AmericanHistoryX
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So signed with Souths ended up at Roosters. Great.. So much for that system.
Juniors - Pathways General Discussion
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bigdon1234
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Did they verse the Andrew Johns side or Development Squad? Because their Andrew John's squad is where the good up-and-coming under 16's magpie's players play for.
Not a single Marmaduke Cuthbert or Cecil in the backline,things are changing in Rugby private colleges
What about Cyrus Bloomfield, the Oakhill boy. Surely he'd be into cucumber sandwiches.
I think development squad, not entirely sure, came from a mate of mine involved with balmain. They've moved both Matts/Ball coaches on from this year too
Betterdays22
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In Australia it's a shitshow. Internationally it is very strong... that is Rugby's selling point, particularly with a home world cup coming up. Travel the world and play footy. I imagine thats the pitch to Onitoni Large. I know what you're saying though. If the choice as an 18 year old is to play with the Tahs for nothing or be a top 30 NRL player I couldnt understand why you would choose Rugby.
jirskyr
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The limitation is however that even at the international level you are only talking some 20-30 guys on international salaries. Some good salaries too in Europe and Japan, but then you forego representative fixtures because they won't pick overseas-based players.
So in NZ the top few All Blacks get paid very well, then it falls away quite rapidly because the NZ Comp just doesn't have the financial backing that NRL does; doesn't have the population.
jrtiger
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I introduce to you all… Pheonix “The Gravedigger” Godinet.
Big potential in this kid.
He’s an athlete with plenty of strength, raw aggression, has speed off the mark, a good change of direction and hits hard when defending.
Let’s hope Wests Tigers keep him and hone in to keep enhancing these strengths he already possesses.
balmain boy
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Thing is it won't be quite so easy for him to run over the top of opponents once he starts playing against men
At this stage it looks like he will have a build and playing strengths similar to Briton Niikora or Hudson Young.
I will be happy if he’s even close to being as good as either of those two and I’m confident he will get there.
I’m also confident his athleticism and aggressive playing style more than compensates for his lack of size as it does for the good ones at NRL level.
innsaneink
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Rello of Pita?
Agree but at least he runs hard, often those big kids are so used to running over everyone they just go at half pace
I believe Kaito has some type of connection, however he does the honourable thing and lets the kid do the talking on the footy field.
Regardless trust me this kid has the goods.
When they play as hard and aggressively as he does at age 16/17 it doesn’t leave them, they just get bigger, stronger and better with age and maturity.
Was going to mention a Briton Nikora likeness. Takes the ball off the ruck at speed which is a rare quality for a forward.
Absolutely, lack of forwards carrying the ball at speed is hurting us badly at NRL level.
The Chad
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Remember- he's a kid. He'll get bigger & stronger, so by the time he is looking at pushing into a 1st grade squad, maybe it will be that easy?
Buttface
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Not with us.
weststigers
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I hope he carries that into grade, but how many players in the NRL have you seen that skittle players like that on a regular basis? It's just unlikely he will destroy NRL teams in the same way he does in Harold Matthews.
He is only playing against 16 year olds so it's a limited sample size to judge him.
Once he starts playing against 18 to 35 year olds, it multiplies the talent pool compared to just his age group and at a moment in time when he may just be further along in his physical development.
He'll get bigger and stronger sure, but won't all the other kids? Then you have the already bigger and stronger adults to compete with as well.
Not saying he won't make it, but it's a little early to be making predictions about NRL being "easy" for him. There is a lot to play out yet for all of our juniors.
