Game day one Pre season Bulldogs vs Cowboys Jubilee Stadium 5:30pm

[dogon]

Judging from the team list looks like Otokolo and Fahmy Toilalo are gone. Thought Fahmy showed some promise in cup and lower grade games I watched.

Maybe they are in the Massey Cup squad or injured??

 

[Bulldogsteve]

Ideal bench for us is 1 x Utility and 3 x Forwards.. Like every other elite team, they have big boppers on the bench...
14. Mann (Utility)
15. Latu
16. Curran
17. Sitili
18. GCKT

I think they will go 3 forwards, then specialist covers at 7,9, centre

 

[chemdog]

I think they will go 3 forwards, then specialist covers at 7,9, centre

last 2 bench spots should be O'Sullivan and either tuala or sua to cover the outside backs

 

[menteek]

You know what’s strange..
This new rule for the bench
It smells like ciro knew about it coming and the fact we were playing three players off the bench last year at times makes me wonder if now with added two players makes it more tactically a surprise. I’m just connecting the dots

 

[halfcast]

You know what’s strange..
This new rule for the bench
It smells like ciro knew about it coming and the fact we were playing three players off the bench last year at times makes me wonder if now with added two players makes it more tactically a surprise. I’m just connecting the dots

exactly what i thought

 

[MichaelM]

Anyone know anything about Sosefo Finau? Grabbed a bench spot above Underhill etc. Not sure I have seen that name before?

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More mobile than underhill and can play front row or 2nd row. Good on his feet and quite aggressive, however not as good a defender as Underhill and I don’t think he has as big a motor. Like AJ and Alatini he has put on some nice size - still able to play Flegg this year as are about 9 or 10 of the squad selected for this weekend.

 

[DFLWatto]

Or something really weird like the club lost 4 halfbacks in Sexton, Hutch, O'Neill & Tia.

Hutch was a halfback? thats a stretch LOL

 

[Bulldogsteve]

last 2 bench spots should be O'Sullivan and either tuala or sua to cover the outside backs

Yep agree and either turpon or gct

 

[SPEARTAKVIDREFS]

in some positive news the bench is now extended to 6 players with only 4 being allowed to play. The other 2 players can only be used as an 18th man for 2 failed hias or if a player fails a hia due to foul play

Great. Kiraz and Burton can sit on the sidelines during SOO while Doggies get flogged.

 

[dawso047]

Tupouniua should be starting lock round 1. A bench of 14. Mann, 15. ? 16. Curran, 17. Hayes. Another two reserves from the reports 18. O'Sullivan 19. ?
Salmon, DSF, Hughes, Turpin, Hopoi, Montoya or Tuala to fight it out but CC will select Salmon in the side somewhere. Later in the year maybe Latu, Todd and Woods come into reckoning if they can show enough form and that they have overcome their injury woes.

 

[senshidog]

Surprised to see Grossemy named. I thought he left

 

[oatleydogsfan]

Anyone going to the trial this Saturday?

 

[oatleydogsfan]

Tupouniua should be starting lock round 1. A bench of 14. Mann, 15. ? 16. Curran, 17. Hayes. Another two reserves from the reports 18. O'Sullivan 19. ?
Salmon, DSF, Hughes, Turpin, Hopoi, Montoya or Tuala to fight it out but CC will select Salmon in the side somewhere. Later in the year maybe Latu, Todd and Woods come into reckoning if they can show enough form and that they have overcome their injury woes.

Sitili has great impact off the bench, which can really change the momentum
I think we lose that if he starts

 

[oatleydogsfan]

Joseph O'Neill has gone to the Dragons?

I was hoping we were going to develop him he looked good. But coaches know better obviously
Hope he plays well at St George

 

[oatleydogsfan]

Great to see the footy back but yeah, I do have big concerns about our depth in the outside backs. Seems like such a glaring oversight I have to wonder if an in-season signing will be in the works (Paps?)

Really? I think our depth is pretty good
Maybe a lack of fullbacks ?

 

[kmr07]

Ideal bench for us is 1 x Utility and 3 x Forwards.. Like every other elite team, they have big boppers on the bench...
14. Mann (Utility)
15. Latu
16. Curran
17. Sitili
18. GCKT

Surely there’s a spot for Harry Hayes. Was one of our best last season

 

[kap123]

Surely there’s a spot for Harry Hayes. Was one of our best last season

I think one of Latu, Curran, Sitili and Hayes will have to miss out for an outside back and I'd be dropping Curran. If I knew Ciraldo would actually do it, I'd suggest dropping Salmon and starting Latu.

 

[LeeroyJenkins]

I think one of Latu, Curran, Sitili and Hayes will have to miss out for an outside back and I'd be dropping Curran. If I knew Ciraldo would actually do it, I'd suggest dropping Salmon and starting Latu.

Na we need Salmons 40m and 30 flops a game, nobody else in the world is capable of such perfection.

 

[chemdog]

Na we need Salmons 40m and 30 flops a game, nobody else in the world is capable of such perfection.

along with the 5-10 miss tackles per game

 

[TwinTurbo]

Na we need Salmons 40m and 30 flops a game, nobody else in the world is capable of such perfection.

I dunno about that, you post 40 to 30 flops a game.


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