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Heard Iro will get an early crack @ centre this year - maybe as early as rnd2
Club dont want to thrust him into it in Rnd1 vs Warriors away
Then sit him out rounds 4-8? It'd be an innovative approach
 

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Yeah I'm not buying that. If he's good enough you play him round 1, not wait till round 2.
Yeah that’d be kind of odd aye

So you want him to play… but don’t trust him to start a tough away game.

Talakai will instead train mostly at centre in offseason rather than the position you want him to play so you can baby in Iro.

It might be Talakais jersey to lose with Iro primed to take over if that edge doesn’t start strong but to pre plan a round 2 takeover is… unusual
 

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Yeah that’d be kind of odd aye

So you want him to play… but don’t trust him to start a tough away game.

Talakai will instead train mostly at centre in offseason rather than the position you want him to play so you can baby in Iro.

It might be Talakais jersey to lose with Iro primed to take over if that edge doesn’t start strong but to pre plan a round 2 takeover is… unusual
And un-Fitz
 

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Tickets on sale now to members... though all PointsBet Stadium games seem to be GA tickets available only. Not sure if that means all the seats are sold? (seems a bit unlikely).
 

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Look, i agree re. Iro
Cant understand why the club would 'wait' for him to get the shirt
But only reporting what I was told from someone who 'claims' to be in the know
 
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Munro out for two months for Souths. They could be missing 4/7 of their starting backline for rd 1.
 
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Having a look at our draw again, we've got a fantastic start to the season that leads into a tough set of games. It couldn't be set up better.

1-5
Warriors (A), Dogs, Tigers, Raiders (H), Bye.

No reason not to be on 8 points after 5 rounds there. Expecting an improvement from the Tigers, and a tough game against the Warriors to start.

6-9
Souths, Cows (H), Raiders (A), Dragons

Should be able to cash in at least 3/4 here too. That start gives us plenty of time to work on combinations, with some easier and more moderate games to be dialed in for the next set.

10-14
Storm (A), Roosters (Magic), Penrith, Eels, Broncos (A)

I think this set almost makes or breaks our season. All tough games and potentially 4 top 4 challengers in there. 3 interstate games too. We show up here and claim even 2-3 big scalps and we could easily be sitting top 4 halfway in. You go 1/5 or worse through this set and the noise about beating top sides will be deafening, I'd be looking at potentially blooding some new players to give them a few months.

After that, we have a mix of games against bottom sides and those you'd expect to finish 5-12th. We could either be gunning for a top 4 spot or looking to reimagine the side.
 

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Draw over origin isn't too bad either.

2 byes, play Broncos backing up and 4 teams who were outside the 8 last season.
 
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To me I feel as though I’m waiting to week one finals to see how we go. I know lots and lots of water under the bridge till then. But after few years going out in straight sets I’m impatient
 

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I know I took the side of bad look for the first video but even I don't give a **** about that one.
That all purely just looks like play. NRL would prefer it didn't happen but it doesn't look like any 'altercation' is occuring.

Wonder if the other video followed on from that, with Arey and Patty taking it a bit too far?
 
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