Greame Horne

Quote: Crackerjack "From my angle , the way Robbo performed , he looked extremely promising in his role for the coming season
With a little more specialised coaching, consistency and keeping his mind on the job in hand , he might well be retained by Nathan at half back instead of being chosen in his preferred position (by some) of hooker.

That would provide the opportunity to consolidate Lunt and Faiumu as my favourites for that role with the possibility of Brad as cover

Just a thought!'"

That is an important point. When he gets excitable or anxious (which can be quite often) his skill levels perish. Against Cas he was certainly willing to take on the line more. When they backd off we had several pass options avaiable and when they pushed up Robbo kicked through.
In the first half we made a break and we had 3 on 2. The players were to Robbo's right. Instead of drawing the man and passing so we had 2 on 1 Robbo 'paniced' and tried a kick for Leroy which rolled into touch. In the second half following his deft kick Robbo had players on his left and he executed perfectly.

One thing that helped Robbo versus Cas was BH being far more actively involved in play making - taking some of the pressure of Robbo.

I thought the hooking role versus Cas was very interesting. Mainly Lunt but occassionally we saw Fooey/Robbo/Grix and Wood in the role.