Official Sione Katoa

[The Punisher]

Bugger, this is bad news for us and him. How long do you reckon? 3 months? Longer?

12 weeks.

 

[Art Vandelay]

far out man

 

[Gumby]

Was not impressed with SS one bit in the trials.

 

[Art Vandelay]

catch it farken


if hiroti gets the call up that'll be

intriguing ......

 

[Western Sharkie]

12 weeks.

Thx for the info.

 

[Tiger Shark]

Was not impressed with SS one bit in the trials.

Same but getting a good stretch of games in first grade is what his development needs

 

[The Punisher]

Was not impressed with SS one bit in the trials.

Zero work rate coming out of his own end, but had that nice link up play with Hynes a few times.
He looks shaky under the high ball as well which isnt great.

Who else can cover wing?

 

[Western Sharkie]

Zero work rate coming out of his own end, but had that nice link up play with Hynes a few times.
He looks shaky under the high ball as well which isnt great.

Who else can cover wing?

Hiroti

 

[Gumby]

Zero work rate coming out of his own end, but had that nice link up play with Hynes a few times.
He looks shaky under the high ball as well which isnt great.

Who else can cover wing?

Hiroti would be next in line. After that we got Vea'ila, Atkinson & Gabriel (maybe).

 

[HaroldBishop]

Same but getting a good stretch of games in first grade is what his development needs

Agree, needs to given a shot.

 

[HaroldBishop]

Hiroti would be next in line. After that we got Vea'ila, Atkinson & Gabriel (maybe).

Do you mean next in line after SS?

 

[SF]

I think after SS and Hiroti, it would probably be Eli Clark and Kristian Dixon (I don't think Dixon would be ready for an 80 minute NRL game though).

I have no worries about Stonestreet doing the job though.

 

[Gumby]

Do you mean next in line after SS?

Correct.

 

[Ryan McGoldrick #1 Fan]

Hiroti would be next in line.

Bloke is slower than Luke Covell!

 

[The Punisher]

I dont mind Hiroti coming in covering a game or so, but don't want him there for an extended time.
Would rather see us play someone like Vea'lia or Gabriel if the Stonestreet experiment fails.
That said, im confident SS can get the job done and bag a fair few meat pies in the process

 

[Gumby]

I dont mind Hiroti coming in covering a game or so, but don't want him there for an extended time.
Would rather see us play someone like Vea'lia or Gabriel if the Stonestreet experiment fails.
That said, im confident SS can get the job done and bag a fair few meat pies in the process

Hope so. He has a lot to work on. Seems to have zero upper body strength, just gets dominated every single tackle. He is definitely a talent though and i'm sure we will see glimpses of what he can do over the next few months.

 

[The Punisher]

Question - how would people feel about Ison on the wing?
Lots of fbs earn their stripes on the wing, and it could give him valuable first grade experience

 

[HaroldBishop]

Question - how would people feel about Ison on the wing?
Lots of fbs earn their stripes on the wing, and it could give him valuable first grade experience

No for me, way too small.

 

[Western Sharkie]

No for me, way too small.

Agree
seems to be to short for the wing.
would get targeted with attacking bombs and kicks all game every game.

at least at full back, height isn’t always as big a problem when taking a kick or bomb
not as much as a winger

 

[Gumby]

Just putting it out there. Ison is the same height as Katoa.