People need to go easy on the kid, these aren't his words. Some in here are ready to cut loose potentially the best junior ever had because his agent says a few words in the media...
Seemingly he's under contract for another 3.5 years, that's plenty of time to see where he fits in. Also means no one can make him an offer for a while.
It would be interesting to see what his current contract status is regarding development and NRL contracts.
We have to remember he's still in school, so he can't train full time yet. He did train with us last offseason at age 16, the youngest player to ever train with our NRL squad. He's also injured so can't do anything just yet.
I'm not sure what Suaaliis schooling was like but the kid would need to drop out of year 12 in order to take on an NRL or development deal with us. Or we workout some special situation for him but must training takes place while he's at school. No responsible club will ask a player to quit school early, especially a prestigious school like Scots. He'd also be kissing his rugby career goodbye if he burnt all those bridges.
Ideally he'd be on a development deal next year and training as often as he can at least with our Flegg squad who usually train later to allow for Tafe/uni/work commitments.
For me he's the jewel in our juniors crown. Someone who runs the 100m in under 10.5 seconds, but with size and skill. Makasini is all Power, but he's not very fast, at least not yet. Having someone like Large at fullback would change our attack forever. I think he would listen to someone like Benji, who was in the same shoes as him. If Benji says I think you're best at fullback, or centre, because of A,B, C.... Then I think he takes that on board.
His family and agent are the ones who want him in the halves. But fullbacks can make elite money too.
