Re: Fa’amanu Brown Signs : Fri Oct 20, 2023 6:13 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Kick off where fantastic, I hope he was training our current squad and young halfbacks how to do this. One thing he was very good at was off the cuff kicks, earlier in the tackle count when teams maybe wasn't expecting it, we scored a few trys off the back of this. I'd bet we were very low on repeat sets as we seemed to panic on last tackle plays near there line.

Our last tackle options were fairly garbage most of the season in the oppo 20. It's been a while and I've tried to forget most of it, but feel a pretty high majority of the tries we scored were from longer range and breaks

Re: Fa’amanu Brown Signs : Sat Oct 21, 2023 5:13 am  

mwindass wrote:

Brown starts at hooker for the Kiwis this week

Well, nearly ffs.
Back to the bench for Foran just before kick-off.
The quickest interchange in history.

Re: Fa’amanu Brown Signs : Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:19 am  

Played just over 20 minutes, an assist to his name and had his hands in a couple try’s. High energy in both attack and defence. Not a bad cameo

Re: Fa’amanu Brown Signs : Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:23 am  

HU8HFC wrote:

Played just over 20 minutes, an assist to his name and had his hands in a couple try’s. High energy in both attack and defence. Not a bad cameo

Agree. He will be a force in SL.

Re: Fa’amanu Brown Signs : Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:45 am  

Marcus's Bicycle wrote:

George Watt?

George came from Aus with scrum half Duncan Jackson to join my favourite winger to play for Hull - Bruce Ryan, making a trio of Aussies in 1948. Shed a few tears when Ryan left Hull for Leeds a couple of years later.

Also playing in that Aus ashes team with George were Arthur Clues and Lionel Cooper who also came to England and became club legends playing for Leeds and Huddersfield.

Re: Fa’amanu Brown Signs : Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:01 am  

We had to wait a while to see him involved but an impressive appearance from Brown.

Re: Fa’amanu Brown Signs : Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:50 am  

HU8HFC wrote:

Played just over 20 minutes, an assist to his name and had his hands in a couple try’s. High energy in both attack and defence. Not a bad cameo

Thought he must have pulled out with an injury in warm-up when it took so long for him to come on.
Looked decent when we finally saw him introduced.

Re: Fa’amanu Brown Signs : Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:15 am  

Was thinking isnt this the 1st time we've signed a current 'big 3' nation international since Berrigan?

Re: Fa’amanu Brown Signs : Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:05 am  

UllFC wrote:

Was thinking isnt this the 1st time we've signed a current 'big 3' nation international since Berrigan?

Fitz, Ogre, Sika Manu?
Mind you, their International days were probably over by the time they wore the Irregular Hoops although Sika was still playing internationally although he'd switched to Tonga after being a World Cup winner with NZ.
So yes, you're probably right.

Re: Fa’amanu Brown Signs : Sun Oct 22, 2023 3:44 am  

Seeing Nu Brown yesterday gave me some cause for optimism for next year. Yes we have some clear weaknesses across the team. Centre and second row are obviously a worry. But very few teams have top quality right across the team. We are big and mobile in the forwards with a bit of pace in the back line. A livewire like Brown might be just the difference maker we need if we can lay him a platform.