tiger05premier
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Thanks for that WT2K
Good luck to him
Good luck to him
Jnr Development Signings
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Pawsandclaws
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It is good to read stories like this as the young man must have worked really hard to impress Maguire. Let's hope he kicks on to the NRL.
leftrightout
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I don't know who gave this henry pulonga and seyfarth development contracts, they were both disgraceful yesterday , seyfarth is a myth, costs his side dearly yesterday, big, slow, hits like a girl ,gives away penalties cant break tackles, finally lambkin showed some balls and hooked him and pulonga wow for a guy that's had a nrl preseason he is gassed after 3 sets, and then starts doing half hearted hit ups, and looks to hide in defence, these two are terrible having trained with the nrl squad all offseason, ITive seen this 20's side play a trial and two comp games and these are the guy's worth keeping the rest are hopeless, talau, dillon, Bradley, madden, ngati, and cini, and scolari hopefully someone on the coaching staff someone tells him to straighten up, all backs, forwards in 20's are completely slow and so lazy. Halves were terrible yesterday too, madden and stevanovic, our best players were ngati, Bradley dillon, and talau.
I share your frustration but not sure about all backs are completely slow? Cini is quick for his size, Madden is quite nippy. Scolari is a former athlete and can run super quick & the others aren’t dawdlers - I have also watched them a bit at training. Their times aren’t slow at all.
Send offs didn’t help but we dropped the ball and got caught too close to the sideline.
There’s no doubt they all played badly - too many errors & I’m sure Chops will make some changes. It was one of those days and at least they fought back albeit too little too late. I’m tipping a completely different result next time we play them - we couldn’t be that bad again. We’ve all had a bad day in footy in our lives - let’s encourage these kids not butcher them particularly so early in the season.
Of course if they don’t perform, hard decisions will need to be made but that’s life also.
Send offs didn’t help but we dropped the ball and got caught too close to the sideline.
There’s no doubt they all played badly - too many errors & I’m sure Chops will make some changes. It was one of those days and at least they fought back albeit too little too late. I’m tipping a completely different result next time we play them - we couldn’t be that bad again. We’ve all had a bad day in footy in our lives - let’s encourage these kids not butcher them particularly so early in the season.
Of course if they don’t perform, hard decisions will need to be made but that’s life also.
leftrightout
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Sorry I meant to say all the forwards bar ngati are slow. We would have the quickest set of backs in the comp, but unfortunately madden wants to keep dropping seyfarth and co in the forwards unders and they are slow, and its a complete waste of time. On there first 3 carries in every set coming out of our own 40, our forwards should not touch the ball at all, they are too slow, it should be the back 5 only, and madden should stepping in and kicking early on tackle 3 and 4 especially after Dillon and talau carries the ball because off these two blokes quick plays the ball's, madden then is kicking on the front foot and leading the chase, also if you closely watch madden he wants to run play after play, we have gun backs just give them early ball when they want it, don't overplay your hand. I was sitting behind the posts and after tries were scored against us, seyfarth is barking instructions and I'm thinking kid, your lucky to be in the 20's side and your going terrible, be quiet because if I can see your very ordinary footballer then surely your team mates must be thinking, far out he is lucky to be in the side let alone barking instructions, lambkin should make talau captain, stefanovic shouldn't be in the side either, madden overcalls him all the time, he gets no ball and he is a massive liability in the front line.
balmain boy
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I would agree in dropping Stevanovic and putting Talau in at 5/8 for now. Talau needs to touch the ball more, however i don't see him playing first grade as a 5/8 so perhaps they're trying to prepare him for the future by allowing him to acclimatise to a different position earlier on.
Young Rizk in Balmain's SG Ball side looks a top centre. Very fast and elusive. After he's finished his duties in SG Ball i'd look to put him at centre alongside Bradley (if we stick with that plan) and have Cini over next to Scolari so that there's a mix of size and pace on both flanks.
I think Talau and Madden will be a good combo in terms of balancing the attack, both trusting the other and both having the skill to trouble the opposition. Talau won't overplay his hand either.
Balmain's SG ball side does have a couple of decent back rowers too, Sykes, Smyth. They should get a look in as the WT Flegg back row is a definite weak link. I agree Seyfarth works hard but has little impact. If anything it's his work ethic which makes him look worse, as he keeps putting his hands up to hit the ball up despite having little impact. He's like a bigger version of Lovett to me.
