Not too surprising really. Their A team against our B team.
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My god Koroisau is painful to watch. I know itâs only a trial but he looks totally switched off.
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I canât wait to see Kenny on the field.
Api was woeful.
Hopefully Ivan has the guts to make the right call round one
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Trials are trials, thereâs no excuses next week,.
No game either Puss 
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Good, if the Covid rumours are accurate, we can use a break!
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Seems like Api was trying to catch his breathe the entire time he was on. He will come good with a bit of match fitness.
The right side didnât get many opportunities and looked as though the were missing something but did look better when Smith was given a run.
any news on the severity of MG juniors injury ?
Some observations :-
I thought that Staines showed far more energy than last year. Otherwise, I canât think of anyone else, Leota excepted, whose performance said âpick meâ.
From the lack of understanding of the games of their teammates, I wonder if those blokes had met before. Actually, I was surprised that they werenât wearing nametags!
Iâm familiar with the term ârustyâ when applied to the start of a new season, but Iâve never seen it so clearly demonstrated as on Saturday night.
Their seemed to be a massive difference in the kicking games of Moses and our punters. He was getting an extra 20m or so every long kick.
Maybe Manly will now be overconfident for round 1.
Does Tago present a defensive liability?
Staines aside, we have a speed deficit in the backs.
Some are saying that Staines played poorly, did he? I couldnât watch the match, so I honestly do not know.
Dislocated elbow. Expected recovery is about 3-6 weeks. More detailed news will come out after scans are done.
In my book he played fine, as others have said, he was hitting the ball up with gusto, yes occasionally got rolled into his back, and was caught out once or twice in defense. All in all though probably our best back.
Toâo in comparison looked very rusty, and Critta looked like he would rather be somewhere else. Tago suffered from being outside of Kikau, who wasnât switched on form more than a couple on minutes in the game.
Something tells me Tago would go best outside of Martin rather than Kikau, and we know Ivan doesnât mind swapping his centres and second towers around to find the best combinations.
If that had been a premiership game, Leota would have taken Panther Pride MOTM. He was head and shoulder our best, and played high minutes (60-80) to boot.
As has previously been said, Hopegood played a good game, and shows he should be a good bench player.
Ivan seems to be testing Salmon as a utility, but to be honest he hasnât impressed either week in either the halves, hooker or second row. He can fill in I guess, but doesnât seem of first grade quality in any role.
Chris Smith was probably next best, had some power and aggression in his runs.
Eisenhuth looked better than last week, but still looks well off the pace.
For me it was a tossup between Leota and Sorensen.
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Sorensen has been a solid player since he joined the club.
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