I like the chances of re-signing Egan.
He'll be 28 next year and in the form of his life, this will probably be his final chance at his biggest career payday @ multiple years, so i'd say money is going to be his biggest motivation. Assuming there's room in the cap (I dont know if there is, or...
My dream signing from when AFB annouced he was going. Didn't think it would be possible. and for 4 years is awesome.
Timing couldn't be any better, after that win last year as captain, winning golden boot and cementing himself as a Kiwis legend, to come home to the Wahs is so good.
Yeah that sequence looked like two guys both doing the wrong thing. The body language on both after it showed they knew that could have come out better. Ultimately Metcalf should have held it but it also felt like he was expecting Montoya to play off him better.
Sam Tomkins was much better than what the fans him give (mis)credit for, and he would have made a great #6 at the time, is a hill i'll always die on.
I remember looking at the stats at the time and he was up there with the top 5 fullbacks (a time when you had Inglis, Slater, Hayne etc) in all...
I still haven't found a replay so take with grain of salt as I haven't analyzed it - but you have to pressure a field goal attempt, even if it's a tough looking one. The problem is, a poorly attempted/wobbly effort field goal will often go straight into the defender - making it a charge down.
This is harsh. DWZ had Coates covered fine. It literally took one of the best finishes of all time for Coates to score from that. 99,999 out of 100,000 Coates doesn't score and it's basically match winning defense.
I love this quote from Jazz. He was exactly right, our pack was soft for years and Jazz was the only one getting stuck into the other team
"every pack has an alpha" "Back in the day, in our pack we didn’t have that and we used to get bullied. I had to try to play that role"
There's no reason for Shaun to be retiring just yet. Off his best season ever looking like a completely different player that is adapting to his loss of athletiscm. Also got through last year healthy.
I thought he was done a couple years ago, soon as he lost that speed and kept getting injured...
Also if Ronaldo wanted to prove to NZ his loyalty was to the black jumper, he certainly did that in the weekend. Great performance and that tackle on Holmes is going to go down as a great Kiwis moment imo.
Yeah wouldn't surprise me to see RTS playing for Samoa. Isaako, CNK and Mulitalo have sealed their spots in the team, as did everyone else. Although noting 1 year from now is a long way. Players will be injured, or rule themselves out with niggles. Although I bet the taste of this victory is so...