Young Rizk in Balmain's SG Ball side looks a top centre. Very fast and elusive. After he's finished his duties in SG Ball i'd look to put him at centre alongside Bradley (if we stick with that plan) and have Cini over next to Scolari so that there's a mix of size and pace on both flanks.
I think Talau and Madden will be a good combo in terms of balancing the attack, both trusting the other and both having the skill to trouble the opposition. Talau won't overplay his hand either.
Balmain's SG ball side does have a couple of decent back rowers too, Sykes, Smyth. They should get a look in as the WT Flegg back row is a definite weak link. I agree Seyfarth works hard but has little impact. If anything it's his work ethic which makes him look worse, as he keeps putting his hands up to hit the ball up despite having little impact. He's like a bigger version of Lovett to me.
Tigerlily
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**How Tigers snatched rising talent Jake Simpkin from under Broncos’ nose**
The Daily Telegraph
It only took coach Michael Maguire about an hour to convince teenage Brisbane Broncos sensation Jake Simpkin to make Wests Tigers his new home during a meeting in a Southbank hotel.
Simpkin, who is one of the country’s hottest hooking prospects, had spent the past four years in the Broncos’ development system as a Wynnum Manly junior.
But with Tigers great and rake Robbie Farah retiring at the end of last season, Maguire needed a long-term replacement and moved fast to steal Simpkin from under Brisbane’s nose on a three-year development deal.
Simpkin, 18, revealed to The Daily Telegraph that Maguire organised a meeting with him at Novotel Southbank in May last year when the Tigers were in Brisbane for the Magic Round.
And it didn’t take long for the under-16s and under-18s Queensland representative to decide on making a move to Concord.
“I was coming off contract with the Broncs and the Tigers were showing a lot of interest. He (Maguire) was up there (in Brisbane) and I met with him in the hotel they were staying at and it was all good signs,” Simpkin said.
“There was a really good opportunity for me here at the Tigers.
“He was a little bit intense but it was obvious quickly he was a good person, half the stuff he asked wasn’t even about footy and I could tell he was really passionate and he took interest in you as a person. That was the biggest thing for me … after that I was convinced I wanted to come to the Tigers.”
For a club that had come under scrutiny for struggling to secure the services of big-name players after missing out on Latrell Mitchell, the acquisition of Simpkin is a coup.
Melbourne’s Harry Grant, who is also a Queenslander and an emerging hooker, could also be on his way to Concord on a swap deal with centre Paul Momirovski.
While at the Storm, Grant has been an understudy to the best hooker to ever play the game in Cameron Smith.
Simpkin is treating the move as a chance to learn from Grant, rather than view his arrival at Concord as an obstacle.
Simpkin will also come under the tutelage of Farah at the Tigers. The two are yet to start working together but will do so over the course of this season.
Farah isn’t the only New South Welshman who will be helping to shape Simpkin’s game.
The former St Mary’s College Toowoomba student has been studying the game of Blues rake Damien Cook.
Simpkin likens his style of play to that of the crafty South Sydney No. 9.
“I enjoy trying to create opportunities, my running game is probably one of my biggest strengths and I’m still working on the other little things that come with being a hooker,” he said.
Simpkin is only eligible to make his NRL debut from round 16 onward because he is on a development contract.
It’s a date the youngster already has circled on his calendar.
“One hundred per cent (I want to debut in 2020), that’s the dream goal for me to play NRL and I want to be playing well enough for that chance to come,” Simpkin said.
“I’m aspiring to become the long-term hooker here, too. It does show a bit of faith that they signed me on a long deal, it’s about working hard now and hopefully the rewards will come on the back of that
The Daily Telegraph
It only took coach Michael Maguire about an hour to convince teenage Brisbane Broncos sensation Jake Simpkin to make Wests Tigers his new home during a meeting in a Southbank hotel.
Simpkin, who is one of the country’s hottest hooking prospects, had spent the past four years in the Broncos’ development system as a Wynnum Manly junior.
But with Tigers great and rake Robbie Farah retiring at the end of last season, Maguire needed a long-term replacement and moved fast to steal Simpkin from under Brisbane’s nose on a three-year development deal.
