Luke Keary

When he was young.

He's had this before.

He's been through...

a lot as a player it's not really seem to have fazed him you know the public leaving of Manly very public national TV you know the U-turn from the deal with the Titans so he's been through that before the risk for me with Ponga is defending in the line

And when Newcastle tried that switch to 5-8, he did get exposed on a number of occasions.

And Ponga, I watched him last week against Luttrell.

He threw his body at him, which is exactly what you want.

Now, Luttrell got the better of him.

Granted, but he's not... Caelan Ponga's a tough, tough fullback that will put his body on the line like you have to.

But that position that he found himself in against Latrell Mitchell, that's a position he's familiar with.

So he knows how to handle that situation.

Where when he was moved into 5'8 for Newcastle,

He got isolated on a number of occasions, one-on-one, and he just didn't get his technique right.

Yeah.

Yeah, and will that be a point of concern?

But this is all the calculations that Billy Slater has to consider, and if there's a... You could almost look at Munster, Grant...

ponga and um walsh as like too much of the same like you almost need someone that's just a bit chill well that's cherry and yeah you could look at that and go is there too much the same is there too much x factor is it too much game breaker and not enough like we're just gonna play a normal yeah i'm guessing if carolyn's not half he's the 14 and he'll come on as a lock

through the middle of the field potentially yeah which he's done before for him and done a good job but now mate with the six man bench he might not he might yeah he might not play when it was a four man bench you often have that utility that would be almost forced onto the field he's playing in that 17 guarantee you not if Queensland are up with 60 minutes gone

Yeah.

Oh, no, I'm not – He's got to stay healthy this weekend.