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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3002148, member: 1899"] NRL.com have uploaded the entire Storm/Warriors trial after only uploading the second half night. The one headache with trials is that since it's so loose, the coaches rarely bother to name actual team-lists and will just post up squads. I had a tough time figuring out the Warriors line-up, in the end they went with... 3. Patrick Herbert 2. Adam Pompey 4. Blake Ayshford 20. Cole Waaka 25. Neria Fomai 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita 7. Adam Keighran 15. Sam Lisone 11. Nathaniel Roache 10. Chris Satae 12. Lachlan Burr 5. Brody Tamura 16. Ligi Sao Interchange: 1. Paul Turner 9. Sam Cook 13. Jazz Tevaga 14. Isaiah Papalii 17. Lewis Soosemea 18. Hayze Perham 21. Bunty Afoa 22. Tom Ale 23. Api Pewhairangi 24. Shaun Mullaney Melbourne were kind enough ahead of time to let us know where everyone was starting. So essentially how I saw the trial was that the Warriors played as we've come to expect from them since Kearney took over. They like to win the war of attrition by getting to their kick, trapping the opposition in a corner and slowly but surely winning the terretorial battle. It's almost like Kearney instructs his guys to bore his opposition to death, as they rely heavily on opposition mistakes and indiscretions to get themselves into good field position. If you look at a lot of predicted line-ups for the Warriors, a lot of positions have already been wrapped up. 1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 2. Ken Maumalo 3. Solomone Kata 4. Peta Hiku 5. David Fusitu'a 6. Blake Green 8. Leeson Ah Mau 9. Issac Luke 10. Agnatius Paasi 12. Tohu Harris 13. Adam Blair Leaving the 7, 11 and the bench to be made up. Based on last night's trial I'd say Adam Keighran would be the leading option for the 7. I haven't seen a lot of Adam, I know he comes from the Bulldogs and had a stand-out season for the Panthers in the ISP but the impression I had was completely different to the type of player he is. I thought of him as a Lachlan Lewis, big-body, likes to play on the fringes five-eighth. In reality he's the type of half who just likes to be near the footy and isn't afraid to get into dummy half and challenge the middle, kind of like an unstructured Luke Keary. I thought between himself, Harris-Tavita, Perham and Pewhairangi he was the stand-out half since he seemed more sure of himself and his kicking game was stronger. I wouldn't necessarily say Keighran has nailed down the position, but he's certainly got his nose infront. My concern with him is that he might be too similar to Green in that he's a decent game manager, but doesn't ask enough serious questions of the opposition's defence. With the 11, I feel it's a little up in the air. Burr had a stand-out performance for the Warriors, with hard runs, creative lines and a willingness to promote the football. My only concern with him is that he played more like a middle than an edge forward and I don't recall him running any lines at Brodie Croft. Papalii on the other hand played on Harris' edge and at times was a little guilty of playing too wide. The Storm defence showed him the sideline one time because he was effectively standing right next to his winger and he kept finding himself out there. If I was picking the bench based on that performance it'd be: 14. Nathaniel Roache 15. Bunty Afoa 16. Ligi Sao 17. Isiah Papalii I wasn't impressed with any of the dummy half options, but Roache was a bit more involved and creative out of all the dummy halves. Bunty is the same loveable maniac he's been for a couple of years. Sao was the pick of the other forwards and was tireless through out the night. I think Satae & Lisone would provide more impact, but both still have too many lazy errors in their game. Meanwhile Burr edged out Papalii based on the performance. If I had to go with an 18th Man, I'd go with young Tom Ale. He's a big body forward who runs pretty hard and looks light on his feet, I think Kearney has to bring him into the rotation at some point. Outside of that, I thought Herbert was a stand-out in the centres and could easily be a depth option if Kata and Hiku's defence continues to be exploited. Meanwhile, despite being on the losing end, I thought Melbourne could take more positives out of the performance. They created more opportunities than the Warriors and it was execution and poor mistakes, typically from fringe/affiliate players that hurt them. One concern though is that Drinkwater and Croft weren't overly impressive during the trial. The Warriors had Drinkwater pretty well scouted and Croft just didn't seem in the game. Walters was the pick of the halves with two nice line-breaks that should have been converted into tries. I found it odd that Bellamy persisted with Eisenhuth on that left fringe for so long. He didn't have a good game and since they've got to replace Hoffman, you'd think they would have played Stimson or somebody else there but they persisted. I thought Pat Kaufusi looked decent on the right edge when given a shot and Tino Fa'asuamaleaui was pretty busy around the middle when he came on. Welch, Smith and Asofa-Solomona were also obvious stand-outs, but you'd have to presume their spots would have been booked for Round 1. [/QUOTE]

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