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Great tackle on the try line with 12 to go.

I still see value in him on the bench. Fitzy is thinking ahead, like the old man planting a tree he might not live to see grow (hopefully he does 😀)

Can’t see Trindall being dropped for indigenous round, and I’m ok with that. Miller was cramping after 60 minutes, and I think second game will always be a bit harder after a high profile debut and lots of attention. Or Miller can help fill in for Talakai
 

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Great tackle on the try line with 12 to go.

I still see value in him on the bench. Fitzy is thinking ahead, like the old man planting a tree he might not live to see grow (hopefully he does 😀)

Can’t see Trindall being dropped for indigenous round, and I’m ok with that. Miller was cramping after 60 minutes, and I think second game will always be a bit harder after a high profile debut and lots of attention.
Hopefully Fitz doesn't give us the "Trindall will be hear a long after I'm gone" speech..!
 
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There's potential in this kid. Just need to have patience and develop him in his proper position.
 

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Went pretty well from what I saw. His run actually created space for the next play this week.
 

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Make him play a year without an NRL contract, and pick centres and wingers ahead of him?

The “love” they showed WK was giving him the appropriate time and situation to develop. That’s what they are doing with Trindall. Of the ways to develop a halfback, handing him the job mid-season with a bunch of go-forward missing is probably well down the list of successful strategies. Give him time.
I hear you.

I am a big fan of Trindalls skills and want him to get the best opportunity.

I'll defer to you if you think he is getting that.
 

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I hear you.

I am a big fan of Trindalls skills and want him to get the best opportunity.

I'll defer to you if you think he is getting that.
He’s two years younger than Kennedy too
So we’ll see how he goes next year with a decent amount of games and then after that he can have a preseason show down for a starting jersey.
That would be the comparable to Kennedy.

Trindall is still young.
Doesn’t mean he can’t play NRL yet but he’s certainly not being particularly hard done by for opportunity either.
 
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I’m not a fan of Trindal but impossible to judge based on our **** forwards.
But if your using Kennedy as a success marker then move him on now before we are stuck with average
 

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Based on defence alone I think Trindall is worth sticking with in the top 30. He has a running game and can kick...let him serve his apprenticeship for another year and see what he turns into.
 

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I’m not a fan of Trindal but impossible to judge based on our **** forwards.
But if your using Kennedy as a success marker then move him on now before we are stuck with average
Kennedy has been great for us. Safe as a house under the high ball and a large reason our attack in general has been good. Not every player will be Tedesco.
 

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I think he is mate.

He is defending well and imo has improved in effort areas. He has also been dominant when he has played cup. This is the first year for all of those things. Something is working - even though he isn’t ready to be handed the keys to the kingdom just yet.

He is still younger atm than Cronk was when he became a starter.
If we re-sign Moylan Trindall will get nothing but the keys to the bench
 

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It's interesting skim-watching the Jersey Flegg Grand Final again where Trindall was man-of-the-match.


Plenty of good players in there - Crichton, To'o, Laurie, Blore, Ferris, Lumelume, Wilton etc

Typical Trindall try at 1:27:30, 8 mins from the end of the game. He also terrorised Daine Laurie all game with his kicking, see example 2 mins from the end. But his game probably hasn't evolved significantly.
 

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Lumelume is a good player?
Haha true, though I think any one who's reached NRL can run rings around most other people out there!

Good point re the kicking time. That day was crazy windy too.

#17 was Tom Caughlan

 
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