My 2cents
I aslo rate
Gavin Cooper highly, he can play in the centres and the backrow.
Nathan Smith is a Gary Warburton type player, I dont think he is suited to the bench. Unfortunately I don't think this is a very fit pack so you need 2 props on the bench, no space for Cooper.
Dane Laurie, I dont rate him at all. He is big but has no technique at all.
Joseph Paulo showed good signs towards the end of this season, Id reward him with a bench spot.
If
Kingston turns out to be good enougth to be an 80min hooker, I'd get rid of
Iosefa and put Gavin Cooper on the bench.
The key to this team is
Luke Lewis, he a class above the rest of the players. He runs an incredible line and always seems to make breaks and create chances. He needs to touch the ball as much as possibe.
Luke Walsh is also very important to this team, we he plays bad the whole team does. He seems to play his best footy when he's taking on the line, and plays his worst footy when he plays sideways trying to shift the ball.
He needs to keep it direct and play just before the line and I think he will kill it.
This is the team I'd go with. A defensive yet capable backrow with planty of impact off the bench.
A pretty solid backline.
Coote and
Graham are the un-earthed x-factors, if they can come into their own this will be a very good team.
Gordon is awesome all round, great pace, great defence, great kicker.
Elford for his age is going great guns too and surpisingly still has pace.
Michael Jennings, nuff said.
- Lachlan Coote
- Michael Gordon
- Michael Jennings*
- Brad Tighe (Very good defensively)
- Shane Elford
- Wade Graham
- Luke Walsh
- Frank Puletua
- Masada Iosefa
- Petero Civoniceva*
- Trent Waterhouse*
- Nathan Smith
- Luke Lewis*
_
- Kevin Kingston
- Frank Pritchard*
- Joseph Paulo
- Matthew Bell
- Gavin Cooper
- Nigel Plum
- Jarrod Sammut (I'd give him a run before Purtell. He is eratic but theres a very good player somewhere there)