Thankyou for your opinion. If you’re not keen on reading a post relating to any of the teams in the comp, may I respectfully suggest you don’t read this forum in the future.Any chance you can create a separate Terrace forum called piss and wind ? It’s very boring and irrelevant
Forwards except for ConwayWhat positions are they?
Fair enough. More mentioning him for his trial form and my point on the inside back or midfield stocks being a little thin for Nudgee.Bradley will play 16A’s this year.
I don’t think they are that thin TBH. They have a few options but word is it will either be Welfare and Laine-Setu or Laine-Setu and Conway. Conway wants to play 15 but unless they move Johnson to the wing I can‘t see that happening.Fair enough. More mentioning him for his trial form and my point on the inside back or midfield stocks being a little thin for Nudgee.
Carter Welfare started on the weekend and then Bond Bradley came onAnyone know the 12 for Nudgee?
BBC v NC huge game that I'm looking forward to.Who's playing who this weekend and what are the tips. Getting to the business end now.
Hey RazorRamon,The final group of teams are teams I would deem are either in their rebuilding phases or are not in contention for this year’s title.
I also just want to say respectively and for the record, I hope these teams prove me wrong, I’m just basing my views on what I’ve seen and heard.
First team is Churchie.
Losing someone like Ryan Schultz was always going to have an affect on the Churchie team. From what I’ve seen from the incoming coach so far, his rugby ethos and approach appears to be the polar opposite of the prior coach who occupied the helm.
It’s great to see the Churchie boys throwing the pill around and playing eyes up footy but IMO it will take time to re-program from the team’s previous DNA under the structured, set piece orientated Schultz style.
Players to look out for, in the forwards if the trial against BBC was anything to go by is hooker Harry Solofa, whose solid all around game and ability to play close and out in the wider channels will make him vitally important to the Vikings if they have any hope of a strong season. The high work rate and brutality of Sam Williams will also be important.
In the backs, almost everything will centre around talented fullback Trayvon Pritchard, whose speed and agility make him one of the most dangerous outside backs in the competition.
The issue for Churchie is their depth particularly coming up through the lower teams if their top line guys get injured, particularly in the front row and in the centres.
The moving on of guys like Willie-Jawai, Archie Smith and Fifita have depleted the once rich Churchie front row stocks, and the departure of centre Frankie Goldsbrough has left a massive hole for Churchie to replace.
Centre Max Blanch will be relied upon heavily to band the next batch of backs at Churchie coming through. Meanwhile, from all reports, it looks like young prop Sio Kite will shoulder the responsibility of trying to anchor the pack from up front.
Will be interesting to see how the Churchie boys fare this year, it certainly won’t be boring. For mine though, they are at least 12 months off from being a genuine title threat.
Thanks for the message, some great insightsHey RazorRamon,
An interesting summation on Churchie and I’d have to agree with most of it except for a couple of minor points.
Firstly, Churchie’s new Head Coach (Brownhill) has moved from Sydney to take this opportunity and has been involved with the Waratahs Academy and U18’s Program the last 2 to 3 years so he is well credentialed. This will be a great challenge of his coaching prowess and skills as he’s had some great players to work with in the Waratahs Academy program, so I agree, this year is possibly a rebuilding year for Churchie but I believe they are capable of finishing in the top 4 if they can keep there No.1 starters injury free which will be the challenge, as mentioned in a previous post. However if they have injuries to key players, the back up cattle is thin this year judging on how the 2nds have been going.
I also agree that coaches Schultz and Brownhill have contrasting styles with Brownhill giving the players a lot more ‘freedom’ to express themselves with lots of unstructured and off the cuff, play what’s in front of them type game with a lot less tactical kicking.
I’m tipping Churchie to cause a couple of upsets of the more ‘fancied’ teams this year with a tough draw of 8 consecutive games as follows ….. round 1 (BGS - home), round 2 (GT - away), round 3 (NC - home), round 4 (TGS - away), round 5 (BBC - home), round 6 (BSHS -away), round 7 (IGS - home) and round 8 (TSS - away) with a bye in the last round.
BGS are an unknown quantity and could be a danger game first up but if Churchie can get some good momentum, win most, if not all of there home games and jag some good away scalps, you never know and I believe the competition will be closer than a lot of people think.