Apisai Koroisau #263

[IronFist]

So will Haywood be willing to bide his time, or will we see
Tallyn the Sequel 🤔

Manage his development and expectations well, and it'll be fine. It's happening. TDS was already in the top 30 and played NRL at the same stage Haywood is now. Haywood has spent the season in SG Ball and Flegg, only been on reserve grade game day lists as 18th man, and will be on the supplementary roster in 2026.

The problem with TDS (along with Galvin) was he became an NRL player before he really should have, and so his expectation was to play every week. The roster management looks a lot better now than it was under Sheens and McDonnell, and the young fellas are going into the supp list rather than top 30 as 19 yr olds.

I think the club has noted how rushing young players into NRL before they're ready has either stunted their development (Mason, Luke Laulilii, etc), or led to greater expectations the club wouldn't deliver (TDS, Galvin). Hopefully the club is patient with Makasini and allows him to gain confidence in reserve grade for the rest of this season.

 

[rihannafan1]

Manage his development and expectations well, and it'll be fine. It's happening. TDS was already in the top 30 and played NRL at the same stage Haywood is now. Haywood has spent the season in SG Ball and Flegg, only been on reserve grade game day lists as 18th man, and will be on the supplementary roster in 2026.

The problem with TDS (along with Galvin) was he became an NRL player before he really should have, and so his expectation was to play every week. The roster management looks a lot better now than it was under Sheens and McDonnell, and the young fellas are going into the supp list rather than top 30 as 19 yr olds.

I think the club has noted how rushing young players into NRL before they're ready has either stunted their development (Mason, Luke Laulilii, etc), or led to greater expectations the club wouldn't deliver (TDS, Galvin). Hopefully the club is patient with Makasini and allows him to gain confidence in reserve grade for the rest of this season.

Watching the latest Terrell video it was interesting to see the relative maturity and harmony of the squad. Voices like Turuva, Luai and Terrell really complement Api. Now imagine that without those guys around last year and substitute it w the voices of Galvin, Da Silva, Jordan Miller, Ice and Bateman. Night and day and without doubt TDS was enabled by the club as well as misled by his agent. Hope he enjoys getting ragged by Moses.