BlackWhiteGold
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Really good. A real leader in this team, all effort with skill & footy IQ as well. Just needs to add a bit of size & strength but he will.
BlackWhiteGold
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Lock - ball player & ball runner in the one package. Great prospect.
Tigerstigerstigers
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Exactly what we need
I liken Archie to Josh King at Melbourne Storm.
Very similar in physique and plays very similar in my opinion.
It’s unlikely he will become a star player, but he is a hard working, all effort, nuts and bolts type of player that compliments a team who has some class players.
davey_farrell
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Watched Cooper Clark today, how in the world did we let that gun go??
Where would you like me to start….. 😆
davey_farrell
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Haha gold!! I feel your pain
We need a few of those in our first grade. We really don't have many toilers apart from Twal.
Blake Van Drie definitely has good potential.
He plays with high energy, is never far from the ball, has decent ball playing ability and is a natural onfield leader.
You can see he has added some size and muscle to his slight frame over the past 12 months, but he still needs to add some more to allow him to have a more physical presence on both sides of the ball.
Not sure if he is quite as quick and not sure if he can become near as aggressive or physical, but I see similarities between he and a younger version of Tallis Duncan. If Van Drie can develop into even close to the player Duncan has become, we will have a good one on our hands.
He plays with high energy, is never far from the ball, has decent ball playing ability and is a natural onfield leader.
You can see he has added some size and muscle to his slight frame over the past 12 months, but he still needs to add some more to allow him to have a more physical presence on both sides of the ball.
Not sure if he is quite as quick and not sure if he can become near as aggressive or physical, but I see similarities between he and a younger version of Tallis Duncan. If Van Drie can develop into even close to the player Duncan has become, we will have a good one on our hands.
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Tauaifaiga’s is a whole hearted player who always plays physical, rips in and is not afraid to hit top speed quickly with his ball carries, but I don’t think he has enough speed or attacking flair to overcome his short and smallish stature to allow him to become a genuine NRL centre prospect.
I would be looking at a radical positional switch for him.
Mitch Taotua has had a very disappointing season coming off what was a very promising season in 2025.
He has all the physical attributes including plenty of size, speed and aggression to become a top class centre, but for some reason he only shows his attacking quality very sparingly and he is not improving his defensive issues.
He desperately needs a coach to fire him up and make him realise the talent he will be wasting if he does not rip in on both sides of the ball for the full 80 minutes each game he plays.
It’s a case of needing Tauaifaga’s desire in Mitch Taotua’s body.
I think we need to fast track Glassie Glassie as a centre. He too has defensive issues he needs to work on and fix, but he is an attacking powerhouse who puts a bit of fear into his opponents with almost every ball carry.
Archie in my opinion always stood out, very focused player and person, raw boned.
million dollar question on both brothers??
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