The same was happening with Sam Hughes and now he is getting bigger minutes and contributing much more. I'm hoping the same will happen with Patolo soon. If I was a starting prop and contributing 2 runs I'd be embarrassed
The name of the thread is wrong. Gus did not say Kikau is out. He said there is nothing structurally wrong with the elbow, he hopes that Kikau will play but if he is out it will only be for one week.
This is not new though. It seems it is somehow acceptable for our bench props like Sam Hughes to make 3-4 hitups and it’s somehow job done. Same with Patolo before him. Any prop in first grade should be aiming to punch out 10 hitups and 100m a game. Otherwise, what’s the bloody point??
The try scored by Jonathan Sua showed how to unlock the winger. If our halves take it deep into the line at speed and provide clean crisp ball to dangerous wide players like Papalii then Addo-Carr will be scoring tries Willy Nilly.
I saw a Flegg game where Sam Hughes and Jack Todd were the props and completely dominated the game. I remember thinking that i had seen our future starting props and I think I shall stick to that prediction after tonight’s match.
I'm sure these situations vary case to case but Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad had similar surgery in 2021. Was out for only 3-4 months and is absolutely killing it now. There's hope.