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Past Toby Nankervis - traded 2016, premiership Tiger
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MarkP
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We lost a Mummy
So ima call him Nanny
He was good I thought. Main thing is he did not look out of place.
Annoyed he looked where he was going to kick the ball and spotted up targets. Obviously he was brown-nosing those other guys that were suspended saying "look at me I can kicks you ball and stuff - put in good word with Horse". No one like a crawler.
Never fear. Only take us a month to get that no look kick it as high and as long as you can to a nest of the opposition jumpers drilled into him.
So ima call him Nanny
He was good I thought. Main thing is he did not look out of place.
Annoyed he looked where he was going to kick the ball and spotted up targets. Obviously he was brown-nosing those other guys that were suspended saying "look at me I can kicks you ball and stuff - put in good word with Horse". No one like a crawler.
Never fear. Only take us a month to get that no look kick it as high and as long as you can to a nest of the opposition jumpers drilled into him.
Last one that was considered high quality was Greg Stafford.
Donkey Doyle may have been if he wasn't injured all the time
Yeah Stafford was probably the last. Ball, Jolly, Everitt, Mumford - all traded in after being developed elsewhere.
Meanwhile we've produced Stefan Carey and Doyle (crippled by injuries albeit)
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Daniel Currie, Ricky Mott and Brett O'FarrellYeah Stafford was probably the last. Ball, Jolly, Everitt, Mumford - all traded in after being developed elsewhere.
Meanwhile we've produced Stefan Carey and Doyle (crippled by injuries albeit)
On a positive note from last nights game. The nanka-train is gaining momentum! Played very well for a bloke in his second game that supposedly cant run out a full match.
It took him a while to really start throwing his weight around, but I noticed quite a few times in the 2nd half that he was starting to block and tackle physically, as is his reputation. Good performance from a young ruck against two experienced men in McEvoy and Hale. They won the contest overall but it's good to Nankervis out there showing he's worthy of seniors.
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Only 10 hitouts which was to be expected obviously against Naitanui but I see he had 6 tackles and threw his weight around a little bit.
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I thought he had a real crack , good on him
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Our number 1 ruck now? May as well toss him in the deep end and see how he goes.
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The fact that Pyke got subbed out instead of Nankervis might show that the coaches are leaning towards Nankervis now
Unless Pyke was injured.
Pyke looks shot so it's great that they are giving Nank the chance to play.
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Even though he's slower than a wet week, he doesn't use that as an excuse not to chase or tackle. I thought some of his efforts in trying to lock the ball in our forward half were exemplary and put to shame some of the bigger names beside him who only showed half as much intent.
A Nankervis/Reid ruck combo has some merit to it, and even though it will be the default combo if Pyke isn't fit, I think we should also consider it if Pyke is fit.
A Nankervis/Reid ruck combo has some merit to it, and even though it will be the default combo if Pyke isn't fit, I think we should also consider it if Pyke is fit.
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He didn't seem that slow. He's no Pyke speed wise but he's no Paul Chambers!
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I think nanka looks ok happy for him to play out the year if pyke is injured
Yeh I saw the same. He's not quick by any means but he tries his guts out to chase and pressure the ball carrier. He's starting to hit guys around the stoppages with more intensity and consistency too. Getting the confidence to throw his weight around. He'll have another tough week with Sam Jacobs to contend with this week though.
With Franklin hopefully back in this week, a Nankervis/Reid combination might be considered but if Franklin isn't ready to go, I imagine they'll want to keep Reid forward and have Pyke in if he's fit or Derickx if Pyke isn't ready to play.
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Very happy with nanka, no dean cox but could become a very reasonable player. Tough ask last week and not gonna get much easier this week but steady signs of improvement is all we can really hope for at this stage. Would love to see him play the season out in the seniors.
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I'll post it up later in the Stats thread but Nankervis didn't take one centre bounce until Pyke went off. Which would indicate they didn't have much confidence in him against the hops of NN
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Especially given Pyke clearly was not 100%
happy to run him into the ground v Nic Nat
Must not be fussed about Jacobs
Can't say I'm surprised. Very few players would want to go against NN, let alone in your 3rd game
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