Brownrabbit
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I find it interesting looking back at the balance of our 2014 GF winning and that of Penriths the last 3 years
I recall many being unhappy originally with the signing of Lote, but at the time I understood exactly what Madge was doing and liked the signing
It does make me wonder though was 2014 by chance or design and if it was by design why did we move away from building a squad like this
Essentially that team moved away from the back 3 model and had 4 of the back 5 which could start your sets with Alex offering speed on the edge
1. Inglis. 1. Edwards
2. Aj. 2. Turuva
3. Walker 3. Chricton
4. Auvua 4. Tago
5. Lote 5. To’o
Inglis was the best fullback in the competition that year and was a big factor in my theory that to win a comp your 1 has to be in the top 3 form fullbacks that season
Our halves consisted of an elite kicking organisation half and a scheming 5/8. Sound firmiliar?
Then the balance of the pack was a crafty hooker who won with us then Penrith.
A dominant front row George and Tom off the bench
A big middle in Sam like Yeo
A ball playing edge in Sutt and an aggressive defender in Teo like Martin
Then off the benchwe had the tall athletic edge in McQueen (Kikua) which most teams have on an edge now and are also targets for attacking kicks like Lightning was for us.
It’s perplexing how the club moved away from just continually filling the holes with like for likes
Sure an edge doesn’t really ball play now your 13 does, but that’s just shuffling the deck chairs. The blueprint of premiership winning teams remains the same, we started it but now have moved away from it
Is it really that hard to recruit for type?
I recall many being unhappy originally with the signing of Lote, but at the time I understood exactly what Madge was doing and liked the signing
It does make me wonder though was 2014 by chance or design and if it was by design why did we move away from building a squad like this
Essentially that team moved away from the back 3 model and had 4 of the back 5 which could start your sets with Alex offering speed on the edge
1. Inglis. 1. Edwards
2. Aj. 2. Turuva
3. Walker 3. Chricton
4. Auvua 4. Tago
5. Lote 5. To’o
Inglis was the best fullback in the competition that year and was a big factor in my theory that to win a comp your 1 has to be in the top 3 form fullbacks that season
Our halves consisted of an elite kicking organisation half and a scheming 5/8. Sound firmiliar?
Then the balance of the pack was a crafty hooker who won with us then Penrith.
A dominant front row George and Tom off the bench
A big middle in Sam like Yeo
A ball playing edge in Sutt and an aggressive defender in Teo like Martin
Then off the benchwe had the tall athletic edge in McQueen (Kikua) which most teams have on an edge now and are also targets for attacking kicks like Lightning was for us.
It’s perplexing how the club moved away from just continually filling the holes with like for likes
Sure an edge doesn’t really ball play now your 13 does, but that’s just shuffling the deck chairs. The blueprint of premiership winning teams remains the same, we started it but now have moved away from it
Is it really that hard to recruit for type?