Pick Your Team Pick Your Team 2021 Rnd 20 - Tigers vs Warriors

[mt.wellington]

Pick Your Team 2021 Rnd 20 - Tigers vs Warriors

Promotions?
Demotions?
Any new injury concerns?
Any returning players?
Any tweaks to the bench?

Discuss...

 

[jonesy101]

I simply don't know. Will we have enough fit players to field a 21?

 

[Nangsy]

Team for round 1

Berry
Montoya
Vailea
Aitken
Watene-Zelezniak
Walsh
Johnson
Fonua-Blake
Egan
Lodge
Sironen
Katoa
Harris

Harris-Tavita
Pene
Ale
Curran

 

[zaggo]

1 - Walsh
2 - Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
3 - Berry/Hiku
4 - Aitken
5 - Montoya
6 - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
7 - Townsend
8 - Evans
9 - Jazz
10 - Lodge
11 - Katoa
12 - Murchie
13 - Curran

14 - Otukolo
15 - Ben Murdoch-Masila
16 - LAM
17 - Afoa

Wouldn't be opposed to Sean O'Sullivan taking over from Chad for a week, depending on how the shoulder is holding up - I think it makes him too much of a liability on defence though.

Niko really needs a week or two in reserves to give him a kick up the ass. Put some effort in or piss off.

 

[Dixpat]

Lodge won’t be playing as on a 1 week charge

I don’t recall the incident- anyone care to give a description, contrary conduct in 75 minute on Koloamatangi

 

[BeastMode]

I thought Addin Fonua-Blake did his finger in and Lodge suspended no?

 

[Dixpat]

I thought Addin Fonua-Blake did his finger in and Lodge suspended no?

Lodge on a charge & Addin Fonua-Blake said to have a compound fracture of finger

 

[zaggo]

Lodge on a charge & Addin Fonua-Blake said to have a compound fracture of finger

All of a sudden we could actually use Jamayne Tounua-Brown!

I imagine we'll need Ben Murdoch-Masila into the propping rotation, which is a shame as he's wasted there.

 

[The Falcon]

Lodge won’t be playing as on a 1 week charge

I don’t recall the incident- anyone care to give a description, contrary conduct in 75 minute on Koloamatangi

He came down with his knee on Kolomatangi stomach while was already tackled on the ground.

 

[The Falcon]

Walsh
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
Aitken
Pompey
Montoya
Chad
Kodi
LAM
Otukolo
Evans
Katoa
Curren
Jazz

Afoa
Ben Murdoch-Masila
Sironen
Ale

 

[Hadyn]

Any lineup will give us as good a chance of a win as any will do as long as Nicorima is not 6 or 7.......come on Brownie this whole site knows it and you've wanted more running out of him in the past ....Nico is Hooker coover and off bench rotation at the most.
If you give the fans what they want ,they'll be more likely to be more patient with you and cut you some slack.
If you resist the obvious you are tempting fate and asking for trouble.

 

[AlexM]

Chuck niko at 9 , Chanel Harris-Tavita to 6

 

[Cces]

Ale

11 weeks without a game. I'd imagine Frei & Pettersen-Robati (assuming he's in our 'bubble') are more likely

 

[jonesy101]

If Lodge gets suspended then we have a massive crisis in the forwards - Fonua-Blake and Harris are pretty much non-starters. We have a policy of resting failed HIAs so Murchie and Katoa are likely out. Sironens shoulder looked dodgy. Taunoa-Brown is with the Dragons and who knows how recovered Ale is from his injury. At this rate we might be putting Frei and Pettersen-Robati in our 21.

 

[gubbbs]

Ugh would rather we just forfeited last week than lose our two gun props. Without them we have no x factor and actually are fielding a worse team than the poor tigers. Can we recall Jamayne Tounua-Brown? Surely that's the point of this setup, we lost 2 props in a week and now he's moved up the pecking order.

 

[Greenlite]

Lol now we can chuck the Fijian prospect into locks, what an incredible year with injuries

 

[The Falcon]

Walsh
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
Aitken
Pompey
Montoya
Chad
Kodi
LAM
Otukolo
Evans
Katoa
Curren
Jazz

Afoa
Ben Murdoch-Masila
Sironen
Ale

My line up is assuming that Lodge is suspended, and Addin Fonua-Blake finger break leaves him out. Murchie didn’t look good but hope he’s available. Sironen is banged up but have named him for versatility .. It’s pretty bleak times.

 

[Cces]

Can we recall Jamayne Tounua-Brown? Surely that's the point of this setup, we lost 2 props in a week and now he's moved up the pecking order.

One would hope so. Dragons have only sat out 3 of their 7 forwards with suspensions so far so will try to dig their heels in one would imagine.

Lol now we can chuck the Fijian prospect into locks, what an incredible year with injuries

He ain't officially on our books let alone in our 'bubble'. Think he came off injured today for Redcliffe too

 

[jonesy101]

My line up is assuming that Lodge is suspended, and Addin Fonua-Blake finger break leaves him out. Murchie didn’t look good but hope he’s available. Sironen is banged up but have named him for versatility .. It’s pretty bleak times.

I read that the club have a policy of resting players who fail HIAs for the next game which is why Roger Tuivasa-Sheck sat out. Will we have to break that policy just to name a 21 this week?

 

[kos]

This year sucks. Injuries on top of injuries on top of injuries. Six again six again against us we never adopted to the faster game.