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Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:52 pm  
Good signing , but can’t help feeling ,people are bigging him up a little to much . Pritchard was by far a better signing, and not many on here was this impressed with him
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Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:42 pm  
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Good signing , but can’t help feeling ,people are bigging him up a little to much . Pritchard was by far a better signing, and not many on here was this impressed with him


just be pleased we are adding some biff to our pack :D

I wouldn't compare him to Pritchard; look at him as a replacement for Mini or Sika in which case he ought to be a good if not better addition to our pack

Pritchard was a good signing for us in more ways than one but posters will always find something to moan about
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Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Wed Jul 10, 2019 3:06 am  
I must admit that as an a NRL watcher he has not stood out for me as a special player. However, there are some great second rowers in this comp.

Am going to attend the West Tigers v Parramatta game on Sunday so looking forward to seeing him.

Pritchard was a class above him in the NRL.
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Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Wed Jul 10, 2019 7:02 am  
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Andre Savelio has played for England U18's so I doubt he takes up a quota spot.

Born in New Zealand, moved to Warrington, Samoan heritage, so technically he is a New Zealand national, but this RL we're talking about so anything goes.
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Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Wed Jul 10, 2019 7:05 am  
IR80 wrote:
Born in New Zealand, moved to Warrington, Samoan heritage, so technically he is a New Zealand national, but this RL we're talking about so anything goes.


Played his academy and junior rugby here, so counts as a federation player.
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Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Wed Jul 10, 2019 7:48 am  
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Played his academy and junior rugby here, so counts as a federation player.

Thanks Dave, all the quota/fed.qualification through grandparents stuff is't clear anywhere I have read.
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Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:37 am  
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Good signing , but can’t help feeling ,people are bigging him up a little to much . Pritchard was by far a better signing, and not many on here was this impressed with him


I think Pritchard gets a raw deal from a few on here. He was mainly used as one of the middles. Due to his reputation he attracted defenders, which opened up space elsewhere. Its no surprise that with him in the team we had a great season. Pritchard also made a lot of yards. From memory, the good friday derby were we pulled it around from 20 - nil down, Frank made more than 170 yards. That in a game where we massively under performed for nearly an hour.

I Dont watch NRL regularly enough to pass comment on Ma'u. From the bits I have seen of him, if looks like is a much younger version of Ellis. That cannot be a bad thing.
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Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:38 am  
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I think Pritchard gets a raw deal from a few on here. He was mainly used as one of the middles. Due to his reputation he attracted defenders, which opened up space elsewhere. Its no surprise that with him in the team we had a great season. Pritchard also made a lot of yards. From memory, the good friday derby were we pulled it around from 20 - nil down, Frank made more than 170 yards. That in a game where we massively under performed for nearly an hour.

I Dont watch NRL regularly enough to pass comment on Ma'u. From the bits I have seen of him, if looks like is a much younger version of Ellis. That cannot be a bad thing.

Don’t get me wrong , in this day and age , he’s a very good signing for us and sl. But like Freddie , I watch a lot of nrl and have never really stood out , scored a good try the other week and reckon he’ll do damage in sl. I loved frank , agree think many didn’t appreciate the affect he had on us , on and off the field
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Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Wed Jul 10, 2019 11:20 am  
pritchard best game was his first in the friendly against rovers. Did a good job of the field but never hit the heights on it for such a big signing
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Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Wed Jul 10, 2019 3:39 pm  
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pritchard best game was his first in the friendly against rovers. Did a good job of the field but never hit the heights on it for such a big signing


As has been said we never saw the best of Frank because Radford moved him to play down the middle.
When he was used as a wide second row such as at Catalan his general play,offloading and combination with Tuimavave was exceptional.
If that left edge was left Carlos would have been one of the top try scorers in Super League
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