Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Roar_Power said:
"The Raiders have signed three of rugby league’s most promising stars, with Ethan Sanders, Myles Martin and Savelio Tamale all making the move to the nation’s capital" (Foxsports).

Raiders are doing ok - they had 3 of their own in the NSW u19 SoO last night and just picked up another 3 of their NSW team members in Sanders, Martin and Tamale.
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Plus the best young backrower in ESL and Morgan Smithies from last year.
Some clubs don’t rest on their laurels.

I found it interesting that the club identified that their clear path to first grade was the reason for attracting the young players.
Where is Sanders going to play is he going to out seat Strange? Tamale has Timoko, Savage, Cotric, Hopeate, Kris all in front of him.
Martin is a local I believe with his younger brother playing in 19 game last night.
 
Vicious said:
Watching Israel Leota closely last night in the u/19’s SOO he had a shocker which can happen to the best of players, so shouldn’t be writing him off after one game and he’s clearly a physical specimen that is worth developing, but he looks to be one that will take a bit of time to fine tune his game, eliminate his mistakes and get some better IQ on his positional play.
The two big props from NSW were both very impressive, I hope I’m wrong but both look far superior th Miller at this stage.
Blues fullback Chevy Stewart a huge standout and deserved MOM with his high energy, constant presence and elite speed.
Centre Casey Maclean just the-signed with the Panthers looks a Stephen Crichton clone, another one off the production line for them.
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Locked him and his brother up until 2028 as well.
 
Needaname said:
Under 19s.
Only Galvin and Mason of our first grades qualifies I believe
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2005 born right? That includes Da Silva, Latu Fainu, Kit Laulilli, Jordan Miller and pretty much anyone else from the undefeated HM team.

Not sure why Miller didn't get picked. Would have been good to see how he went back in his own age group, but maybe it's because he played NRL last week.
 
Vicious said:
All the props in last nights game were giants and all looked much more agile and fitter than Miller.
The question has to be asked as to why we cannot get all our top 30 players looking like athletes that full time professional athletes should look like ?
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Miller is a different type all together. I think it's unfair to lump his current conditioning on the club when you see everyone else looking absolutely ripped. Some actually need to put some beef on IMO.

Miller is an abnormality body. A giant kid who it seems has struggled in off seasons to maintain his weight. A lot of it is genetics and a lot must be put on Jordan himself.

It doesn't matter what the club does, they can't control what a player does outside training.

IMO we are doing the right thing. We are slowly building his conditioning and being patient. Much better approach then just flogging him to the point he drops too much weight to quickly.
 
king_sirro said:
Miller is a different type all together. I think it's unfair to lump his current conditioning on the club when you see everyone else looking absolutely ripped. Some actually need to put some beef on IMO.

Miller is an abnormality body. A giant kid who it seems has struggled in off seasons to maintain his weight. A lot of it is genetics and a lot must be put on Jordan himself.

It doesn't matter what the club does, they can't control what a player does outside training.

IMO we are doing the right thing. We are slowly building his conditioning and being patient. Much better approach then just flogging him to the point he drops too much weight to quickly.
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I read on this forum both Bellamy and Bennett had chased him more than once. They see what our club saw in him, a very fine footballer with very good skills who does need conditioning.
 
Tiger_Yoshi said:
Jordan Miller is only 18....So much for all our up and coming "stars" not one made the U19 SOO teams....not a single player...disappointing
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I'm pretty happy where we are at with regards to our juniors. We seem to have our development team working hard to identify and secure our youngsters. Not all players can play junior reps and often in many sports being selected is not always about skill. Miller, Galvin, Mason etc are outstanding juniors.
 
king_sirro said:
Miller is a different type all together. I think it's unfair to lump his current conditioning on the club when you see everyone else looking absolutely ripped. Some actually need to put some beef on IMO.

Miller is an abnormality body. A giant kid who it seems has struggled in off seasons to maintain his weight. A lot of it is genetics and a lot must be put on Jordan himself.

It doesn't matter what the club does, they can't control what a player does outside training.

IMO we are doing the right thing. We are slowly building his conditioning and being patient. Much better approach then just flogging him to the point he drops too much weight to quickly.
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Pretty sure he had an injury plagued off season.
 
Vicious said:
All the props in last nights game were giants and all looked much more agile and fitter than Miller.
The question has to be asked as to why we cannot get all our top 30 players looking like athletes that full time professional athletes should look like ?
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You are spot on, big props with big engines.
Miller worries me that he will never lose that baby fat as it hasn't changed for the last 2 years.
He said in the pre-season he wanted to shed 10kg. Well it didn't work. May become too hard?
We need to plan that it wont eventuate and if it does, it's a bonus!
 
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