Re: 2019 Recruitment : Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:13 am  

cudjoes back and mcgillvary starts scoring again... strange that

mellor has really impressed past few weeks!

Re: 2019 Recruitment : Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:33 am  

I agree re Mellor- been amongst if not the top tackler for the last few games and some good gains per carry.

Re: 2019 Recruitment : Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:48 am  

a totally different side with hinchy on the field as shown on friday night think we still need him for next season

Re: 2019 Recruitment : Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:34 am  

CHRISS wrote:

Lawrence ran the ball up harder,actually passed and went to ground quickly after being tackled this allowing a quick play the ball

I agree with that, maybe woolford is going to be the man to teach him something, I would like to see him offload out of the tackle a bit, maybe that will come.

Re: 2019 Recruitment : Sun Jun 17, 2018 12:28 pm  

Lawrence is a real enigma and always has been. Like Cudjoe he has fantastic genetics for a rugby player and you would expect him to be a try scoring forward, regularly busting tackles and scoring from deep, but instead he's a real plodder in attack, yards and find the floor and only really shines in defence. I do indeed hope Woolford is the man to teach him to use some of that athleticism to good effect and Friday maybe saw the beginnings of that.

Re: 2019 Recruitment : Sun Jun 17, 2018 2:07 pm  

Hangerman2 wrote:

Lawrence is a real enigma and always has been. Like Cudjoe he has fantastic genetics for a rugby player and you would expect him to be a try scoring forward, regularly busting tackles and scoring from deep, but instead he's a real plodder in attack, yards and find the floor and only really shines in defence. I do indeed hope Woolford is the man to teach him to use some of that athleticism to good effect and Friday maybe saw the beginnings of that.

Depends how he’s been asked to play-
A few of the things I’d say are very good about Lawrence. Hardworking in defence, misses few tackles, rarely makes errors, rarely gives away penalties, rarely turned on his back in the tackle enabling a quick play the ball.

Re: 2019 Recruitment : Sun Jun 17, 2018 4:24 pm  

golcargiant65 wrote:

a totally different side with hinchy on the field as shown on friday night think we still need him for next season

totally different side when we had smith and ikahihifo propping too and obrien on the pitch!

Re: 2019 Recruitment : Sun Jun 17, 2018 4:25 pm  

think we all know lawrences plus points by now!

Re: 2019 Recruitment : Sun Jun 17, 2018 5:00 pm  

GIANTSRL wrote:

think we all know lawrences plus points by now!

But I don’t think many of our fans do- I don’t think they recognise that winning the tackle and getting a quick ptb can be worth more than a player using up energy making an extra one or two metres after contact. You can make those metres up in the next play by a quick ptb - and have conserved energy.

Re: 2019 Recruitment : Sun Jun 17, 2018 5:12 pm  

jools wrote:

But I don’t think many of our fans do- I don’t think they recognise that winning the tackle and getting a quick ptb can be worth more than a player using up energy making an extra one or two metres after contact. You can make those metres up in the next play by a quick ptb - and have conserved energy.

I do get Lawrences strengths but I still don't think he is good enough at either prop or 2nd row for a team wanting to make the top 4. Hes an extremely valuable team player as are Clough, Murphy and even Rankin could fall into this bracket. However, these are the "dependables" we do need in the squad but also need to improve on them in regards to our starting 17 if we are to make it back into the top 4.