Waine did ok, looks to make good runs and comes to the ball as well, so can play both roles. He is a big unit and needs to learn to use his body more, or position himself better to protect. But what he has shown is, given a chance he can find the target.
It was a win, but the first 45 was horrible... Laws almost cost us a few goals with his wayward passing, others not much better.
Not sure why McCing starts ahead of Wihongi.
Though we all want the Kiwi players to go well, TAHW has been guilty of quite a few errors going back to last season.
Was an ugly win, and someone else saying Nix have played better in other games and lost is on the money.
I think at the moment, Waine is doing all that is asked of him. Starting ahead of Muratovic a sign of that. I had been critical of the young Kiwi earlier, but good on him. Took his goal very nicely. But yes need more from Hemed, otherwise can't see Nix in the top six. Have faith that if the Israeli stays injury free, he will eventually make an impact, aka Hooper. Might need to wait until April when weather is not as hot & humid in NSW.
The conditions yesterday looked tough, and that hamstring injury would not have helped getting his fitness up. Hard to train much with a dodgy hammy. Could be a few weeks yet before he is good enough for 60 plus minutes.