2022 NRL Round 10 (Magic Round) - Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Vs Canberra Raiders @ Suncorp Stadium, Sunday 15th of May 1.50pm

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Leave Hynes where he is IMO.

Keep the Ronnie and Talakai combo going. Play to our strengths.

Katoa/Tracey on one side will be fine. Just a matter of who we can play at fullback.

Wouldn’t say no to actually putting ikavalu there. Play him to his strength which is bringing the ball back and getting us onto the front foot from his play the ball speed.

Moylan/ Hynes can continue playing the link to our squad all over the park and ikuvalu can just maybe play first receiver sending it out to our halves.
 

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Will be interesting to see what happens with replacements for Will and Jessie.

Barring injuries me guess would be either:

1. Miller or Metcalf (If Miller is injured as some suggests)
3. CT
17. Hunt

Or

1. CT
3 Teig
12 Graham (prob not ready to start though)
17. Hunt

Need to leave rest of spine as is
You’d want Tracey nowhere near the spine, kid doesn’t pass very well and hasn’t shown he is that creative
 

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Don't even know why we're debating it, he's been training in the centres all off season and played there earlier in the season. No brainer.
 

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Nicho to fullback, Tracey to centre, Ronnie back to wing n Trindall at 7...gonna b a sell out so doubt we put unproven fullback in such a big occasion. Trindall likely to go better knowing he's playing 80min n not 8. Will b handy to hav a 2nd boot on what's probably gonna b a wet n boggy track...
 
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Trindall to 7 with Nicho to FB with Tracey to centre feels like it causes the least disruptions imo.

Especially if it’s only for 2 weeks. Be good for Trindall to get that game time.
 

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Trindall to 7 with Nicho to FB with Tracey to centre feels like it causes the least disruptions imo.

Especially if it’s only for 2 weeks. Be good for Trindall to get that game time.
It will be interesting to see. Personally I would have Mectaclfe at FB but I take your point re giving Trindall game time
 

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I’d have Nicho in 7, Metcalf in 1, and Trindall on the bench in case that doesn’t work.

Nicho is the centre of the team now and we should keep that stable (plus try and manage his workload for the longer term). Metcalf has the speed and potential to take us to another level and destroy the Raiders game plan.
 

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I’d have Nicho in 7, Metcalf in 1, and Trindall on the bench in case that doesn’t work.

Nicho is the centre of the team now and we should keep that stable (plus try and manage his workload for the longer term). Metcalf has the speed and potential to take us to another level and destroy the Raiders game plan.
I'm not sure if we need Trindall on the bench as a backup anymore. Last week showed us what we can do if our fullback goes down.

If a half goes down between Brailey, Tracey and Graham I think we can make do for the rest of the game.

More important to have the extra forward on the bench.
 
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I'd definitely have Metcalf in the 1 and I am so confident he'll do well that Will may struggle to get back into the side. :LOL:

Well probably not, but I'm excited to see how he would go. I know he has signed elsewhere but this is now and we need to play the best players possible no matter what their plans are for 2023.
 

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Anywhere from 150 - 200 mm of rain forecasted to fall between now and Sunday... could be an interesting playing surface by then.
 

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I'd definitely have Metcalf in the 1 and I am so confident he'll do well that Will may struggle to get back into the side. :LOL:

Well probably not, but I'm excited to see how he would go. I know he has signed elsewhere but this is now and we need to play the best players possible no matter what their plans are for 2023.
I think Metcalf will still have a few more dropped bombs in him compared to Kennedy, but I do have the same hopes, that once he's in the team he'll be impossible to leave out somewhere.
 

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Anywhere from 150 - 200 mm of rain forecasted to fall between now and Sunday... could be an interesting playing surface by then.
Hmm that sucks, typical we're playing last day! In saying that we need the rest after last game.
 
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