Originally Posted by
graemed
Managed to get to the training session on Friday and saw a fair bit before I had to leave.
Stephens led the four draftees in the running drills but Brody(?) Rowles looked to impress in the skill drills.
Foot looks interesting, quick, decisive and skilled by “foot” but his hand balling looked like it needs to improve. (No pun intended)
Rowbottom continues to impress me, there was one passage of play where he combined with Heeney that deserves to be play of the week, in traffic, he gathered the ball backed into the oncoming player, making space for Heeney and deftly slipped handpass before taking the tackle. Great stuff, and demonstrates not only his skills and decision making but also his leadership.
I think that new Irish recruit, O’Connor was either in rehab or doing extra fitness work, he was not included in the skill work but was running laps and time trials. He is a big unit. Well over six foot, whatever that is in metrics, and very tidy. Looked like KPP if he can adapt to the game as well as the other Irishmen have.
Enjoyed watching the Academy group, four were involved in the main skills sessions and two of them were amazing. One was squat and looked like Leigh Matthews below the waist, the other was a tall left footer that was defending against Sam Reid and doing very well thanks very much.
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