Round 20, 2010: Raiders 20 - Sharks 13 At Canberra Stadium

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the boys did better than i thought and congrats to shane flanagan we didnt get a win but its the best performance we have had for the past 3weeks
 
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why the hell do they persist with tautai? he gave away 3 penalties in his first 10 minutes, i must admit he defended ok after that but we lost a lot of momentum and metres because of his errors, surely there are better options than him
 
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I'm still a Tautai fan, and want to see how he goes under Flanagan. He's an athlete, not a footballer yet, but we do need some of those too.
 
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Cov was absolutely crap - Tautai to Wing, Vave to bench, B Wright used in 2nd row (not as a prop).

SFP playing left right out!
 
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Thought Corboda was fairly good tonight. As was Tupou. Looks like Flanno told the boys to get it to Toops more.
 
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Cordoba gave away three penalties at crucial stages in the second half before being hooked!! Tupou played well in the first half but fell off his game in the second. Pomeroy wants to score trys but does ****all when it is time to tackle to save a few!!!! He and Covell are like Terence and Phillip - full of hot air!!

Having said that, I thought the first half was great and to those in the media who wrote this game off as a non event - I hope you eat your words in the press tomorrow (thought we know you won't!!) I thought it was not bad entertainment in the end!

Great to see the boys far more confident and talkative and taking some more risks - especially in the first half.
 
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Anyone notice my boy Sam Mataora in 14 for the Raiders..? played as an impact prop and racked up 60m from 6 hitups. He'll be better suited to the 2nd row when he gets used to the pace of first grade though, much like Adam Blair, but bigger.
 
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we did our best. you cant extract diamonds from drift wood.
pessimistic , you bet ! It comes with the territory.
Can we turn it around next year as a viable and seemingly successful club? GOD only knows.
I just pray ""i"" and every long suffering Cronulla Sutherland shark supporter
live to see it. IPSI:
 
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Blix said:
Cov was absolutely crap - Tautai to Wing, Vave to bench, B Wright used in 2nd row (not as a prop).

SFP playing left right out!
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I do like the Tautai to wing idea for this season... remember he was the "next Israel Folau" at Parra.

Eels unveil 'new Folau'
By Steve Mascord
March 12, 2008 12:00AM

PARRAMATTA has unveiled the latest star off Campbelltown's amazing football production line - and they say he could be as good as Minto's favourite son, Israel Folau.

Twenty-year-old Taulima Tautai, Australian born but of Samoan heritage, will make his debut in the centres for the Eels against the Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night. "Have you seen the build on him?'' Eels assistant coach David Fairleigh said of the 98kg giant.

Strikingly similar to Folau in looks and build, Tautai is from the same western Sydney football factory as the Storm sensation, Eels clubmate Krisnan Inu, fellow round one debutant Brendan Oake and Junior Kangaroos captain Chris Lawrence.

He has come in to the Eels backline for another fellow south-western Sydney product, Jarryd Hayne, who was suspended after last week's Kings Cross shooting.

Parramatta under-20s and Junior Roos coach Matt Cameron said of the boom Eels star: "He's a massive human, mate.''

Officials traditionally play down the abilities of a first-timer, but Fairleigh and Cameron last night had no problems with comparing him to Folau.

Cameron said "to be honest, I don't think he's that far away'' from Inu, Hayne and Folau. "It might take him a bit longer to get to that stage but he's certainly got all the bits and pieces he needs and the right environment to flourish.

"He's of a similar ilk. For a 20-year-old, he's incredibly strong. He's taking every opportunity and squeezing the life out of it.''

Former Kangaroo Fairleigh enthused: "Look how far Inu has come in a year. He hasn't had a full season of first grade yet.''

"Could 'TT' be as good? There's no reason why he couldn't. He's got everything. He's not as natural as Inu. Not many are. But he certainly makes up for it as a physical player. He's extremely skilful. I'm really looking forward to seeing him play.''

The humble Tautai, born in Liverpool to Samoan immigrants Sale and Tammy, told The Daily Telegraph how he made a career decision to switch from the Western Suburbs Junior League to Edensor Park at Parramatta - at the age of 11.

"I thought it was a good comp,'' he shrugged. "It's going to be pretty intense (on Saturday). I had a few words with the more experienced guys and they said to just enjoy it, take it in, it will be good fun.

"It will be good to play up against the best and see where I'm at. It will be a dream.''

Tautai, who is likely to come into calculations for Samoa in this year's World Cup, was told of his elevation last Thursday. "It was supposed to be hush-hush,'' he said with a shy smile. "... just family. My mum, I think she told the whole world.''
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Forget this Tautai on the wing rubbish. Tautai no where near the team ffs.
 
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We saw some blokes playing for contracts I thought last night... I thought Milo and Cordoba in particular put in. Porter and Cov tried hard also.
 
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ABshark said:
We saw some blokes playing for contracts I thought last night... I thought Milo and Cordoba in particular put in. Porter and Cov tried hard also.
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Cordoba hit the line bloody hard. I was pretty impressed with him.
 
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very happy with that game would love to see them give pomeroy early ball he would be such a good ball runner. if only we had brad tighe on cov's wing in that game we would of had 2 linebreaks and could of scored.
 
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