Training Training reports 2024

[KiwiRoo]

Had the pool to ourselves

Only criticism was the price of the food there

Did a few morning walks down to the Lake; hard work getting up the hill coming back

Went out on the Lake to look at the rock carvings

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see that Mountain (the one without snow on it). our lake cottage is in line with that mountain but on the lake obviously. Takes about an hour to drive there from Taupo

and price of food is ridiculous in NZ, but slowly improving.The Cyclone knocked out a lot of the produce

 

[giantroo]

Match-sim today 2x 25 min halves

 

[maddocks442]

Match-sim today 2x 25 min halves

Any idea of timing? I might be able to catch the second half.

On Pixel 6 Pro using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[The Nostradamus]

Any idea of timing? I might be able to catch the second half.

On Pixel 6 Pro using BigFooty.com mobile app

Training finishes at 12pm

 

[giantroo]

 

[Clarke is King]

Will Dawson is a big bastard isn't he

 

[Psi-Roos]

Inspiring stuff. Our FF completing a low energy short pass. This got the blood flowing.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Tas]

I'd rather the midget kick the ball in and the 200cm defender there to take contested marks, I guess I am old school.

 

[giantroo]

 

[speedy]

Will Dawson is a big bastard isn't he

Getting some more match sim playing on Larkey? Interesting.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Clarke is King]

Getting some more match sim playing on Larkey? Interesting.

Looks like it - baptism of fire, I like it

 

[joybell27]

I went along this morning. The final score was Blue 16 7 103 to Yellow 1 1 7.

Blue Team backline was Pink, Biggie, Kal Dawson, Scott, Sheezel, Goater and McKercher The longer the game went on the more dominant the Blue team became so the ball wasn’t down there much. I thought Dawson was the best of the big guys. Bailey Scott

8

Bailey Scott

Age

24

Ht

186cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.6

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

4.9

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

1.5

3star

MG

155.6

2star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.8

3star

MG

114.8

2star

D

11.8

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

5.8

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.2

3star

MG

171.6

3star

was impressive with his speed and was showing his leadership qualities by giving the younger guys plenty of instructions and encouragement. McKercher definitely catches the eye with his speed and decision making. Going to be a pleasure watching him develop.

The forward line was Larkey, Zurharr, Curtis, Duursma, and Stephenson (who swapped teams with Drury during the second half). Jy Simpkin

12

Jy Simpkin

Age

26

Ht

183cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.0

4star

K

7.9

3star

HB

8.1

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.3

5star

CL

2.9

4star

D

20.6

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

9.6

5star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.5

4star

CL

5.5

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.4

4star

CL

0.2

2star

started on the forward line for much of the game. Larkey was on fire, he played on Comben for most of the game and Will Dawson for some short stints. Duursma definintely has a touch of class.

Greenwood was the ruck for Blue and Maley for Yellow with Greenwood taking the honours. Xerri did not play but took part in training after the match sim. Wardlaw, Powell, LDU and Lazarro were all on the Blue team, Phillips was the main man on Yellow and worked super hard, he had a good game up against very strong opposition. Very impressed with Wardlaw, he got pinged for holding the ball and you could just see the determination on his face. Next passage of play he laid 2 tackles and got the ball out to a team mate. He is a star. Powell and Lazarro continue their good pre season form and LDU is just a rolls Royce.

Tucker and Stephens played on the wings for Blue and Taylor, Shiels, Hardeman, Bergman and Hansen played on the Yellow team.

Brayden George, Archer and McDonald joined in training after the match sim. Eddie Ford and Zac Fisher

16

Zac Fisher

Age

26

Ht

175cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.2

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.9

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.0

5star

MG

384.0

5star

D

17.0

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

0.0

1star

MG

384.0

5star

D

12.2

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

1.2

2star

T

3.0

5star

were running laps. They both looked to be moving freely. I didn’t see CCJ in the match sim.

 

[Sphynx]

I went along this morning. The final score was Blue 16 7 103 to Yellow 1 1 7.

Blue Team backline was Pink, Biggie, Kal Dawson, Scott, Sheezel, Goater and McKercher The longer the game went on the more dominant the Blue team became so the ball wasn’t down there much. I thought Dawson was the best of the big guys. Bailey Scott was impressive with his speed and was showing his leadership qualities by giving the younger guys plenty of instructions and encouragement. McKercher definitely catches the eye with his speed and decision making. Going to be a pleasure watching him develop.

The forward line was Larkey, Zurharr, Curtis, Duursma, and Stephenson (who swapped teams with Drury during the second half). Jy Simpkin started on the forward line for much of the game. Larkey was on fire, he played on Comben for most of the game and Will Dawson for some short stints. Duursma definintely has a touch of class.

