Auckland Nines 2016

[Gumby]

18 man squads hmm.. not to sure who i'd take out of our Nrl Squad. do we take the likes of Gallen, A Fifi, Maloney etc?? or do we leave them behind due to risk of injury?

i for one dont give a **** who wins this tournament so i would be taking a similar squad as to last year. a couple of first graders such as Barba, Luetele, Prior, D Fifi, and a few nsw cup players like Cleeland, Capewell etc and guys who performed well in the 20's. wouldn't risk taken any of our main players.

 

[snowman]

Maloney no, Gallen will be fighting or all stars or some ****

barba
holmes
bird
beale
feki
cleeland
brown
taga
prior
bukuya
heino
graham
capewell
drew
townsend
fifs
fifs
brailey

something like that

 

[snowman]

drops one of the feefs for leutele maybe

forgot about that guy

 

[Gumby]

i want Barba in there to try and find some confidence. i know its only the 9's but its amazing where you can gain/find confidence from.

 

[Gumby]

i personally find confidence when i'm drinking at the pub but thats just me :drunk

this bloke has talent, there's no doubt about it. i just want him to regain the confidence he had a few years ago and turn into some good performances week in week out for the sharks

 

[Western Sharkie]

which would be 10.30 WST (2hours behind i think you guys are)

3 hrs when daylight savings is in play!

 

[Western Sharkie]

My guess is NZ time (but not sure).

 

[endevour shark]

i want Barba in there to try and find some confidence. i know its only the 9's but its amazing where you can gain/find confidence from.

Yesh.... Make or break year for Benny agree it could be good for his confidence with a lot more room to move in . He deserves a decent crack at showing what he can do

 

[CrazyMatt]

Canberra will cause us problems in that group, but I think we can beat the other two.

 

[JimBob]

Has anyone on this forum gone to the Nine's tournament?

If so how much did the trip cost you?

 

[Sutty]

May as well take Paulo along

 

[snowman]

May as well take Paulo along

and leave him there?

good call though, for got about him, he can go instead of lewis

 

[grozzy]

What about Jack Rogers? He might be well suited for the nines, where size and experience aren't really required.

 

[CrazyMatt]

The only guys I definitely wouldn't take are Gal, Lewis, Heighington, Ennis and Maloney. Send a strong squad captained by Graham, headlined by Barba, Holmes and Bird and let's actually win something. We came close last year and I reckon we're a big shout of taking it out this year. I can't wait to see Nu Brown back out there in his element.

 

[Proud Shark]

What about Jack Rogers? He might be well suited for the nines, where size and experience aren't really required.

IMO he's still too raw, would only be worth it if we can pull Matt out for a run along side him. Would be a great sight.

 

[Mr Wright]

Just give the ball to Val.

Success.

 

[gando2230]

I would be taking Maloney. You still need your best ball player on the field directing the team around.

 

[Western Sharkie]

I would be taking Maloney. You still need your best ball player on the field directing the team around.

I'd like to see our squad of 18:

Valentine Holmes,
Sosaia Feki,
Gerard Beale,
Ricky Leutele,
Jack Bird,
Nu Brown,
Josh Cleeland,
Sam Tagataese,
Jayden Brailey,
Kurt Capewell,
Matt Prior,
Jesse Sene-Lefao,
Jason Bukuya,
Benny Barba,
Jacob Gagan,
Wade Graham (c),
David Fifita,
Jordan Drew

Nu (Dummy half) Cleeland in the halves and Bird in the Centres to see how they go.

 

[slide rule]

Last year was fun. I'd love to see us win the thing. It'd be worth it for the memes.

 

[HaroldBishop]

Don't really know how this works. Can you take players from outisde your 25 man list? If so, who? Can it be anyone?