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| I watched that game last night. Burgess scored two good tries, looked more confident and held up OK in defence, in particular on one occasion doing well to escape his own in-goal after a shrewd attacking kick. Hardly got a pass in the second half, though, and blotted his copy-book a little with a wild Hail-Mary forward pass, but that was his only error, and I'm sure he feels much better about his performances now. And, to be fair, I've been slagging the Rabbitohs off all season, but they did look much-improved all over the park in every area, especially their attack. If Reynolds is a long-term casualty,though, obviously they will miss him.
Not an English star [iper se[/i, but of course I was also interested to watch Tommy Leuluai for the Warriors, as he's on his way back to Wigan. Another very solid performance, alternating between the halves and dummy half. Led the direction of attack well, always prepared on occasion to take the defensive line on himself, and set up a try when one of his trademark big hits dislodged the ball and gave his side possession yards from the opposing line.
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| Yes, it's a treat to watch them these days. That pass round the back from Leilua!
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| Quote: BrisbaneRhino "If Bennett doesn't look at Hodkinson or similar, I'd be sorely tempted to play Hodgson at 7. I can't think of a SL 7 who would do better, which is a damning indictment.'"
Could be an option. Would allow us to get another one of our top hookers in the team and we certainly wouldn't have to hide one of the halves in defence with Hodgson.
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| He'll have to learn how to defend 3rd man from the edge, it's a pretty hard position to defend in. Otherwise a great shout to play him there.
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| Hodgson's biggest problem in defence is the occasional brain fart leading to him rushing out of the line. He misses the odd tackle as he's a smaller hooker, but as a halfback he'd probably be a better defender than any other option. Given the paucity of options at fullback I'd also be tempted to go the whole hog and pick Widdopp there.
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18302_1567366773.png [b:1crbsr9w] Toulouse for Championship in 2017, Super League in 2021!
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| Quote: BrisbaneRhino "Hodgson's biggest problem in defence is the occasional brain fart leading to him rushing out of the line. He misses the odd tackle as he's a smaller hooker, but as a halfback he'd probably be a better defender than any other option. Given the paucity of options at fullback I'd also be tempted to go the whole hog and pick Widdopp there.'"
So who would be number 6? Samuel Tomkins from Wigan?
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