NRL 2017
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@paekakboyz
Good players (even those with great understanding) don't make good coaches - but the problem is that most need to pay their dues and don't, like you don't just become an AB or Warrior overnight, you spend years developing your playing craft therefore coaches should spend years building their craft too. Kidwell, Kemble, Kemp - good players, who spent fuck all time building their coaching craft, egos at play too.
Nonu, clearly a great player who developed amazing understanding of what was required, but doesn't strike me as being a guy whos going to coach. Richie McCaw...on-field coach. Coaching is more than just X & O's on a board nowadays too, I suspect most players just wouldn't have the foggiest clue.
Its interesting in AFL, they're moving miles away from ex-players moving straight into head-coaching roles - they're really looking for coaches who have proven records at lower levels, previous head-coaching experience, and they even have an AFL-specific high level coaching course over two years where the best (like very best) coaches are educating those newbies.Kemp never really struck me as a high-performance guy, but then I don't know what training or knowledge he had acquired outside of the game.
Brian Smith, same as a class player, ie class is permanent, form is temporary. If he was a good coach once, hes a good coach now, but I'd suggest ring-rusty.
So anyways apart from coaching... what the fuck is this team even going to look like, surprised Shaun Johnson hasn't pulled the pin yet too...
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On one hand its getting farcical, on the other, suddenly the RLWC just got interesting... Fifita apparently pulls the pin after getting named in the Aussie team - and is off to Tonga too.
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@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
Andrew Fifita is apparently withdrawing from the Aussies and joining Tonga too.
Have to ask, are we drawn to play Tonga?
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Samoa, Scotland and Tonga are our pool opponents. This will be tough...
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Hilarious that certain players have decided to make the international game more competitive.
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@antipodean said in NRL 2017:
Hilarious that certain players have decided to make the international game more competitive.
I don't think it has made the 'international' game more competitive, just the international game under Australia and England - it's gone from a possible three contenders to two.
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Tonga announces squad. Guessing Lolohea/Hingano/Hopoate will fight it out for the halves:
Tonga Rugby League World Cup 2017 Squad
Andrew Fifita
Mahe Fonua
David Fusitu’a
Siliva Havilli
Ata Hingano
Will Hopoate
Konrad Hurrell
Michael Jennings
Solomone Kata
Sione Katoa
Samisoni Langi
Tuimoala Lolohea
Sika Manu
Manu Ma'u
Sam Moa
Ben Murdoch Masila
Joe Ofahengaue
Tevita Pangai jnr
Ukuma Ta'ai
Sio Siua Taukieaho
Jason Taumalolo
Peni Terepo
Daniel Tupou
Manu Vatuvei -
@sneakdefreak Good squad on paper, be interesting to see if they can put it together on the field.
I'd assume they'd have Hopoate at fullback?
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@nepia Or Fusitua. Looking at the team I would guess 1. Fusitua 2.
FonuaTupou 3.Hurrell 4.Kata 5.Jennings 6.Hopoate 7.Lolohea -
@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
@nepia Or Fusitua. Looking at the team I would guess 1. Fusitua 2.
FonuaTupou 3.Hurrell 4.Kata 5.Jennings 6.Hopoate 7.LoloheaFusitua at 1 I can understand, but surely the coach wont buy into the Kata myth, not when Jennings is around?
- Hopoate, 2. Tupou, 3. Hurrell, 4. Jennings, 5. Fusitua, 6. Hingano, 7. Lolohea - looks a better mix to me personally.
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@nepia Tonga will be thinking they can go deep into the tournament but they won't with Lolohea and Hingano in the halves. Really think they'll put Hopoate there.
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@sneakdefreak Hopate at 5/8 would be a great move. They’ll need a good kicking halfback which Lolohea is not.
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Kidwell is saying "the Key is the We" as in Kiwi. Sweet jesus.....
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@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
@nepia Tonga will be thinking they can go deep into the tournament but they won't with Lolohea and Hingano in the halves. Really think they'll put Hopoate there.
Has Hopoate played many games in the halves?
Also, when is the Kiwis C team named? Has the Samoan team been named yet - if not we might wind up losing more to them too. Also, we're lucky that the Cooks aren't included as well.
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Addin Fonua-Blake is a bit of a surprise. No Ben Matulino, wonder if he will turn out for Samoa...
