Young Kumul, Robert Derby will have a mammoth of a task this weekend stopping giants as the young lad lines up in the Melanesian clash this Sunday.
Derby said there’s nothing much the Kumuls look to change up in their preparation for their match this Sunday against the Bati, but they remain ready for anything that the Bati will be throwing to them.
The North Queensland Cowboy said they will be working hard to manage both Fijian wingers, Mikaele Ravalawa and Maika Sivo, knowing how dangerous these both of them are, seen from their last outing against the cooks.
“Justin said that they [Bati] probably came into that game thinking that they would beat the Cooks, but the Cooks stepped it up a bit and I think for this week, they will be prepped for the weekend.”
The back 4 of the Fiji Bati managed to put their names on the scoreboard against the Cook Islands.
So far, he says training has been great and they will be working towards grabbing the W at home but on a personal level, Derby will be focusing on shutting down anybody, NRL player or otherwise.
“We’re just working hard because we know they got big outside backs.”
“We are just trying to get up on them quick.”
Derby is expecting the Fijian backs to ramp up their game but going into the weekend, he has the confidence that their back line is more than capable of shutting down the Bati.