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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3583010, member: 9052"] Would agree with that except for 17. Taupau. Kevvie has typically filled that 17 jersey with someone that can play multiple roles, but mostly middle and second row (Palasia, Piakura (Capewell to middle), etc.) and he doesn't usually play them for very long... typically only getting 20mins a game. He also had Mariner there for dogs in Belmore with Cobbo moved into the middle roving role when he came on... I think that was more to do with a shortage of squad numbers than anything. So that spot could potentially be between: - Hunt: not my preference, but has been recruited to the club, so may have been for a reason. He's pretty much the only other player identified as a second rower on the club website as well (not that it means anything) - Willison: talk last year that he was training as back up second rower for one of the games... and I think he came on for Piakura once late in the season for a HIA? - Oates: left field option, but does provide that utility value from the bench... if he's not in the 17 then I can see him being the 18 jersey pretty much all year I think there's a real chance that Hunt gets it, if the thinking is that Piakura may need a spell throughout games... unless Kobe is setup to play some second row during games or they move Patty to the edge at times (least preferred in my eyes). If Kobe learns to be our back up second rower then it's there for another middle whether that be Willison, Taupau, Te Kura, etc. I like the idea of Oates on the bench, but it would come down to how many minutes Kevvie would be wanting to use him for. If he needs someone to play 20-30mins on the edge every game, then that may be too much of a liability... but if the 17 jersey is for emergency situations and would only be required for sub-20 mins normally, then Oates can cover a lot of roles, but also just come into the middle for 15mins or so. It would take work from Oates to transition to that kind of role, but our squad has depth issues at the moment so something needs to be done to have players covering more positions if needed [/QUOTE]

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