8 with Billy Smith at Centre.

Either way at least we will start to have some options once some injuries clear up.

I'm starting to feel somewhat optimistic!

Still very early days.

Yes there’s heaps of talent but we have lots of hard work to do if we want to match the top sides.