Am pumped up for tonight game, kinda feels like the season has started for me because I finally have the chance to sit down and watch us live again, and we have our squad back
I am fairly confident, but am weary of this Rabbits side, but do think that Monday should have sapped them a bit, but they will keep coming
Areas we should concentrate on
Putting Capewell under pressure. Hoist it up, and have Stewart running at him, he is a good young player, but does have an error or 2 in him, Stewy should get over the top of him at least once
Sandow, run at him, run at him again, then run at him again. Get blokes like Watmough, Perry, Hall, Cuthbertson lining him up and heading over the top, he misses plenty, and it should sap his energy
Do a job on Asotasi, he leads the pack and if he gets a roll on, the rest follow, stopping him is easier said than done though
We must be alert around the ruck, I rate Luke very, very highly and he is a constant threat, then they bring Wing on who is still sharp out of dummy half
Most importantly for me, defend as a line, if we attack Sutton and Sandow with a jagged line, they are well capable of finding any chink and putting a quick man away. Must especially be alert of Sandow's little kicks close to the line, but Stewart will be well onto that
For us
Forwards to roll the sleeves up and go forward, allowing the space for our backline to put on a few moves. I read Stewart has 11 tries in 7 games against them so we should be pretty potent there.
Manly 26 Souths 16
I am fairly confident, but am weary of this Rabbits side, but do think that Monday should have sapped them a bit, but they will keep coming
Areas we should concentrate on
Putting Capewell under pressure. Hoist it up, and have Stewart running at him, he is a good young player, but does have an error or 2 in him, Stewy should get over the top of him at least once
Sandow, run at him, run at him again, then run at him again. Get blokes like Watmough, Perry, Hall, Cuthbertson lining him up and heading over the top, he misses plenty, and it should sap his energy
Do a job on Asotasi, he leads the pack and if he gets a roll on, the rest follow, stopping him is easier said than done though
We must be alert around the ruck, I rate Luke very, very highly and he is a constant threat, then they bring Wing on who is still sharp out of dummy half
Most importantly for me, defend as a line, if we attack Sutton and Sandow with a jagged line, they are well capable of finding any chink and putting a quick man away. Must especially be alert of Sandow's little kicks close to the line, but Stewart will be well onto that
For us
Forwards to roll the sleeves up and go forward, allowing the space for our backline to put on a few moves. I read Stewart has 11 tries in 7 games against them so we should be pretty potent there.
Manly 26 Souths 16
