Tragic
Contributor
Our problem has been that we can't create gaps; how often did you see a warrior in space last year, fix that and metcalf looks like he can exploit that space but so can Dallin Watene-Zelezniak and others.
Jay M
Contributor
Having someone with explosive acceleration can help create gaps. The defence either needs to stand wider, opening up space on the inside, move up faster, which creates the opportunity for someone to step, or leave space on the outside.
Defending against someone with superior acceleration to you is one of the hardest things you can do on a league field. You need your team to back your decision making. But if you get it wrong...
Canonball
No doubt about Metcalf being up there and I'm not saying they'd be comparable, but I remember thinking Kosi is surprisingly quick, hard to find any of those telstra tracker things for him though
Tragic
Contributor
No doubt but we had that with Walsh at fullback last year and we couldn't unleash him despite his acceleration. Anyway I am not to.worried, I expect a much different performance from our team under Webby than we got from Brown.
Viking
That might say more about the rest of the team unfortunately. Hopefully we don't try and stick muscle on him, he's fast because he's light. It's a power to weight ratio thing. If Dallin Watene-Zelezniak was 5 to 10kgs lighter, he'd be faster for sure.
I scratched around for some athletics results for him after he signed and found some obscure school ones that had him running in the high 10s for the 100m which is similar to Savage and Koula at the same age. Sub 11 as a teenager is elite speed, anyone who can run that should be playing sport professionally or at least semi-pro.
Viking
Kosi's top speed might be good but his acceleration is poohs, same as Ken and Manu. That's why he's a winger, he needs to be already moving when he gets the ball to utilise any speed he has.
Ref
I think Luke Metcalf will be a pretty much a Reece Walsh attacking clone. But with a better structure and environment. Let’s not overlook that despite the negativity for Walsh on this forum he’s been our most likely attacking player since he signed and played with passion.
Problem is he's surprisingly quick "for his size" but take out the size and he'd be middle of the pack at best for wingers purely in terms of speed.
Good for hit ups and short range tries, but anything over 20m and the opposition winger can close the gap and use the sideline to their advantage.
Brother Faisal
Noticed a lot of his touches were on the right would Shaun be comfortable playing left side majority of the time?
Since95
For mine him not being near the 17 is a slight oversight. There is no substitute for speed.
The first 12 rounds we will be doing it tough against Bulldogs, Roosters, Penrith and throw in the Knights.
My hope is that Webster saw this is gonna play a team he thinks can limit points then we break out our run with players with zero baggage in second half of the comp.
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Defence
Is that Mountain somewhere in Asia?
Miket12
Miket12
It’s a prick of a peak to climb.
Since95
Slight typo haha.
But in all honesty waiting for the season to get under way is as close as ill get to the excitement of birthday day. Haha.
Warriors' Luke Metcalf suffers hamstring injury, Demitric Sifakula's contract upgraded
David Long16:05, Feb 16 2023
HANNAH PETERS/GETTY IMAGES
Luke Metcalf of the Warriors makes a break against the Tigers.
The Warriors have suffered a pre-season injury blow with key signing Luke Metcalf sidelined with a hamstring injury.
Coach Andrew Webster said Metcalf suffered the injury at training on Wednesday, ahead of Sunday’s NRL pre-season match against the Melbourne Storm in Christchurch. Metcalf told Warriors medical staff he was still feeling sore on Thursday.
It is uncertain how long Metcalf will be sidelined for, with initial thoughts he could be out between 2-8 weeks, thereby putting him in doubt for their season opener against the Knights in Wellington on March 3.
Metcalf will undergo further tests to find out the severity of the injury and more is expected to be known later this week.
Metcalf, 23, joined from Cronulla Sharks and wore the No 6 jersey in their opening pre-season match against Wests Tigers, where he was one of the standout performers in the 48-12 win.
Shaun Johnson and Te Maire Martin were named to start in the halves for the Warriors against the Storm, with Metcalf originally on the bench.
Metcalf played so well in the trial game, that there had already been calls for him to claim a starting spot ahead of Johnson, however that was unlikely to happen, especially at the beginning of the season.
Warriors' Luke Metcalf suffers hamstring injury, Demitric Sifakula's contract upgraded
After playing a starring role in the pre-season win over the Tigers, one of the Warriors' notable acquisitions will miss the NRL opener against the Knights.
www.stuff.co.nz
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Since95
Man news today is he had hamstring issue possibility of missing 2-8 weeks. We can't catch a break.
Noitall
Paulo24
Yeah, he’s young so I reckon there’s no way it will be 8 weeks 3-4 most likely.
Noitall
Would be a disaster to pick up another injury to one of the other halves so early. This is going to be apart of the upside to having Dylan Walker who’s so versatile.
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