Capital_Shark
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I love the big ****. Wouldn't swap him for ANYONE.
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HaroldBishop
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Would bang
Wiz
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Yeha i noticed that too... Im enjoying Fifita as captain it's refreshing, more so then even Graham who is very quiet for a leader.. some are born for it some arent - Gal deserves his final year as captain but needs to let the younger boys lead now.
Capital_Shark
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Would you still kick him outta bed if Lolo rang?
Gards
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leave me some leg bone and crackling
HaroldBishop
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Jaws
It's actually pretty smart from Fifita.
It puts the NSWRL under pressure to pick him or in an awkward position if they don't.
It's pretty hard to not pick the best NSW prop available. And now that he has announced that he would donate his match payments to charity it would make the NSWRL look uncharitable if they left their best prop out.
It would be a different story If he wasn't currently the best NSW prop. They could just say so and so are playing better and get away with it, but Fifita is leading the Dally M's.
Well done Fif's. Smart move to get your origin jersey (which you fully deserve BTW).
It will be interesting to see how this now plays out.
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HaroldBishop
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It shouldn't change anything. He's not committed to the series, he shouldn't be picked
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I agree. I'd love to see him out there, but I don't think he'll be picked, nor should he.
Western Sharkie
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Happy to agree to disagree HB.
I think he is torn between representing Tonga and Origin.
He wants to honour his heritage (and make his family proud) and also represent NSW.
Tonga is not considered a top tier nation which gives him the opportunity to represent and honour his heritage (as many players before him have been allowed to do). It's not his fault they are Scheduled to clash.
The NRL MAY have even done it deliberately to create these issues and draw more attention to both series. Who knows?
BlackWhiteBlue
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Agree. I wish the series was a pick a 25 man squad like the 4 nations etc then pick your 17 each game from it
slide rule
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This is an NRL issue, not a Fifita issue. Fifi didn't write the rules.
Freddy can pick whatever team he likes based on the qualification criteria. He should do what he thinks will help him win. Team continuity is just part of an equation.
Freddy can pick whatever team he likes based on the qualification criteria. He should do what he thinks will help him win. Team continuity is just part of an equation.
slide rule
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I'd rather they didn't. Mostly based on the fact that there is a lot of football going on at that time and injuries are going to happen. It wouldn't be so bad if it was a stand-alone tournament but it's a bit difficult with week-to-week club football being played in between.
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It was reported today by David Riccio that "Fifita will be rested for the game v Newcastle". Whether that report is true or not remains to be seen.
Sir Chadley
Jaws
If it’s Riccio, you can bank on it being true.
Gards
Jaws
If I'm Newcastle, I use that as motivation
I don't think it's being overconfident or disrespectful though, Flanno would prob think Fifita genuinely needs the rest and is still recovering from injury and has Gal, Lewy ect back on boards
there are no easy games but Flanno is prob looking at the whole season
I don't think it's being overconfident or disrespectful though, Flanno would prob think Fifita genuinely needs the rest and is still recovering from injury and has Gal, Lewy ect back on boards
there are no easy games but Flanno is prob looking at the whole season
CrazyMatt
Jaws
Yeah I agree with this.
I genuinely hope that this is the case and it isn’t a case of Flanno taking Newcastle lightly. Like you said here’s no such thing as an easy game in this League and if Flanno does take the Knights lightly, it’ll bite him in the arse.
I don’t think Shane’s that stupid though.
vicsharkfan
Jaws
Cut the bloke some slack 6 weeks ago we thought hed done a acl and our season over the guy has carried the team on his back and is leading the dally m, even if the unthinkable happens and we lose no way am I pinning it on fifs or flanno... the bloke was in a moon boot all of last week and still played hadn’t hardly trained in 4 weeks, we are playing the long game which as a coach and player is what is important, it’s us fans that want immediate and instant results.. chillax peeps.
BlackWhiteBlue
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I think its more a case of having wade, lewis and gal all back and giving fifita the rest he needs. Hes played huge minutes in this last month carrying the team while our other star forwards were out. A week off is probably going to be good for him.