OFFICIAL | PRE-GAME Bulldogs vs Dragons @ jubilee stadium - 8th March 5.30pm

Rumdogmillionaire said:
No ....not only at Prop.
Let's start him at 13.
Maybe bring him back for his 2nd stint at prop?

Todd start at 13 - 20-25 mins
Mann at 13 - rest of game ( or most of it )
Todd return as prop - 60-80 minutes

Max n Sam pick up 50 minutes each ...however you want to design it?
Max - 0-30 then 60- 80
Sam - 0-20 then 40-60

Morrin /Harry / JC - 20-60

That's just a simple plan.
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Prop, lock, it doesn’t matter, there is no way Todd is ready mentally or physically for NRL level intensity week in week out. He simply doesn’t have the experience for it.

Where exactly are you playing Curran? You have all 80 mins of 2 x prop and 1x lock taken up with King, Hughes, Todd and Mann. Are you playing Curran in the 2nd row?

Ditto Morrin and Hayes? If you are using them in the 2nd row where does Tupouniua’s minutes fit? Assuming Kikau and Preston both play close to 80 mins. Even if they both play 60 mins it doesn’t fit.

Who is the relief for Mahoney if he needs a break? Haywood is the most likely, but you have run out of bench spots.


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TwinTurbo said:
Prop, lock, it doesn’t matter, there is no way Todd is ready mentally or physically for NRL level intensity week in week out. He simply doesn’t have the experience for it.

Where exactly are you playing Curran? You have all 80 mins of 2 x prop and 1x lock taken up with King, Hughes, Todd and Mann. Are you playing Curran in the 2nd row?

Ditto Morrin and Hayes? If you are using them in the 2nd row where does TupounIla’s minutes fit? Assuming Kikau and Preston both play close to 80 mins. Even if they both play 60 mins it doesn’t fit.

Who is the relief for Mahoney if he needs a break? Haywood is the most likely, but you have run out of bench spots.


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Todd was meant to debut last year before his injury , Gould had tweeted about it.
 
CC will start the year with his most experienced team he can to get the rhythm back and a few wins to start the year , he will then slowly start to introduce our young guns into a winning team thats humming along well
 
bricktamland said:
Todd was meant to debut last year before his injury , Gould had tweeted about it.
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I have zero doubt that he will play some NRL games, but expecting him to play week in week out at NRL intensity is unrealistic.


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Regarding our coach, it seems he picks players that can play within the system. Players that are gassed within ten minutes and do not run back on side are overlooked. Long playing minutes are required by players selected week in week out with certain requirements according to Cameron.
 
Going to be a wet night next Saturday. We play our footy, good line speed. We’ll suffocate them. Illias and Flanagan won’t be able to kick them out of their own end.
 
Didn’t Jacob Preston play 20 first grade games in his rookie year as a 21 year old?

That would make Jack Todd older when he does debut. Not too unrealistic to suggest he could do the same. Not sure he will myself, wait and see.

Having had the opportunity to watch him a fair bit in lower grades and looking forward to having him in the 17 when he does get the shot.
 
bulldogruss said:
Didn’t Jacob Preston play 20 first grade games in his rookie year as a 21 year old?

That would make Jack Todd older when he does debut. Not too unrealistic to suggest he could do the same. Not sure he will myself, wait and see.

Having had the opportunity to watch him a fair bit in lower grades and looking forward to having him in the 17 when he does get the shot.
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Slight difference there.
Todd played 3 NSW Cup games in 2023, 4 NSW Cup games in 2023 and 11 NSW Cup games in 2024.
Preston played 12 NSW Cup games in 2022, 20 NRL games in 2023 and 18 NRL games in 2024.

Due to his broken arms Todd is short on NSW Cup games experience, I believe it is a bit much to expect him to be ready for the extreme mental and physical demands that playing at NRL level intensity every week puts on an inexperienced player.

I confident that he will be playing NRL games this season, but every game, I don't think so.


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cookieman909 said:
Going to be a wet night next Saturday. We play our footy, good line speed. We’ll suffocate them. Illias and Flanagan won’t be able to kick them out of their own end.
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We might struggle to score tries in the wet also haha. Especially if our attack is anything like it was in trial v Broncos
 
GA45 said:
It’s like no rookie has ever played a season of NRL in the past…
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Todd has only played 18 NSW Cup games in 3 years. If he had played a whole season, or close to a whole season, last year in NSW Cup then maybe he could stand up to the intensity of NRL level week in week out. But he hasn't, in fact he has never played a whole season in NSW Cup so I think it might be bit much to expect him to play a whole season in the NRL.


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