Do we have the competitions best spine?

[Bates]

Chooks - Teddy, DCE, Sammy, Robson

Storm - Fa'alogo, Munster, Hughes, Grant

Eels - Longi, Pezet, Moses, R Smith

Broncos - Walsh, Mam, Reynolds, Hunt

Panthers - Edwards, Talagi, Cleary, Kenny

Sharks - Kennedy, Trindall, Hynes, Brailey

Manly -Turbo, Brooks, Fogarty, Simkin

Phins - Hammer, Nikorima, Katoa, Donoghoe

Souffs - Gray, C Walker, Sullivan, Cheese

Raiders -Weekes, Strange, Sanders, Starling

Knights - Ponga, Sharpe, Brown, Crossland

Dragons - Gutho, Flanagan, Atkinson, Cook

Dogs - Tracey, Burton, Galvin, Hayward

Cowboys - Drinkwater, Clifford, Deardon, Mahoney

The teams omitted are way down the spine pecking order imo.

[Avalon Rooster]

Storm, even without Pap. Even though I love Sammy with a white hot heat, I'd choose their 6,7 and 9 over ours if I'm picking 'better'

[JAF]

Can we bump this thread back up after 8 weeks, or even make it a sticky?

I need time time to observe before making a call on this ...

["gaz"]

Broncos and Roosters on paper

[Chook2]

Close to it
storm still the best
id have us 2nd
we are solid but 2-4 are new so starting fresh with new combos
certainly out best sense 18-19

[mattyh]

Storm, us, brons, panfas ...dead heat

[Bates]

Broncos and Roosters on paper

I'll try and be unbiased here and score each player out of 10 and see what i come up with.

Broncos - Walsh 10/10, Mam 7/10, Reynolds 7/10, Hunt 7/10. Total 31/40

Chooks - Teddy 9/10, DCE 5/10, Sammy 9/10, Robson 9/10. Total. 32/40


Try the same thing gaz and see how you go.

[Bates]

Storm, us, brons, panfas ...dead heat

I think you're on the money matty or we're on the same page.

[Bates]

Mam is a tool but fark he's a weapon when he's on.

[Bates]

Storm, even without Pap. Even though I love Sammy with a white hot heat, I'd choose their 6,7 and 9 over ours if I'm picking 'better'

When they got their Trio Shape (Hughes, Munster, Paps) together on the left edge they were deadly.

Paps potentially the better ball-player than his replacement however Fa'alogo has speed to burn!

[Avalon Rooster]

yeah, we'll see what Fa'alogo

[caz]

depends on how dce goes. hard to compare spines but if dce goes well we'll have a spine that can win the comp

[Bates]

Storm - Fa'alogo 6/10, Munster 9/10, Hughes 9/10. Grant 10/10. Total. 34/40

[Bates]

How good is Grant.

Eyes-up specialist!

[mightyrooster]

I think the storm, broncos and Riff have the best. But we certainly have the potential to be as good or better than them depending on how DCE goes. His age is still a concerning factor for me.