Juniors - Pathways General Discussion

[Harvey]

Feledy not helping recruitment. Not many would want to use the COE barber after seeing his haircut

 

[Tigers_Wests]

I think Faagutu & Feledy need to be bought up to KOE after tonight. The fact that Faagutu is in & out of a Flegg team and on the bench no less makes me wonder what we're doing with him.

Yeah it is really confusing how we have integrated our juniors into the Flegg and Cup teams. I hope there is a good reason for it behind the scenes and it doesn't interfere with their continued development.

 

[Tucker]

See I was very impressed with Fainu the five eight. Hit hard in defence, his passes for the early tries were class and is normally a left side player but did great stuff on the right.

Thought Feledy had a great 2nd half and so hard to tackle. No disrespect getting done for speed on outside when outnumbered.

Meh. Latu didn’t impress me much. Hung out the back doing nothing a lot.
His brother Samuela is a player though.

 

[AceofSpades]

Yeah it is really confusing how we have integrated our juniors into the Flegg and Cup teams. I hope there is a good reason for it behind the scenes and it doesn't interfere with their continued development.

I just hope the kid doesn't jump ship and request an early release in order to get more playing time

 

[bbobb]

Hope Feledy can improve his defence with time.

Tackle-busting machine.

He doesn’t seem to want (or know how) to set his winger up.

 

[bathursttiger1]

Signed with Souths - he is related to Latrell Mitchell

He’s from Taree so he’s a Queenslander.

 

[Tiger Stripes]

Meh. Latu didn’t impress me much. Hung out the back doing nothing a lot.
His brother Samuela is a player though.

A bit disappointed overall with his game tonight. Played well but not a standout. For the rumoured price they say he is asking/hanging out for worries me, but probably all BS. I hope? The contract would need to be worded with incentives to be met before the big $$$$ click in.
He has never played NRL but rumours suggest he wants NRL dollars. I think he shows a lot of promise as did Brooks and I hope he signs with Wests Tigers but not for outrageous $$$$.
I liked his brother Samuela as well. Playing long minutes, big effort, mobile, and a body that will fill out in time.

 

[boonboon]

He doesn’t seem to want (or know how) to set his winger up.

His winger in flegg has scored lots of tries and most from Feledy passes from what I've seen - sometimes harder in rep games without combos

 

[balmain boy]

Yeah it is really confusing how we have integrated our juniors into the Flegg and Cup teams. I hope there is a good reason for it behind the scenes and it doesn't interfere with their continued development.

We sadly seem to have no plan. It's just random selections on a weekly basis and a reluctance to promote youngsters even with mediocre players blocking them.

 

[Lestronge]

Meh. Latu didn’t impress me much. Hung out the back doing nothing a lot.
His brother Samuela is a player though.

Someone compared him to Milford previously . And geez is there a more apt player comparison. Both with the brilliance , as well as the enigmatic laziness . I dunno

 

[Red88_Tiger]

See I was very impressed with Fainu the five eight. Hit hard in defence, his passes for the early tries were class and is normally a left side player but did great stuff on the right.

Thought Feledy had a great 2nd half and so hard to tackle. No disrespect getting done for speed on outside when outnumbered.

It was 4 on 4 though. Either he didn’t trust his inside man or got caught ball watching
Did have a few solid contacts in defence later aswell as some great runs

 

[TigerNeddyK]

Someone compared him to Milford previously . And geez is there a more apt player comparison. Both with the brilliance , as well as the enigmatic laziness . I dunno

He tackles a lot better than Milford.. also reads the game and his job is to make his outside men look good, and they did.. its called not overplaying your hand.. he is a real footballer, you can just see it

 

[innsaneink]

Ethan Strange NSW #3 looks like he could be a good player.

He had a blinder.... Was in everything

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Rising stars give glimpse to the future

We take a look at some of Wests Tigers brightest young stars ahead of Thursday night's Under 19s State of Origin.

www.weststigers.com.au

Well done to the club for providing this content.

It mentions Josh Feledy, Chris Faagutu, Lachlan Galvin, Luke Laulilii, Tallyn Da Silva, Jordan Miller, Kit Laulilii, Will Craig, Alex Isdale, Onitoni & Ashton Large, Alex Conti, Mikey Nsaar & Marc Tannous as part of our future. Also mentions we are in talks with Heath Mason.

Ones I would have like mentioned in the article are Solomone Saukuru who trained with the NRL squad in pre-season, Heamasi Makasini, Riley Oitmann (NSW Junior Blues Camp) and the Keppie brothers.

The latter 4 are part of part of our CUBS squads recently named and Saukuru is being given an opportunity in Jersey Flegg to progress. So I don't think them not being mentioned in the article means anything.

 

[Harvey]

Well done to the club for providing this content.

It mentions Josh Feledy, Chris Faagutu, Lachlan Galvin, Luke Laulilii, Tallyn Da Silva, Jordan Miller, Kit Laulilii, Will Craig, Alex Isdale, Onitoni & Ashton Large, Alex Conti, Mikey Nsaar & Marc Tannous as part of our future. Also mentions we are in talks with Heath Mason.

Ones I would have like mentioned in the article are Solomone Saukuru who trained with the NRL squad in pre-season, Heamasi Makasini, Riley Oitmann (NSW Junior Blues Camp) and the Keppie brothers.

The latter 4 are part of part of our CUBS squads recently named and Saukuru is being given an opportunity in Jersey Flegg to progress. So I don't think them not being mentioned in the article means anything.

Historically less than 3 of those named will have an extended first grade career

 

[KingRobbie]

Historically less than 3 of those named will have an extended first grade career

This is an exceptional group.

A lot of them will have long NRL careers (with us or otherwise).

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Despite having an exciting crop of 17-19yos coming through, the one player type we don't have is an 'express-pace' tall athletic winger who can leap tall buildings to catch bombs.

I'm hoping 16yo Paul Johnson (Andrew Johns Cup) can become that.

And holding out hope Jimmy Ngutlik & Jordan Hill can return from ACL's and be late bloomers.

Anyone know of any others?

 

[Wiz]

Navret willet joins next year. Dunno if he’s fast but he’s 6 foot 6.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Navret willet joins next year. Dunno if he’s fast but he’s 6 foot 6.

He must be mobile and has a big kicking game according to this report which said the WTs gained his signature ahead of the Swans and other NRL clubs.

Tigers fend off AFL charge for young gun

'He's a natural all-round sportsman'

wwos.nine.com.au

 

[CornerPost]

Well done to the club for providing this content.

It mentions Josh Feledy, Chris Faagutu, Lachlan Galvin, Luke Laulilii, Tallyn Da Silva, Jordan Miller, Kit Laulilii, Will Craig, Alex Isdale, Onitoni & Ashton Large, Alex Conti, Mikey Nsaar & Marc Tannous as part of our future. Also mentions we are in talks with Heath Mason.

Ones I would have like mentioned in the article are Solomone Saukuru who trained with the NRL squad in pre-season, Heamasi Makasini, Riley Oitmann (NSW Junior Blues Camp) and the Keppie brothers.

The latter 4 are part of part of our CUBS squads recently named and Saukuru is being given an opportunity in Jersey Flegg to progress. So I don't think them not being mentioned in the article means anything.

I'm familiar with most of the guys on here but not Will Craig or Mickey Nsaar ? What are their normal positions and genuine potential for first grade..