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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3413815, member: 9052"] Brandy on 360 indicated that Talakai is effectively only there for injury cover... that seems crazy to me that they're going to carry a guy for injury cover again (Crichton in game 1). They're also clearly copying Qld with the dual hookers, but where it differs for us is that Hunt can come back on and do a role in the middle at the back end... I'd be less inclined to do that with Api. I think Murray will drop back to the bench with Crichton starting... If you're trying to copy penrith as much as possible then you need someone that can be the Kikau as well. Murray is a great player, and I have him as the second best lock in the game, but the second row has changed over the last 18 months and they are now serious strike players out there. One of the big plays they do with Kikau is using the centre as the decoy and having him running overs, and it's become such a big play now that most teams utilise it with their second rowers if they have any skill... we do it a fair bit with Capewell, but can Murray do it as a makeshift second rower? Murray back to the bench would give them a bona fide middle to bring on when the props tire... it will be an extremely small middle at times, given Yeo won't come off, but I guess that's what they're going with anyway as either Crichton would be playing some middle or Martin would be moving into the middle. [/QUOTE]

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