Juniors - Pathways General Discussion


Players to watch at the U15 Australian Championships this weekend, by Paul Crawley:

THOMAS GOODFIELD
NSW CCC
Position: Fullback
School: St Gregory’s College

Camden junior who has come through the same primary and high school as James Tedesco. On the ball fullback with good pace.

JHOVAN LELE
NSW CHS
Position: Five-eighth
School: Westfields Sports High
NRL club: Wests Tigers

A tall, athletic Jack Wighton-style five-eighth but just as capable playing in the centres. Loves to run the ball and a great goal kicker.

SIOTAME HAVEA Jr
NSW CHS
Position: Prop
School: Westfields Sports High
NRL club: Wests Tigers

Named at prop but comfortable on an edge or in the centres. Extremely athletic, good pace and strong.
 
Betsey has been a great acquisition for the club plus all of his hardworking staff looking after our juniors. I came home via the Picton Rd today and to see the development at Bingara Gorge and the new Wilton Ridge development gives you an understanding of how large a junior area we are are fortunate to possess.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
Great news on the retention front for our pathways players.

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Pathways players on the rise

As season 2023 draws to a close, we take a glance at some Wests Tigers young guns to look out for in 2024 and beyond.
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I love this quote;
“What this shows is that the system is working, reinforcing the club’s heavy investment in pathways and development, and providing Wests Tigers with a sustainable source of elite rugby league talent”

Whoever wrote that is a fk’n idiot.
 
Tucker said:
I love this quote;
“What this shows is that the system is working, reinforcing the club’s heavy investment in pathways and development, and providing Wests Tigers with a sustainable source of elite rugby league talent”

Whoever wrote that is a fk’n idiot.
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Why
 
For anyone who thinks wests Tigers are making a bad decision to invest in youth and promote our best young players to the top 30 or development contracts, yes it will likely cause us a little bit more short term pain in having players on these type of contracts a year or two before they are ready, but the alternative would have been losing them to other clubs.
Surely what we are doing can be seen as a common sense approach investing heavily in our future hoping a few of them graduate to becoming NRL stars in the same way they have starred in the junior ranks.
 
Vicious said:
For anyone who thinks wests Tigers are making a bad decision to invest in youth and promote our best young players to the top 30 or development contracts, yes it will likely cause us a little bit more short term pain in having players on these type of contracts a year or two before they are ready, but the alternative would have been losing them to other clubs.
Surely what we are doing can be seen as a common sense approach investing heavily in our future hoping a few of them graduate to becoming NRL stars in the same way they have starred in the junior ranks.
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It is smart for us to do that. We've got to get the top of the club right now. And make sure amongst all the egos trying to save themselves that they don't target Matthew Betsey and piss him off. He's been the one who secured all this talent.
 
The coaching needs to have the ability to develop them. Outside of Morris, I am not confident we have got this right. In fact, we may have got it so wrong that we waste this magnificent opportunity. I don’t know what failing to develop and retain another crop of juniors, and the resulting lack of success, would mean for the club in the short to medium term. Time will tell.
 
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