Juniors - Pathways General Discussion

[Vicious]

Not good

Not great, but those selectors are sometimes very bad judges.

 

[wstigers11]

Not great, but those selectors are sometimes very bad judges.

True, it’s always sus some of their selections. But very poor numbers from our end

 

[jrtiger]

Not great, but those selectors are sometimes very bad judges.

you would still anticipate that our Junior Reps would fill out some of those squads. in years gone by we’ve had 15+ blokes in the 18s to watch across the carnival.

 

[balmain boy]

That’s a bullshit team if it’s form based . The flegg team are top 2 in the comp . NSW origin at all levels is a boys club . Look at half those players and who they play for and where thier team is on the flegg ladder . All of a sudden Godinet , the starting backrower last year for the Aus team can’t make the NSW team . After being a star for the 2nd best team in u21s is hilarious .
As long as the same people pick teams nsw will always lose .

Godinet has been crap this year. He was lucky not to get dropped from Ball. He's improved a bit since but he's still in no rep form

 

[balmain boy]

Wests Tigers pathways players selected for 2026 ASSRL U18 Nationals.

NSWCCC: Jake Gaffney, Kye Penfold
NSWCHS: Iszak Isdale, Jerome Cosgrave

Apologies if I missed any. If not, 4 out of 60 players across the 3 NSW school squads is pretty poor imo.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/live-streams/league/assrl-2026-squad-tracker-every-under18s-boys-squad-for-national-championships/news-story/53acc6814f1639f5abb8977632ab4890

Just shows how dire our junior stocks are. Never been worse

 

[Bellend]

Just shows how dire our junior stocks are. Never been worse

BB it is slowly getting better, but there needs to be better Finances ploughed into the lower grades , we need more specialized coaches across all grades.