Just had the misfortune to watch Mounties game. Britt and Stimpson both on report at least once if not more. Topine looks to have received a serious injury in the last minute. Stocks are very low. I think Jackson and JMK back this week. Thank god Katoa is suspended . Elliott will survive because there is no one else to replace him. For all those desperate for Jackson Topine to come in to NRL he still gets physically dominated in reserves. Enthusiastic but makes no post contact metres . Gets dragged in defence. To his credit ran a good line at pace to score a late try. He will make little or no difference as a back rower at this stage of his career. He is a 14 for me. Watson Heleta went well along with the hooker Josh Daley.
Dean Britt was better than Stimpson and Ogden. ( which wasn’t much). They got dominated by bears no names. Ex dogs Josh Bergamin and Brad Abbey outplayed our backline.
The rest were barely reserve grade standard. So bare this in mind if the same plodders are selected for NRL when , in reality , the rubbish we have is still probably the best at our disposal.
