2026 pre-season

[yonathonjoung]

he shouldn’t need to make 50 tackles a game if we play to our potential. Another player who can and has played hooker is Ray stone

Big games will mean a good hooker makes heaps of tackles anyway. Just look at the best in the game Harry Grant in grand finals and origins. Makes up to 60 in winning sides. Need a good tackling hooker in tough games.

Stone said just the other day he will play hooker but had a bit of a laugh and said he would rather Plath or donoghoe do it. My guess is he would rather be in the middle rotation just to mince the opposition rather than decision making in ball service.

 

[Josh]

Big games will mean a good hooker makes heaps of tackles anyway. Just look at the best in the game Harry Grant in grand finals and origins. Makes up to 60 in winning sides. Need a good tackling hooker in tough games.

Stone said just the other day he will play hooker but had a bit of a laugh and said he would rather Plath or donoghoe do it. My guess is he would rather be in the middle rotation just to mince the opposition rather than decision making in ball service.

In a perfect team, the hooker would be faster out of dummy half in atrack and also having energy to always be at dummy half. In order for that to happen, hopefully he wouldn't have to make more than around 40 tackles most games.

 

[Gary]

Big games will mean a good hooker makes heaps of tackles anyway. Just look at the best in the game Harry Grant in grand finals and origins. Makes up to 60 in winning sides. Need a good tackling hooker in tough games.

Stone said just the other day he will play hooker but had a bit of a laugh and said he would rather Plath or donoghoe do it. My guess is he would rather be in the middle rotation just to mince the opposition rather than decision making in ball service.

Origin and GF are a different beast to nrl rounds .Plath is no good at hooker Donaghue is a similar build to Kodi . You don’t have to defend in the middle just because you’re a hooker hence why I said play to our strengths.

 

[Dolph]

Origin and GF are a different beast to nrl rounds .Plath is no good at hooker Donaghue is a similar build to Kodi . You don’t have to defend in the middle just because you’re a hooker hence why I said play to our strengths.

Donoghue at hooker won't excel but won't let us down either. Plath at hooker is no good at all.

 

[Josh]

Donoghue at hooker won't excel but won't let us down either. Plath at hooker is no good at all.

He was much better at hooker last year than under Wayne. He might be better again this year.

 

[yonathonjoung]

He was much better at hooker last year than under Wayne. He might be better again this year.

Started at 9 in the belting we handed the storm.

 

[mr_c]

Started at 9 in the belting we handed the storm.

yeah difffrence is we not going have all games like that need see them cope under pressure ( plath was hooker in storm game are you talking bout plath or kirty

 

[Red]

Started at 9 in the belting we handed the storm.

That was the most interesting game! In the first 10 min they were all over us. I think they almost went 3 tries up. Then we turned it all around. For that game and the season. Just need to drastically tighten up our defence and Kurt at dummy half should do that.

 

[Josh]

9 more days until Gold Coast game. Was it in the trials last year they thrashed us?

 

[Dolph]

9 more days until Gold Coast game. Was it in the trials last year they thrashed us?

Didn't thrash us but won pretty comfortably. Toward the end both teams had their reserves on. Woolf didn't care much. Personally I'd prefer a win in any game but it was just a trial.

 

[Red]

Didn't thrash us but won pretty comfortably. Toward the end both teams had their reserves on. Woolf didn't care much. Personally I'd prefer a win in any game but it was just a trial.

Shouldn't take trials so seriously in my view. Just need some of our long-term injured to play some decent minutes and come through unscathed and that will be victory enough.

 

[Blockade]

Shouldn't take trials so seriously in my view. Just need some of our long-term injured to play some decent minutes and come through unscathed and that will be victory enough.

27 man squads with unlimited interchange and nil strategy. Anyone who gets excited or concerned over the result of a preseason match is not thinking clearly.