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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3516122, member: 9052"] The Capewell probably surprises me the most now out of the 3, but originally I was more shocked for the other two at first. KP I can understand because of his head knocks are a worry and even on the weekend he was copping head knocks in the first 5 mins and I was wondering if he would get dragged for a HIA... that's a big risk to take into an origin for a key position. Gagai I thought would just be in the backline somewhere, and I don't mind the Hammer selection at the moment, because he was quite physical in his previous game at centre... it's weird because Hammer doesn't look or really play physical, but he clearly has it in him. I did think Gagai on the wing at the absolute worst, instead of Taulagi... however looking at his defensive stats last year it reminded me of how past it he did actually look in last year's series. Capewell not being there this game gives me real worries if we do lose an outside back, because I don't know who can cover centre, etc. if someone goes down for a HIA. It probably has to be FIfita moving out to centre, but that takes away so much strike. So it's not so much what Capewell brings, but his versatility... combine that with us basically having no second row depth and bringing in Gilbert to play edge, even though he looks every bit a middle forward. I would've been happy with Gilbert on the bench basically instead of Arrow or even Flegler... I think Gilbert absolutely has to be in the team, but I'm not completely confident in him at second row, because he's always seemed like a middle forward. Even at the cows last year, Payten started him at 2nd row, but he subbed him every game so his bench 2nd rower (Luciano, etc.) didn't have to play 80mins every week and then Gilbert moved into the middle rotation. Can Gilbert even play 80mins on an edge... in origin? or is Arrow going to have to jump out there at some point... just seems a bit odd given you know what Capewell brings and he would've been a pretty low risk option. [/QUOTE]

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