Tom Amone - The Big Body we need!

[Kelpie03]

From left field. Why not sign JWH on one year off the bench to put steal in our pack in years to come. We could put a graduation hat on him in preseason to sort out the men from the boys.

If he was to play for us, he would be sent off every single game he plays which wont be many

 

[NPC83]

You have forgot to mention his 110kg weight mate,
He is also fast with a good step, to me he will more like a cannonball.
He is only 2cm shorter than Leniu !

I don’t know what his real height is the wiki stuff can often be wrong. Leniu is a bit taller in real life than what his bio says. Same with a lot of players they are often 2-3 cms shorter or taller than the bio.

On the scales our starting pack isn’t that small. It’s more the explosiveness we lack. Fish and Leota aren’t the biggest but they are fit and explosive and win a lot of collisions. That’s the player we miss in the pack IMO.

 

[Big_Kahunas]

Height doesn’t make size. It’s not even weight. It’s about aggression and how hard you run or how hard you are to tackle.

Klemmer is huge but has zero aggression or speed in his runs and drops like a sack of potatoes. I’m sure Asotasi was around the same height as amone and everyone will say he was one of the hardest players to tackle and stop in NRL. Not tooting amones horn but height means nothing. It’s more about speed and agility for props these days. If they can wind up for a run will be hard to stop if they are 180cm or 205cm. If they run back like powder puffs like pangai they won’t do anything.

Exactly. Height is not an independent variable for forward outcome. Shaun Lane is 198cm - enough said. Close this thread.

 

[DaBulldog]

RCG and Thompson is what we need.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if RCG is announced between now and a week after the GF.

Mate I hope so, he is exactly what we need.

 

[Isaac]

RCG will go Roosters or South's. JWH is retired and George burgess is gone.

 

[Jackson_1994]

RCG will go Roosters or South's. JWH is retired and George burgess is gone.

JWH is off to hull kr not retired and George Burgess has been retired for a few seasons now

 

[2144superman]

In a perfect world...

8. King
9. Mahoney
10. RCG
11. Kikau
12. Preston
13. Mann

14. KO
15. Sitili
16. Curran
17. Leo T

This would be epic actually, yes please

 

[Rumdogmillionaire]

Everyone has written Patola off - will come good next year. Hughes and Patola will start next year. That was Peter Sharps recruitment plan.

Potato should move to Idaho

 

[Rumdogmillionaire]

Why is everyone excited to sign RCG? A 31yo obese forward.

I would rather bring Jarrad Hickey out of retirement!

Leo Thomson should be number 1 priority ASAP!

What about Jack Todd??
Jack Underhill?
DSF; Tom Amone ; Sam Hughes; Max King.

Let's have some faith in our incumbents and especially our young blokes getting bigger, stronger and even fitter in the off season.
Clearly CC doesn't want fat old blokes who can't meet their defensive assignments after two consecutive sets ....
and neither should we.

RCG; Takeiaho ?? Are you serious?? - do you remember Tetevano???
OMG - what a disaster that was!
No superannuation clauses please Gus - let's have 30 seriously fit blokes ready to rumble.

 

[Phalangist]

i seen him on hilights youtube i think he is mad will b ok.

I love your profile pic ❤️

 

[CBDog]

Man I am already excited for the 2025 campaign.

Will make it even more exciting if we can snare a couple more gun players.
This year was an appettiser of what is to come.

 

[CBDog]

Some of the greatest players were short and stocky, eg. Baa, To'o, and many years ago Brian Clay, (shows my age dosen't it), and many others.
Amone has to be stocky if he is 110 kg and 181 cm.
BTW, I would rather have Baa over king lewis who I thought sat back and picked his moments, while Baa did a lot of the hard stuff.

Dallas Donnelly was a beast and feared no one.

 

[CBDog]

The game is moving away from hulking big props to more mobile ones.

Look at how guys like Taumalolo and even NAS have somewhat lost impact these days.

Dogs have some pretty massive units coming through, but that's not to say they will perform as required.

Matavela Booth is still languishing, Suluka Fifita coming though, and even Hopoi shows glimpses of ability.

You can be massive and still be mobile and fast.
As well as putting in big playing minutes
I know these type of players are hard to find but we will always need these types

 

[D- voice]

I don’t know what his real height is the wiki stuff can often be wrong. Leniu is a bit taller in real life than what his bio says. Same with a lot of players they are often 2-3 cms shorter or taller than the bio.

On the scales our starting pack isn’t that small. It’s more the explosiveness we lack. Fish and Leota aren’t the biggest but they are fit and explosive and win a lot of collisions. That’s the player we miss in the pack IMO.

I agree on the wiki stuff but the reason Lenui looks taller is he wears high heels
On a serious note, it's not the size of the dog in the fight !