I hope Feldt plays in this trial. Have made a bet with mates that Feldt will be in the starting 17 come round 1. If not, I eat cat food.
Cat food? What sort of idiot offers to eat cat food.. But yeah you should be right. He was already first in line to take over from Ash Graham and he's cemented that claim by being fucking awesome in the Nines.
As I do my morning business on the john, I read that he has been all cleared and should be named for this weekends trial.
Nah, Walker has been training at 5/8 a little bit this pre season, so I think they will give him first gig. I really rate Walker quite highly.
Ah fair enough, thought he'd play centre. Yeah I rate walker, will be the x-factor in the back line for us assuming he doesn't go elsewhere within a couple of years.
Raiders name strong squad for Tamworth trial The Canberra Raiders have named a 28 man squad for their final trial match against the Newcastle Knights in Tamworth this Saturday night, with Anthony Milford, Josh Papalii, Shaun Fensom, Brett White and Paul Vaughan set for their first games of the 2014 season. Raiders Coach Ricky Stuart said he expects to give all 28 players an equal opportunity to impress ahead of their round one match and said any of the players could find themselves in the first round team if they performed well Saturday. “I’ve said all along that the players will pick themselves for round one and they get a chance to impress in this trial,” Stuart said. “We’ll give all of the guys a chance to get some quality minutes in Tamworth, while the players not going will get a chance to play for Mounties in Sydney on Sunday." Canberra Raiders v Newcastle Knights Saturday February 22, Scully Park, Tamworth Jack Ahearn Matt Allwood Shannon Boyd Glen Buttriss Terry Campese (C) Mitch Cornish Jarrod Croker Joel Edwards Shaun Fensom Jeremy Hawkins Jarrad Kennedy Tom Learoyd-Lahrs Brenko Lee Edrick Lee Matt McIlwrick Josh McCrone Anthony Milford Mark Nicholls Josh Papalii Jordan Rapana Reece Robinson Sami Sauiluma David Shillington Dane Tilse Bill Tupou Jack Wighton Brett White Paul Vaughan Canberra Raiders media
some interesting comments in the media suggesting ahearn is pushing for a first grade spot, possibly at centre. Stuart said Milford will play fullback and campese/Cornish have first shot at halves, which is a relief. baptiste nowhere to be seen is puzzling though, same with o'donnell and setu.
there's only two second rowers ffs. if Stuart gets the pack right it will match it with most sides (running forwards wise anyway). if we stay fit all year then dane tilse won't be needed. Vaughan, shillington, white, tll and Nicholls is a pretty good top 5 props if Dane tilse is number 6 I reckon. then papalii and Fensom are great but they're let down by the other second rower IMO.
I didn't count Edwards because I still think he should be a lock. I don't mind him starting at second row, then having a better second rower playing the rest of the game and Edwards shifts into the middle rotation. Kennedy is the second second rower there and he's an out and out reserve grader.
I didn't even realise Kennedy was in the squad, must've skipped over him. Must be frustrating to know that your best Under 20s forward is yet another lock who probably won't take to the second row as well. He'll continue to dominate lower grades though and the blokes on your club forum will whinge about him not being selected as he's "one of your best back rowers" etc.