2017 Super Rugby - Preseason games
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@MajorRage said in 2017 Super Rugby - Preseason games:
Reece Robinson looks like a decent player for sure.
He was a bit stilted last year, but finally hit his straps against NRC opposition. Sure, they were half clubbies, but it gave him some confidence to combine his old code with rugby.
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@MajorRage said in 2017 Super Rugby - Preseason games:
Boom. Go the Clan.
Absolutely no pointers to take out of this game for the season ahead!
Except: starting players good. Bench players not so good. Like we didn't know that already.
Simone was pretty good for the Tahs, along with Robinson. They've been given their chance to impress, so let's see what Dazza comes up with.
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@Chris-B. said in 2017 Super Rugby - Preseason games:
@Stargazer Cheers. I thought you'd have a fair idea!
Enari playing and Fukofuka not is pretty interesting, because Fukofuka is in the official squad and Enari isn't - though I'm inclined to think Enari is Robertson's man and Fukofuka isn't.
Very interesting to me that he's starting the final trial ahead of Hall and Drummond - especially when a lot of the rest of the starting team is first choice.
Yeah - you'd expect Taufua will play either 6 or 8 in Read's absence - is that a pointer that Samu has the inside running right now (Douglas is another that wasn't an original squad member)?
Todd/Samu/Taufua would be a very short loose trio.
I'm wondering if we see Scott Barrett at 6 early in the season. Todd/ Samu/ Taufua seems a bit lightweight.
Means we can get all 3 AB locks on the field at once. Then Pete Samu on for impact with 20-30 to go.
I've always liked his potential at 6, still seems a bit small to be a dominant international lock. He's played 6 at club level a few times, I'm sure Robertson has seen him there before.
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@SammyC Same idea crossed my mind, Sammy. Not particularly keen on it, because we're going to lose some mobility compared to a genuine 6 - but, I'm not that keen on the Todd/Samu/Taufua mix either - three guys who possibly should all be playing 7.
Theoretically, Mitchell Dunshea should be a taller option at 6 - not sure whether he's more mobile than Barrett, because I don't recall ever seeing him play. Bidwell-Curtis probably the man we really want there, but seems he's probably injured.
