I'm also straying out of my lane due to lockdown. Any Riverview fans here? How's their forward pack been going this year? I think tomorrows game v Knox could be a beauty. Pity Bowen is out...him v Morrison would've been a great match up. I'll be interested to see how O'Donnell goes against the Knox 12..he's also big, fast and aggressive. The Knox scrum has been going very well so far..how's the View scrum been looking? Looking forward to a great game.
axel, it's BP
I have not watched much of Riverview but I will attempt to give my opinion based on one trial game and what I saw on Cluch last season.
The pack this year looks a little undersized compared to previous seasons, and struggled in the scrum against Augustines. It was a very close game at half time but the 10/12 combination of Bowen and Odonnell came out after a dubious yellow card for the 12 and completely outclassed the opposition. I think Odonnell might've had a hat trick and Bowen had plenty of good involvements.
From last year I am not seeing too many returning players apart from the 10 and 12, and the pack did look a little small but in watching the Joeys vs Barker highlights I would tend to say the same about the forward pack in pink. They did look skillful and looked to move the ball when there was space so that might be the trade off for size.
I can't comment on how competitive they will be because they are yet to play a seriously quality side but thats what I know.
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