Michael Speechley
+1 for Speechley
Good defender and top player.
Michael Speechley
+1 for Speechley
Meh, he's probably on **** all at the Panthers anyway. Who cares what the media says he wants. It's all theatrics.
Wilton edge back row?
Mostly left edge coming through, but he has moved around a bit as needed for the Jets and in rep teams. Has played right edge, a bit in the centres and also in the middle.
Cheers. What's his potential pathway? Is he as good as alluded to above? Appologies if this has been covered elsewhere.
It has but I don’t mind repeating it.. he’s considered one of the best prospects in the game right now. I think he’ll play NRL games this coming season when Wade is out for origin but not many. He’s still quite young so there is no need to rush him.
Obviously playing the same position as Wade is going to be a roadblock for him long term, so from a development PoV the team is going to have to find somewhere else for him to play. This could come down to whether the team wants the 13 to be an “extra prop” or a more mobile guy.
The other option long term is to move Wade to 13. I think that will happen eventually. A lot of the best teams this year had ball-playing guys in 13... and the NRL is a copycat league. I think it’s possible by the end of the 2021 season people will start considering the 13 a spine position. Watch Cam Smith play when someone else is playing hooker and you’ll see what I mean.
It has but I don’t mind repeating it.. he’s considered one of the best prospects in the game right now. I think he’ll play NRL games this coming season when Wade is out for origin but not many. He’s still quite young so there is no need to rush him.
Obviously playing the same position as Wade is going to be a roadblock for him long term, so from a development PoV the team is going to have to find somewhere else for him to play. This could come down to whether the team wants the 13 to be an “extra prop” or a more mobile guy.
The other option long term is to move Wade to 13. I think that will happen eventually. A lot of the best teams this year had ball-playing guys in 13... and the NRL is a copycat league. I think it’s possible by the end of the 2021 season people will start considering the 13 a spine position. Watch Cam Smith play when someone else is playing hooker and you’ll see what I mean.
I said that'd happen back when Greg Bird was our #13. Couldn't have been more wrong with the age of "lock is a 3rd prop" just around the corner.
That was near peak grind. Now we have reduced interchange and faster games so it is more likely again.
Do you reckon games are faster though? The amount of stoppages now is ridiculous.
I'd love to see some stats on minutes per game the ball is in play.
We are talking about two different things. The game is strategically faster and less grindy. More tackle busts, line breaks, less up and in defence, less wrestle, less tries from kicks, etc.
Stoppages is different. Also the changes to speed lead to fatigue which leads to things slowing down a little at the end of games. But the game has definitely changed to require more mobility.
Do you reckon games are faster though? The amount of stoppages now is ridiculous.
I'd love to see some stats on minutes per game the ball is in play.
"Penrith Panthers recruit Kurt Capewell has been sidelined indefinitely after re-aggravating a quadricep injury, while young gun Spencer Leniu will be out of action for up to six weeks."
https://www.sportingnews.com/au/lea...l-2020-rugby-league/lc18u93sgzl31bzs5hy7mp36d
Literally just wrote then i hope he kills it. Gutted for mr fix it