Nice to have these options for game 3. Will be interesting to see how Latrell goes form wise over the next few weeks
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Aren't 18th men allowed to play for their club the round before Origin?
Dearden didn't play before SOO1 and he didn't even end up being 18th man, Arrow in 19 jersey did
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Don't think so. Everyone else is the squad can go back but 18th man misses out. Game 1 both players came from teams with byes though; it's possible they do that deliberately.
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... and he wasn't even 18th man. He was 19th I believe. Could be that they kept him with the team as cover for someone with an injury - or they spoke to the Cowboys and agreed that having him there on gameday was a good thing for his development (and possibly bank balance).
Yeah Rabbitohs wouldn't have minded Arrow staying as 19th man, they didn't have a game. He obviously then did end up the emergency.
I assume the decision to run Arrow as the emergency of Dearden was probably made sometime after he had already not played for Cowboys though.
Suaalii and Api both came out of blues squad to play that round and Hammer and Taulagi both played for Cowboys.
So evidence would suggest 1-18 (and maybe 19th man) won't play.
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They had all the ball and momentum. Cleary's kicking game was garbage in game 1.
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Because he was pressured all game when he was going to kick and it was easy because they knew he was the only one doing the kicking - game 2 they switched it up and QLD couldn’t manage
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I don't think it's that simple mate, much easier to kick when the opposition is on the back foot.
Having someone like Burton in the centres is a massive luxury, **** I hope we can pull off a miracle and sign him.
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This statement checks out. Having a good kicking game is indeed a solid tactic.
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Mate it helps a lot. Not being one dimensional and having 2 kickers.. that gameplan of pressuring the kicker away from a good kick is much harder to manage and keep up when there is two of them
It also helps take pressure off the kickers knowing they don’t have to organise the kick all the damn time
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Yeah that's fair, having all momentum is a factor as well though.
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Tell me about it. I coach a team with one primary kicker. If he gets tackled on the 5th we are rooted.
Not my choice btw. Plenty of other players are allowed to kick. They just either don’t want to, or don’t pay enough attention to the tackle count to be in the right position when they need to
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Sounds like the coach has lost the sheds mate.Tell me about it. I coach a team with one primary kicker. If he gets tackled on the 5th we are rooted.
Not my choice btw. Plenty of other players are allowed to kick. They just either don’t want to, or don’t pay enough attention to the tackle count to be in the right position when they need to
I’ve heard he has full support of the board
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Don't worry mate. Worst case if everything fails you can ways take the West Tigers gig until a real coaching jobs comes your way.Tell me about it. I coach a team with one primary kicker. If he gets tackled on the 5th we are rooted.
Not my choice btw. Plenty of other players are allowed to kick. They just either don’t want to, or don’t pay enough attention to the tackle count to be in the right position when they need to
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