Greenwood was the ruck for Blue and Maley for Yellow with Greenwood taking the honours. Xerri did not play but took part in training after the match sim. Wardlaw, Powell, LDU and Lazarro were all on the Blue team, Phillips was the main man on Yellow and worked super hard, he had a good game up against very strong opposition. Very impressed with Wardlaw, he got pinged for holding the ball and you could just see the determination on his face. Next passage of play he laid 2 tackles and got the ball out to a team mate. He is a star. Powell and Lazarro continue their good pre season form and LDU is just a rolls Royce.

Tucker and Stephens played on the wings for Blue and Taylor, Shiels, Hardeman, Bergman and Hansen played on the Yellow team.

Brayden George, Archer and McDonald joined in training after the match sim. Eddie Ford and Zac Fisher were running laps. They both looked to be moving freely. I didn’t see CCJ in the match sim.

I think what you have described would be pretty close to a best 22 dress rehearsal.

I wouldn't be surprised if that's our starting forward line. I'd be very surprised if Duursma isn't in Rnd 1 (pending how he looks in the preseason games)


The backline looks probably best available at this stage and there's a possibility both Powell and Laz have front running after strong pre-seasons.

 

[The Nostradamus]

All well and good to do match sim 2 halves etc

But when is the full blown intra club? First prac match against pies is in 21 days

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

I went along this morning. The final score was Blue 16 7 103 to Yellow 1 1 7.

Blue Team backline was Pink, Biggie, Kal Dawson, Scott, Sheezel, Goater and McKercher The longer the game went on the more dominant the Blue team became so the ball wasn’t down there much. I thought Dawson was the best of the big guys. Bailey Scott was impressive with his speed and was showing his leadership qualities by giving the younger guys plenty of instructions and encouragement. McKercher definitely catches the eye with his speed and decision making. Going to be a pleasure watching him develop.

The forward line was Larkey, Zurharr, Curtis, Duursma, and Stephenson (who swapped teams with Drury during the second half). Jy Simpkin started on the forward line for much of the game. Larkey was on fire, he played on Comben for most of the game and Will Dawson for some short stints. Duursma definintely has a touch of class.

Greenwood was the ruck for Blue and Maley for Yellow with Greenwood taking the honours. Xerri did not play but took part in training after the match sim. Wardlaw, Powell, LDU and Lazarro were all on the Blue team, Phillips was the main man on Yellow and worked super hard, he had a good game up against very strong opposition. Very impressed with Wardlaw, he got pinged for holding the ball and you could just see the determination on his face. Next passage of play he laid 2 tackles and got the ball out to a team mate. He is a star. Powell and Lazarro continue their good pre season form and LDU is just a rolls Royce.

Tucker and Stephens played on the wings for Blue and Taylor, Shiels, Hardeman, Bergman and Hansen played on the Yellow team.

Brayden George, Archer and McDonald joined in training after the match sim. Eddie Ford and Zac Fisher were running laps. They both looked to be moving freely. I didn’t see CCJ in the match sim.

Powell and Lazzaro seems to be preferred over Phillips at this stage.

He’s got some work to do.

Thanks for the report.

 

[berniemccarthy]

I think what you have described would be pretty close to a best 22 dress rehearsal.

I wouldn't be surprised if that's our starting forward line. I'd be very surprised if Duursma isn't in Rnd 1 (pending how he looks in the preseason games)


The backline looks probably best available at this stage and there's a possibility both Powell and Laz have front running after strong pre-seasons.

Wherefor art thou Sausage ?

 

[LeFtBehinD]

Was Lazzaro in the guts or high half forward? Excited for both he and Powell to get a good run.

(and WillPhil when we can fit them all)

 

[Passmore]

Wherefor art thou Sausage ?

Are we playing hide the sausage?

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[Passmore]

Was Lazzaro in the guts or high half forward? Excited for both he and Powell to get a good run.

(and WillPhil when we can fit them all)

Bit of both. Mainly hf as the extra mid. Little bit of wing as well when Tucker or Stephens were spelling.

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[Rod Stroker]

Powell and Lazzaro seems to be preferred over Phillips at this stage.

He’s got some work to do.

Thanks for the report.

He's a limited footballer sadly. He's not suddenly going to run faster, kick longer, grow taller..

 

[My Left Foote]

All well and good to do match sim 2 halves etc

But when is the full blown intra club? First prac match against pies is in 21 days

I'd say the full blown intra club will be sometime in the next 20 days.

 

[the big lebowski]

He's a limited footballer sadly. He's not suddenly going to run faster, kick longer, grow taller..

Yeah last week he was limited to bursting out of stoppages, accumulating the footy, catching guys holding the ball.

 

[The Nostradamus]

I'd say the full blown intra club will sometime in the next 20 days.

I would go as far as to say in the next 15 days to give at least 6 days rest between games before the prac match against pies on 21st

So in the next 2 weeks a full blown intra club but the club haven’t announced a date/time yet to give fans maximum chance to plan to be there