Re: Leeds Away Rnd 2 : Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:20 pm  

Chris71 wrote: Doesn't sound like Sao will be playing Friday but more promising on Savelio & Brown making it. Sounds like Brown wasn't risked against Cas so maybe Smith had an eye on the Leeds game with such a short turnaround. It's funny how people jump to conclusions. It was even suggested by someone that maybe Smith has already decided he doesn't rate Brown and will ship him out at the end of the year! It turns out he just had a knock. I personally think Brown will thrive under Smith.

Chris71 wrote: Doesn't sound like Sao will be playing Friday but more promising on Savelio & Brown making it. Sounds like Brown wasn't risked against Cas so maybe Smith had an eye on the Leeds game with such a short turnaround. It's funny how people jump to conclusions. It was even suggested by someone that maybe Smith has already decided he doesn't rate Brown and will ship him out at the end of the year! It turns out he just had a knock. I personally think Brown will thrive under Smith.

Re: Leeds Away Rnd 2 : Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:10 pm  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

It's funny how people jump to conclusions. It was even suggested by someone that maybe Smith has already decided he doesn't rate Brown and will ship him out at the end of the year! It turns out he just had a knock. I personally think Brown will thrive under Smith.

I hope he does but if that was the case why name him as 18th man? You never know when 18th man could be needed

Re: Leeds Away Rnd 2 : Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:53 pm  

bonaire wrote:

I hope he does but if that was the case why name him as 18th man? You never know when 18th man could be needed

Our other options in the forwards are very inexperienced. So even though he wasn't 100%, and even though we weren't intending him to play, maybe he was deemed the best option in the event that someone went down.

[Karen]

Re: Leeds Away Rnd 2 : Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:17 pm  

bonaire wrote: I hope he does but if that was the case why name him as 18th man? You never know when 18th man could be needed The 18th man doesn't come into effect until 3 players fail a HIA assessment, the chances of that are very slim so Tony obviously thought it was worth the risk. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/super-le ... ays-67439/

bonaire wrote: I hope he does but if that was the case why name him as 18th man? You never know when 18th man could be needed The 18th man doesn't come into effect until 3 players fail a HIA assessment, the chances of that are very slim so Tony obviously thought it was worth the risk. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/super-le ... ays-67439/

[Chris71]

Re: Leeds Away Rnd 2 : Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:31 pm  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

bonaire wrote:

I hope he does but if that was the case why name him as 18th man? You never know when 18th man could be needed

Our other options in the forwards are very inexperienced. So even though he wasn't 100%, and even though we weren't intending him to play, maybe he was deemed the best option in the event that someone went down.

Must admit I thought it was a bad omission to leave Brown out the 17 if he was fit and there’s been lots of talk about progress of all injured players other than Brown. He’d also taken part in preseason game it just seemed a strange omission as Bonaire mentions given he’d been named 18th man rather than just not naming him due not risking him ala Sao, Savelio & Carlos etc.
Hopefully he’s fully fit and in the 17 as think it’s fair to say he’s in the top 4 forwards at the club and still developing.

Must have been one hell of a Charlie Horse that Sao suffered if he’s still unlikely to feature, but better safe than sorry and no need to risk him at this stage. Hopefully we’ll see him back in the 17 soon enough.

If Sao doesn’t make it & Savelio does then I’d be tempted to leave same starting 13 but go with a bench of Savelio, Brown, Evans and one of Lovodua or Houghton.

Re: Leeds Away Rnd 2 : Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:53 pm  

Karen wrote: The 18th man doesn't come into effect until 3 players fail a HIA assessment, the chances of that are very slim so Tony obviously thought it was worth the risk. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/super-le ... ays-67439/ i was thinking more of a player going down in warm up then the 18th man would play.

Karen wrote: The 18th man doesn't come into effect until 3 players fail a HIA assessment, the chances of that are very slim so Tony obviously thought it was worth the risk. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/super-le ... ays-67439/ i was thinking more of a player going down in warm up then the 18th man would play.

Re: Leeds Away Rnd 2 : Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:01 pm  

PLEASE just keep Leeds to 12 points !!
that’s all we need to win

[Chris71]

Re: Leeds Away Rnd 2 : Wed Feb 22, 2023 12:25 pm  

So the 21 man squad is out with one change Ligi Sao out and Davy Litten in.

1. Tex Hoy, 2. Adam Swift, 4. Liam Sutcliffe, 5. Darnell McIntosh, 7. Jake Clifford, 9. Danny Houghton, 10. Chris Satae, 11. Andre Savelio, 12. Jordan Lane, 13. Brad Fash, 14. Joe Lovodua, 15. Joe Cator, 16. Kane Evans, 17. Cam Scott, 19. Ben McNamara, 20. Jack Brown, 23. Josh Griffin, 25. Davy Litten, 26. Harvey Barron, 30. Scott Taylor, 33. Brad Dwyer.

So for me as per my earlier post I'd keep the same starting 13 and have a bench of Savelio, Brown, Evans and one of Lovodua/Houghton.

Nene Macdonald named in Leeds squad

Rhinos’ 21-man squad: Richie Myler, David Fusitu’a, Nene Macdonald, Ash Handley, Blake Austin, Aiden Sezer, Kruise Leeming, Zane Tetevano, Rhyse Martin, Cameron Smith, Jarrod O’Connor, Sam Lisone, Derrell Olpherts, Justin Sangare, Tom Holroyd, James McDonnell, Morgan Gannon, Sam Walters, Luis Roberts, James Donaldson, Leon Ruan.

Re: Leeds Away Rnd 2 : Wed Feb 22, 2023 1:04 pm  

Yeah same as you Chris. Think he will pick Houghton over Lovodua on the bench though

Re: Leeds Away Rnd 2 : Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:23 pm  

If anybody needs to drop to the bench it's lane. He's still flapping at some tackles and doesn't really gain ground after the tackle. Also the way mamo went round Macintosh was worrying. But all in all I believe we will get better.