Asu Kepaoa #236

[mike]

Congratulations young man here a week and set to become Wests Tigers player #236..

Enjoy not only your NRL debut your Mighty Wests Tigers also..

Hope you get a treble treble..

I hope he kills it and shows a turn of pace as well. Really looking forward to this.

 

[jadtiger]

Beware. It is a roosters scam to sign the bog ordinary elder sibling to get their hands on the younger one.

Have a look at:
Shaquai & Latrell Mitchell
Nat and Egan Butcher
The Morris twins

What do you mean bog average he was in the junior kiwis 2019 play 15 games in lower grades for Rorters had Latrell and Manu in front of him and had a pec injury that has subsequently held him back please wait till he plays before you make stupid statements

Lighten up, I was taking the mickey..

Apart from the Mitchell's, which of the other sibling sets have one brother significantly better than the other or one that could be described as bog average

About a thousand: Ashton Sims and the other 2. Michael vs George and Robert Jennings. Sam Burgess and the other two. Chris and Ben/Shane Walker, Ben and Marmin Barba. Mitch and James Aubusson, Anthony and Mark Miniciello. Nathan and Jason Cayless. Darrell and Craig Trindall, Dane and Boyd Cordner, Andrew and David Fafita. Liam and Kieran Foran, Turvey Mortimer and his brothers, Mad Dog and Mad Pup McDougall, Luke and Kyle O'Donnell, Junior and Joseph Paulo, Curtis and Bayley Siro (though the latter is coming on).

Lots of bros going around and most who play NRL their bro would have played footy too.

Found out something new today: Isaah Yeo's father is Justin Yeo who played for Balmain in the 90s. I didn't know the connection.


If my memory is correct Paul Sironen had a brother that played lower grades at Balmain as well.

Rod Sironen he went to souffs after leaving the tigers

 

[Sabre]

Hopefully he has more to offer than what he showed tonight. 5 errors in one game....

 

[JC99]

Tough debut. Clearly looked nervous, slippery conditions, team getting flogged. When running the footy he looked good, can’t write him off after one game

 

[tony soprano]

Trash reserve grader

 

[avocadoontoast]

Tough debut. Clearly looked nervous, slippery conditions, team getting flogged. When running the footy he looked good, can’t write him off after one game

Can’t write him off yet but he is years away from first grade. Maybe we should try signing some players who are NRL ready.

 

[Speed2burn]

Looked way out of his depth

 

[JC99]

Tough debut. Clearly looked nervous, slippery conditions, team getting flogged. When running the footy he looked good, can’t write him off after one game

Can’t write him off yet but he is years away from first grade. Maybe we should try signing some players who are NRL ready.

Easier said than done. Wouldn’t say years away dropped some balls but did a lot of good things as well.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

He is a centre and should be played at centre. Leilua should have been sacked after the Penrith game. Our lack of investment in quality wingers with genuine pace was there for all to see. Don't blame Kepaoa.

 

[avocadoontoast]

Tough debut. Clearly looked nervous, slippery conditions, team getting flogged. When running the footy he looked good, can’t write him off after one game

Can’t write him off yet but he is years away from first grade. Maybe we should try signing some players who are NRL ready.

Easier said than done. Wouldn’t say years away dropped some balls but did a lot of good things as well.

Way out of his depth. If Titans, Dogs can sign good players we have no excuse.

 

[Harvey]

We have him for the next 3 years, hopefully that was nerves. Players get bigger and stronger as they get experience but catching the ball is a basic skill, especially when there is no pressure on.

 

[JC99]

Tough debut. Clearly looked nervous, slippery conditions, team getting flogged. When running the footy he looked good, can’t write him off after one game

Can’t write him off yet but he is years away from first grade. Maybe we should try signing some players who are NRL ready.

Easier said than done. Wouldn’t say years away dropped some balls but did a lot of good things as well.

Way out of his depth. If Titans, Dogs can sign good players we have no excuse.

Can’t agree. Dropped a few kicks but looked strong carrying the footy. What good mid season signings did they make? Lafai? Corey Thompson? Weren’t many good players available. We need to sign well in the off season though but it’ll depend on whether we can free up more money. What player wants to come here?

 

[Tcat]

Give the poor guy a break, it's his first game. How about give it to the clowns earning alot more than him, clowns that have played alot more games than him, clowns that have alot more experience than him, clowns that should give the game away, clowns that have no heart. Hold your head high AJ and dont try to be like any of our senior players.

 

[Moh]

Very difficult night to debut when your more experienced players are playing like trash.

He's a kid who hasn't had much football recently thrown into first grade. Ran the ball well, just nervous under the high ball tonight. Give him time.

Also agree he's more a centre than a winger.

 

[Fraze23]

Trash reserve grader

Turn it up. The kid was thrown into the deep end and handled himself pretty well. In tough conditions and in a well beaten side he showed more upside than downside. Give the kid a chance, he was the least of our problems tonight.

 

[tiger05premier]

He is a centre and should be played at centre. Leilua should have been sacked after the Penrith game. Our lack of investment in quality wingers with genuine pace was there for all to see. Don't blame Kepaoa.

Thrown into a game when we dogged it big time

Tried hard and respect him for that

Not too many other players tried in fact the only 2 I can think of were wingers

Can't believe some on this forum want to blame a winger after such a heartless performance from our forwards

Also feel for Madge

He knows what players he wants bit is stuck with the crap he has

I've always loved Marshall but he has to go his performance tonight goes beyond embarrassment for the experience he has

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Tough debut. Clearly looked nervous, slippery conditions, team getting flogged. When running the footy he looked good, can’t write him off after one game

Can’t write him off yet but he is years away from first grade. Maybe we should try signing some players who are NRL ready.

Easier said than done. Wouldn’t say years away dropped some balls but did a lot of good things as well.

Way out of his depth. If Titans, Dogs can sign good players we have no excuse.

I'll put it to you that Asu Kepaoa will be an outstanding young player for WTs. Talau and Kepaoa should be our centres from now. Leilua should be moved to the UK.

 

[Harvey]

Madge will drop him & kill his confidence

 

[TheDaBoss]

Weekly forum bashing of debutant commence

 

[avocadoontoast]

Tough debut. Clearly looked nervous, slippery conditions, team getting flogged. When running the footy he looked good, can’t write him off after one game

Can’t write him off yet but he is years away from first grade. Maybe we should try signing some players who are NRL ready.

Easier said than done. Wouldn’t say years away dropped some balls but did a lot of good things as well.

Way out of his depth. If Titans, Dogs can sign good players we have no excuse.

I'll put it to you that Asu Kepaoa will be an outstanding young player for WTs. Talau and Kepaoa should be our centres from now. Leilua should be moved to the UK.

I don’t disagree. But he’s not there yet