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Snipe Watson wrote:
Dave wrote:NHL as first receiver for a young 10?

No thanks.
NHL is a recent development. He was a much better ball player when he was playing 12 regularly.
He was a disaster at 12.
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Bring Humph On!! wrote:This may have been mentioned elsewhere but after today I think we can say with confidence that Jared won’t be back in a playing capacity. Those leaving/retiring went through a players tunnel after the lap of “honour” - Jared joined them. Let’s hope he is retained in his current coaching capacity.
Jarad is gone they just haven't told us yet..
Gone as in gone, off ski, no more, not at Ravenspan again, ever ... or just as a player but maybe to return as a coach?
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Dave wrote:On the rare occaision in which there is a clean bill of the health in the pack, it does look deece. I'd be worried if McCall is our first choice LH next season.
Denis Coulson released by Connacht after making 15 appearances this season, looked good from what I saw of him. More useful than our current LHPs.
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Bring Humph On!! wrote:
Snipe Watson wrote:
UlsterNo9 wrote:1.McCall 2.Best 3.Moore 4.Henderson 5.O'Connor 6.Deysel 7.Coetzee 8.Murphy 9.Cooney 10.McPhillips 11.Stockdale 12.McCloskey 13.Marshall 14.Gilroy 15.Addison

16.Herring 17.Warwick 18.Herbst 19.Treadwell 20.Timoney 21.Stewart 22.Curtis 23.Ludik

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O'Hagan, Van Der Merwe, Ah You, Kane, O'Toole, Andrew, McBurney
Browne, Dalton, Jones, Montgomery, Rea, Ross, Henry, Reidy,

Shanahan, Cairns, Lowry
Cave, Lyttle, Busby, Nelson, Owens

That pack is verging on decent. Thread bare in the half back department / backs.

Much will hinge on how good Lowry is and how quick he can get up to speed. Could be a season or two early for him. Stewart can hopefully have a season whereby he can establish himself as a credible scrum half.
Marshall should be playing 12 with Cave at 13.
We need to find a second 9 from somewhere.
Ive noticed a few having a pop at McCloskey. I know you are not having a pop at him, only suggesting No Hands Luke instead. Are you not a fan of Sonny Bill McCloskey Snipe?
I don't think he's a great 12. Too much of a one trick pony. I like a 12 with more guile than he seems possess. Crash it up the middle and look for the offload has been rumbled and reduced to crash it up the middle.
He isn’t a Paddy Wallace type of 12, different players entirely. Although I have to say I think Stu is a superb player for us. I would love to know, if I can use fitba parlance, how many assists he has this season? I think he is used more as a battering ram this last couple of seasons due to our lack of ball carriers elsewhere.

I must say NHL would not be my starting 12 or 13.
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First choice backline September 2018
Cooney, Carberry (if signed), Gilroy, mcloskey, Marshall, Stockdale, Addison

September 2019
Cooney, Lowry, Stockdale,Curtis/Hume, Farrell/Hume, Gilroy/Lyttle, Carberry/ Addison


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kingofthehill wrote:First choice backline September 2018
Cooney, Carberry (if signed), Gilroy, mcloskey, Marshall, Stockdale, Addison

September 2019
Cooney, Lowry, Stockdale,Curtis/Hume, Farrell/Hume, Gilroy/Lyttle, Carberry/ Addison


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Does anybody really reckon Farrell will come back from Munster?
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A better player too.
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No Hands Luke was more No Look Luke today.
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Where are we with our NIQ’s? Deysel, Van der Merwe, Coetzee - anyone else I’ve forgotten?

It seems late in the day to be signing quality, but which position would be best targeted for a NIQ?

Where are we lacking depth? 9, 10, wing, 1, ... where else?
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We will unlikely to be able to sign an NIQ LH with the Hond on the books. If we can shift him then I would go for that. A 10 appears to have been blocked. Personally I'd love a big f*** off second row. A bit of an enforcer and lineout general. Where would you find one though?

A utility back is needed also. It will be slim pickings out there.
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Dave wrote:We will unlikely to be able to sign an NIQ LH with the Hond on the books. If we can shift him then I would go for that. A 10 appears to have been blocked. Personally I'd love a big f*** off second row. A bit of an enforcer and lineout general. Where would you find one though?

A utility back is needed also. It will be slim pickings out there.
Slim pickings is one of the big issues. Doing our business at this table of the season leaves you with the scraps. Our NIQ’s have to be better - both on the pitch but also off it. We need men who are leaders. If they have experience of being winners then even better.
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Bring Humph On!! wrote:
Dave wrote:We will unlikely to be able to sign an NIQ LH with the Hond on the books. If we can shift him then I would go for that. A 10 appears to have been blocked. Personally I'd love a big f*** off second row. A bit of an enforcer and lineout general. Where would you find one though?

A utility back is needed also. It will be slim pickings out there.
Slim pickings is one of the big issues. Doing our business at this table of the season leaves you with the scraps. Our NIQ’s have to be better - both on the pitch but also off it. We need men who are leaders. If they have experience of being winners then even better.
Getting them on the pitch. The money per minutes playing ratio is woeful.
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2nd row = Ferreira is available I think?
Loosehead we missed opportunities with Dooley, O'Connel, Coulson. Paddy Ryan is out of contract with Waratahs I believe end of season?
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I seriously doubt that we will see any more signings
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