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Flanno's comments on Brailey and the hooker spot from the WCC post match press conference.
On Brailey ...
"I though he was outstanding. To come in to an environment like this: the full house, World Club Challenge, to make your debut in the middle of the field, that's a fair ask. I thought he did a really good job. He hasn't played NRL before. He's come out of the 20's system. I thought it was a really good debut for him. He's going to be a good player. To play against some of those test players in this environment was a great experience for him. That's one of the reasons I threw him there today - because I wanted him to have that experience. Gal said to him him after the game that this is as physical and as fast as an NRL game and he handled it pretty well".
On the vacant hooker spot ...
"It's a massive hole to fill. We were so reliant on Michael Ennis last year. He did a lot of stuff off the ball for us - all of his experience. Jayden will be in there but we don't expect him to do it from start to finish. He's only a twenty year old hooker; he needs some support around him. Nu Brown did a pretty good job when he was on there, and we've got Daniel Mortimer there as well who could do a role. We'll just let that role develop".
When asked if the club is still "trying to get Segyaro"...
"I'm not quite sure what's going to happen there. If he becomes available we'll think about it, but at this stage I'm not quite sure where that's at."
Note that I removed a few of Flanno's 'so's and 'you know's from the actual quote to make it read better.
On Brailey ...
"I though he was outstanding. To come in to an environment like this: the full house, World Club Challenge, to make your debut in the middle of the field, that's a fair ask. I thought he did a really good job. He hasn't played NRL before. He's come out of the 20's system. I thought it was a really good debut for him. He's going to be a good player. To play against some of those test players in this environment was a great experience for him. That's one of the reasons I threw him there today - because I wanted him to have that experience. Gal said to him him after the game that this is as physical and as fast as an NRL game and he handled it pretty well".
On the vacant hooker spot ...
"It's a massive hole to fill. We were so reliant on Michael Ennis last year. He did a lot of stuff off the ball for us - all of his experience. Jayden will be in there but we don't expect him to do it from start to finish. He's only a twenty year old hooker; he needs some support around him. Nu Brown did a pretty good job when he was on there, and we've got Daniel Mortimer there as well who could do a role. We'll just let that role develop".
When asked if the club is still "trying to get Segyaro"...
"I'm not quite sure what's going to happen there. If he becomes available we'll think about it, but at this stage I'm not quite sure where that's at."
Note that I removed a few of Flanno's 'so's and 'you know's from the actual quote to make it read better.