Simpkin, 18, revealed to The Daily Telegraph that Maguire organised a meeting with him at Novotel Southbank in May last year when the Tigers were in Brisbane for the Magic Round.
And it didn’t take long for the under-16s and under-18s Queensland representative to decide on making a move to Concord.
“I was coming off contract with the Broncs and the Tigers were showing a lot of interest. He (Maguire) was up there (in Brisbane) and I met with him in the hotel they were staying at and it was all good signs,” Simpkin said.
“There was a really good opportunity for me here at the Tigers.
“He was a little bit intense but it was obvious quickly he was a good person, half the stuff he asked wasn’t even about footy and I could tell he was really passionate and he took interest in you as a person. That was the biggest thing for me … after that I was convinced I wanted to come to the Tigers.”
For a club that had come under scrutiny for struggling to secure the services of big-name players after missing out on Latrell Mitchell, the acquisition of Simpkin is a coup.
Melbourne’s Harry Grant, who is also a Queenslander and an emerging hooker, could also be on his way to Concord on a swap deal with centre Paul Momirovski.
While at the Storm, Grant has been an understudy to the best hooker to ever play the game in Cameron Smith.
Simpkin is treating the move as a chance to learn from Grant, rather than view his arrival at Concord as an obstacle.
Simpkin will also come under the tutelage of Farah at the Tigers. The two are yet to start working together but will do so over the course of this season.
Farah isn’t the only New South Welshman who will be helping to shape Simpkin’s game.
The former St Mary’s College Toowoomba student has been studying the game of Blues rake Damien Cook.
Simpkin likens his style of play to that of the crafty South Sydney No. 9.
“I enjoy trying to create opportunities, my running game is probably one of my biggest strengths and I’m still working on the other little things that come with being a hooker,” he said.
Simpkin is only eligible to make his NRL debut from round 16 onward because he is on a development contract.
It’s a date the youngster already has circled on his calendar.
“One hundred per cent (I want to debut in 2020), that’s the dream goal for me to play NRL and I want to be playing well enough for that chance to come,” Simpkin said.
“I’m aspiring to become the long-term hooker here, too. It does show a bit of faith that they signed me on a long deal, it’s about working hard now and hopefully the rewards will come on the back of that
Elderslie_Tiger
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It just confirms what a good Coach Madge is this all happened some ten months ago so much planning to make a competitive tea.
pawsandclaws1
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Did I read correctly that young William Kei is the cousin or nephew of the great Jonah Lomu? No wonder for his size he is such a good mover. Well done WTs for recruiting him to the family.
tony soprano
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@Tigerlily said in [Jnr Development Signings](/post/1110119) said:
Thanks for posting the article
tony soprano
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@Tigerlily said in [Jnr Development Signings](/post/1110119) said:
I like this guy.
Long Term Fan
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The future is looking so bright I need to wear shades. Maguire looks to have our future in very good hands. As we can all appreciate gun juniors dont always turn into gun NRL players but fingers crossed.
happy_tiger
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@Long-Term-Fan said in [Jnr Development Signings](/post/1110226) said:
It's going to be exciting to see the future of 2 hookers kicking off who will probably be duking it out for the Qld SOO 9 jersey for the next 10-12 years
Check this Parramatta article about (1) the Wests Tigers player pick-ups, (2) other clubs also picking the eyes, and (3) Parra being apparently very slow in the process.
https://thecumberlandthrow.com/2019/11/22/broken-pathways-have-the-eels-dropped-the-development-club-ball/?fbclid=IwAR0yHGTiqNo-6gumKnjpVRErYY2JwjrnbfefAduo9js9BJPd-bd0dY0O48c
https://thecumberlandthrow.com/2019/11/22/broken-pathways-have-the-eels-dropped-the-development-club-ball/?fbclid=IwAR0yHGTiqNo-6gumKnjpVRErYY2JwjrnbfefAduo9js9BJPd-bd0dY0O48c
Tiger_2795
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Best mates from Scone and played for the same club as Jock, he was also pretty good mates and went to school with Cade Cust at Manly, reckons he used to love Benji
BalmainJnr
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@tiger_one said in [Jnr Development Signings](/post/1110630) said:
Salty. Maybe their juniors just don’t want to wind up on the throne of spoons.
TheDaBoss
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@BalmainJnr said in [Jnr Development Signings](/post/1110641) said:
He has nice thighs
