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Message: [QUOTE="bazza, post: 3017064, member: 8440"] We need a bit of a shake up. This is the team I would go with. 1. Milford 2. Oates 3. Staggs (gk) 4. Bird 5. Boyd 6. Nikorima 7. Dearden 8. Lodge 9. McCullough 10. Haas 11. Glenn 12. Gillett (c) 13. Fensom 14. Ofahengaue 15. Fifita 16. Carrigan 17. Tagataese Milford is not cutting it at five-eighth, and Boyd isn't either at fullback. Moving Milford to fullback will remove his playmaking and game management responsibilities, which will hopefully allow him to concentrate on his broken field running and support play. Ideally I would replace McCullough but due to a lack of viable options, he survives for now. Bring in a specialist halfback like Dearden, who the club has identified as the future. See how he goes at first with Nikorima at five-eighth and if need be we can bring in SOS to partner Dearden in the halves and instead have Nikorima come off the bench to relieve McCullough at hooker. People underestimate the importance of having older experienced forwards, especially when the rest of the forward pack is so young. I feel like having Fensom and Tagataese will help defensively and won't make us as vulnerable through the ruck. I think Ofahengaue has been underwhelming, but i'm hoping that being demoted to the bench can get a result out of him. If not, he can spend some time in reserve grade. I think Flegler also needs a rest from first grade as his impact seems to be diminishing. Su'a is lacking fitness so he should be playing 80 mins of backrow in reserve grade to get back in shape. Isaako also needs a few games in reserve grade to gain some confidence again. At the moment it seems everything he does is turning bad for him. For the time being Boyd will have to do on the wing, although I would still like to drop him from the team altogether. [/QUOTE]

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