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I'm most looking forward to seeing how Lucas Walshaw, Ryan Shaw and Etu Uaisele get on next season.

I'm most unsure of how Harry Siejka, Jake Mullaney and Chris Ulugia will get on next season.

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I'm looking forward to seeing some of these massive lads we've brought in like Karl Davies and Samir Tahraoui. I'm also expecting a big year from Dale Ferguson.
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Looking forward to Karl Davies and Lucas Walshaw.
Also looking forward to how O'brien blossoms under Jimmy.

Unsure of Siejka.
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I wouldn't expect much from Tahraoui, I saw him play twice last year and both times he went off injured when being dominated by the opposition forwards.

May go well for you guys with a decent pack around him.
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Good question as there are a few we've no real knowledge of, apart from self created youtube montages, which don't seem to have much of an error count 8) I'm sure that's 'cos they don't make any... Lol.

Seriously though, I'm confident Jimmy has done his homework and I'm looking forward to seeing the whole lot of them pull on a RA&B jumper next season. It 's going to be good having a full set of props, that's for sure.
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That recent t&a article about Samir and Davies 'taking a while' to get used to professional rugby set alarm bells ringing for me. I translated it to mean that they'll be blowing out of their arses after 10 minutes.

I'm looking forward to seeing Uaisele on one of the wings, and I'm hoping Ulugia turns out to be a bit of a surprise package. Walshaw should be good too, but I've seen a few comments on the wakey board saying that he can't pass for toffee, so I still have my doubts.
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Nothus wrote:
That recent t&a article about Samir and Davies 'taking a while' to get used to professional rugby set alarm bells ringing for me. I translated it to mean that they'll be blowing out of their arses after 10 minutes.

I'm looking forward to seeing Uaisele on one of the wings, and I'm hoping Ulugia turns out to be a bit of a surprise package. Walshaw should be good too, but I've seen a few comments on the wakey board saying that he can't pass for toffee, so I still have my doubts.


But on the back of that, we've a much bigger pack and more bodies to pick from in 2015 than we had in 2014, so that means we've not too much to worry about, also having the majority of teams being part-time will make that step up easier. Best way to think of it is that it's a similar situation to a youngster coming up from the academy and having to get used to life in the 1st team.

As for the Walshaw comments, they smack of the usual "player leaves, he was always crap" comments than follow most players who switch clubs
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Bulliac wrote:
Good question as there are a few we've no real knowledge of, apart from self created youtube montages, which don't seem to have much of an error count 8) I'm sure that's 'cos they don't make any... Lol.

Seriously though, I'm confident Jimmy has done his homework and I'm looking forward to seeing the whole lot of them pull on a RA&B jumper next season. It 's going to be good having a full set of props, that's for sure.


There are a few highlights of Mackay Cutters 2014 games some edited and posted by their opponents, and watching them I can say that Karl Davies coughs up the ball in one hitup and thats it. He seems to be in or around the action often so maybe getting used to full time playing wont be too difficult for him, though he is pretty easy to spot. Ulugia is in a number of shots including a try but no obvious mistakes other than receiving a hospital pass on the touchline so not his error, its Peterson thats difficult to spot.

I am primarily most interested to see how the team collectively plays, given jimmy (and Steve) have been able to build a team from scratch. You would expect him to build it round a style of play. Key as you imply Bulliac is how the pack does, and that means how Tahraoui and Davies do in stepping up. Given that Tahraoui trained with the squad I guess they had a good look at him and saw something more than size, and from the vids Davies looks as if he has the desire and can run a bit too. So if they show up, with the ability in the rest of the pack that should provide other players such as Sjielka, Uisele with the platform. Steve said that they were after both steady props and fireworks props, Sidlow the former and Clough too, so if Tahroui and Davies are the fireworks then they will not be expected to do long stints, but off the bench hit ups. Its how the likes of Ulugia, Halafihi Peterson and Shaw all shape up to become the depth we need, Ulugia is the only one of those on a two year contract the others have a bit of convincing to do.
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Player looking forward to:
Gaskell - with those back row options Ferguson, Addy, Pitts, and big set of centres, I think he's a player with the quality to beat SL teams at the business end of the season.

Players unsure of:
Cue scratched record, Tahroui and Davis. The T and A has us looking for another prop so I'm pleased about that.
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I'd completely forgotten about us signing JPB until I saw his picture in today's t&a article. If he can recapture the form he showed at Catalans a few seasons ago he'll be a great addition, but there has to be a reason why he fell into obscurity during the last year or so.
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