Juniors - Pathways General Discussion

[Tiger Stripes]

never really set the world on fire coming thru the grades at Wests if I'm honest. was anonymous that one year he played Harold Matts for us. when he went up to QLD he found something an d never looked back.

This is what BB is always on about. He was always big for his age.
Our talent identification scouts need to see the potential of players a few years down the track. Not necessarily a 15-year-olds performance on the day. Their underlying build and potential to grow into their frame. Mobility, not always lumbering overweight giants.
We always chose the high performing nuggets that will always be nuggets [to coin a phrase].
A hard task but these considerations must be taken into account for future direction if we aim to improve our NRL side.

 

[Oldman]

The discussion on juniors today makes me question what do we classify as a Teams Junior ?
Is it a kid living and playing in the area that he lives in ?
Or is it just someone who’s manager brought him across from say example Penrith/Parramatta to Wests because they couldn’t get a start in their areas S.G Ball team.
Finding a serious local junior in their NRL team is not common.

Don’t know when development contracts started but I would be interested to know how many of our players that started on a development contract have gone on to play consistently in the NRL.

That would give me a more insight on how our talent scouts are performing or not, especially if we could compare it against the Roosters or Storm.

 

[Bus 2 Terrigal Lagoon]

never really set the world on fire coming thru the grades at Wests if I'm honest. was anonymous that one year he played Harold Matts for us. when he went up to QLD he found something and never looked back.

Yeah OK, if that makes you feel better 🤣🤣🤣

I always rated him highly when playing for Wests.
Big kid who dominated the middle and had superb ball skills.
I categorised him back then as a Paul Osborne type prop.

You might not have see much in him, but more importantly, the Melbourne Storm saw plenty.

Best of luck to Cooper for his debut 👍

 

[jrtiger]

Yeah OK, if that makes you feel better 🤣🤣🤣

I always rated him highly when playing for Wests.
Big kid who dominated the middle and had superb ball skills.
I categorised him back then as a Paul Osborne type prop.

You might not have see much in him, but more importantly, the Melbourne Storm saw plenty.

Best of luck to Cooper for his debut 👍

good for you, but go back and watch the tape. you compare it to the others in that grade and he didn't stand out. he found something when he went to QLD and never looked back. good on Cooper for that.

losing Maddax hurt more for mine.