Official Siosifa Talakai

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Sparkles said:
He would beat up the ****ing truck mate. He probably beat up the ****ing garbage trucks for a laugh back in the day. He's a certified truck ****er, okay?!

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edit: of all the posts for the swear filtering not to kick in :D :D
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I think it only picks up **** not -er or -ing or -nugget
 
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Here is the rest of that piece @Milkshark

SHARKS

Ladder: 2nd

Grade: A

Season so far: The Sharks started slowly with narrow losses to the Rabbitohs and Raiders in the first three weeks without Nicho Hynes in the team. They beat the Eels in Round 2 and thrashed the Dragons in Hynes’ return in Round 4. They were up 20-0 against the Warriors before losing in a two-point thriller, which was a turning point in their season. Since then the Sharks have won three straight including a big win over the Roosters to cement second place on the ladder, which is where they finished last year.

Biggest issue: Defence and over-relying on Hynes. The Sharks’ defence cost them in last year’s finals series and they started 2023 slowly in that department. However, there were signs against the Roosters and Cowboys that they may have turned a corner with their defence. In attack the team is heavily reliant on the unique skill-set of Hynes, which leaves them a little lost when he is out of the team due to injury or Origin duties or if he has a rare off night. The onus is on the Sharks to get their defence right so Hynes doesn’t have to do everything in attack and his other spine players need to help share the load with ball in hand.

Standout player: Nicho Hynes. The reigning Dally M medallist is arguably playing better than last year and is on track to win back-to-back player of the year gongs. Hynes is a new hybrid halfback playing with the skills of Nathan Cleary and the speed and athleticism of a fullback, which makes him a nightmare for opposition defences. The fact that he missed the first three games of the season due to injury and is still just three points off the lead in the Dally M race says it all and Hynes is a certainty to debut for the Blues this year, be it in the halves or on the bench.

Who needs to lift: Siosifa Talakai is by no means playing badly, but he hasn’t reached the heights of last season so far in 2023. Talakai was a wrecking-ball in 2022 on his way to a maiden Blues jersey, but he has been a marked man this year for obvious reasons. For the Sharks to contend at the pointy end of the season they need an X-factor player like Talakai to take the pressure off Hynes and put the pressure back on the opposition on both sides of the ball.
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