LEICESTER TIGERS 2023/24 - KANGAROO MCKELLER: Do you come from a land down under? (Squad thread pt 2)

[kpj tiger]

Perese shows a little of what he can do on the highlights from today's game vs the Rebels

https://youtu.be/RJJDTucQYDo?si=HdMX60uyhF_NKT19&t=87

[RagingBull]

I feel we have seen the importance of lock and back row depth
Esp with a lot of the starters being Internationals

[RagingBull]

I hope Kelly returns to form.
Kata is great but his impact off the bench is missed.

Perese starting at 13 and then Kata off the bench would be so good

[Darc Tiger]

Shillcock is a 15, by the way. Maybe we should let Kieran Wilkinson have a crack at the Polly understudy.

[Granby]

I hope Kelly returns to form.
Kata is great but his impact off the bench is missed.

Perese starting at 13 and then Kata off the bench would be so good

I reckon Kelly will be off at the first opportunity- he’s gone from fringe England 12 to out of form out of the reckoning 13. Next season he’ll be out of the team. Someone offers the chance to play 12 every week and he’ll be gone asap.

[ABClub]

I hope Kelly returns to form.
Kata is great but his impact off the bench is missed.

Perese starting at 13 and then Kata off the bench would be so good

Could try Steward in the centres to make room for Shillcock as the additional playmaker and kicker at 15...?

[Jimmy Skitz]

Shillcock is a 15, by the way. Maybe we should let Kieran Wilkinson have a crack at the Polly understudy.

That's why I never liked us letting Atkinson go, we need a proper 10 as cover

[Jimmy Skitz]

I hope Kelly returns to form.
Kata is great but his impact off the bench is missed.

Perese starting at 13 and then Kata off the bench would be so good

Could try Steward in the centres to make room for Shillcock as the additional playmaker and kicker at 15...?

Hope you've got your tin hat ready...

[cheltexile]

I hope Kelly returns to form.
Kata is great but his impact off the bench is missed.

Perese starting at 13 and then Kata off the bench would be so good

I reckon Kelly will be off at the first opportunity- he’s gone from fringe England 12 to out of form out of the reckoning 13. Next season he’ll be out of the team. Someone offers the chance to play 12 every week and he’ll be gone asap.

He'll be lucky to find a suitor on current form, he's in freefall. No idea whats going on there, such a shame to see.

[Leicestertinytiger]

I hope Kelly returns to form.
Kata is great but his impact off the bench is missed.

Perese starting at 13 and then Kata off the bench would be so good

I reckon Kelly will be off at the first opportunity- he’s gone from fringe England 12 to out of form out of the reckoning 13. Next season he’ll be out of the team. Someone offers the chance to play 12 every week and he’ll be gone asap.

Think it depends what happens next season.

Most teams have two premiership standard 12.

If he finds form and gets regular gametime at 12, hopefully he’ll stay. If it’s another season like this one, can see him going to Sale.

[TigerFeetSteve]

With Kelly I think people are writing him off too soon...

For me I think our starting 12/13 next season will probably be Kelly & Perese with Kata changing games against tired shoulders...

Kelly had a tough start to the season, since then he's been slowly rediscovering some form, till last week against Gloucester where he looked poor...

It's when you see it confirmed he's been given this week off, not because he'd been dropped but rather that he played 80min last week with a bug - I expect had Kata not got injured that Cokanasiga would have replaced Kelly rather than Kata.

I think we'll see how he is towards the end of the season, but IMO he has a greater ceiling than Kata in terms of capability so I want to see him back in the mix.

[TigerFeetSteve]

https://twitter.com/TightFive_Rugby/sta ... o5JNw&s=19

Out of Contract Cokanasiga being linked with Ospreys...

[trendylfj]

Also here " Phil Cokanasiga will leave Leicester Tigers at the end of the season and will make the switch to the United Rugby Championship after crossing the Seven Bridge to move to Toby Booth’s Ospreys."

[westwinds31]

Koroiyadi, Cusick and Edwards are off I’m hearing, along with Dolly.

[Leicestertinytiger]

I’d rather keep Kelly over Cokanasiga. There was always the rumour about us bringing in another centre. Guess it depends on Guy Porter because I doubt we need more than four centres.