Latu Fainu #282

We didn’t look like we had a plan out there … at first I thought maybe we were just going to play the long grinding game but as the 2nd half grew longer we really looked like benji just told them to go out there and do their best

Our team selections were horrible. Not many teams change their entire spine 3-4 times in a match
 
Mighty_Tiger said:
Just let the kid have the rest of this and half of next season in the halves. He needs stability & needs game time under his belt.

No one at the club is better than Luai & Latu in the halves.
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Agreed. Moving him to lose by 30 instead of 60 is useless .
Get the reps under his belt.
 
Mighty_Tiger said:
Just let the kid have the rest of this and half of next season in the halves. He needs stability & needs game time under his belt.

No one at the club is better than Luai & Latu in the halves.
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Is there a reason the club won’t do this already? What am I missing?
 
BAGNF05 said:
What am I looking up?
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Latu produced the single best junior rep season , ever . No other kid has done what he did that year and I doubt ever will again .
He went undefeated in Harold Matt’s u18’s and won player of the series despite being two years below everyone else at age 15 lol
He got the richest NRL contract for a junior in rugby league history , with manly from dominating in their cup side .
Youngest kid ever to get an adidas deal , played u19’s SOO at 17 , played for Tonga before even debuting in NRL lol.

I never usually hype up kids but his only issue is his horrid run with injuries and keeping his body fit , he’s done more of an apprenticeship in reggies than LG/Mason combined .
 
tigahhh said:
Latu produced the single best junior rep season , ever . No other kid has done what he did that year and I doubt ever will again .
He went undefeated in Harold Matt’s u18’s and won player of the series despite being two years below everyone else at age 15 lol
He got the richest NRL contract for a junior in rugby league history , with manly from dominating in their cup side .
Youngest kid ever to get an adidas deal , played u19’s SOO at 17 , played for Tonga before even debuting in NRL lol.

I never usually hype up kids but his only issue is his horrid run with injuries and keeping his body fit , he’s done more of an apprenticeship in reggies than LG/Mason combined .
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I drink beers with plenty of junior rep stars. The big time is a quantum leap. Not saying he won’t make it, but he looked out of his depth to me last night.
 
BAGNF05 said:
I drink beers with plenty of junior rep stars. The big time is a quantum leap. Not saying he won’t make it, but he looked out of his depth to me last night.
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absolutely that’s why i say i dont hype kids , i just wouldn’t judge him based off his first 80 minute game in i think at least a year with no luai with him
needs time to get his bearings and a consistent halves partner
won’t see it until maybe the warriors 😩
 
tigahhh said:
absolutely that’s why i say i dont hype kids , i just wouldn’t judge him based off his first 80 minute game in i think at least a year with no luai with him
needs time to get his bearings and a consistent halves partner
won’t see it until maybe the warriors 😩
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Yeah, playing him with AD next week is a likely hindrance to his development.
 
BAGNF05 said:
I drink beers with plenty of junior rep stars. The big time is a quantum leap. Not saying he won’t make it, but he looked out of his depth to me last night.
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You can't be serious mate. Latu was far from out of his depth last night. He was a lone half with absolutely no one around him and no experience of his own. He more than held his own. He showed great signs. His kicking game is longer than I thought and he is a competitor. Our forward pack got bashed and made no inroads at all for him to play off. His display was far more in the positive than the negative when you take into account all the circumstances.
 
king_sirro said:
You can't be serious mate. Latu was far from out of his depth last night. He was a lone half with absolutely no one around him and no experience of his own. He more than held his own. He showed great signs. His kicking game is longer than I thought and he is a competitor. Our forward pack got bashed and made no inroads at all for him to play off. His display was far more in the positive than the negative when you take into account all the circumstances.
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Agree with some of that. Our goal line attack was diabolical. His first instinct was to tuck it under his wing and take a tackle. There were plenty of reasons to be concerned even though we didn’t have a good platform. I’d move Luai to 7 and keep him at 6 for a while if he’s staying in FG.
 
BAGNF05 said:
Agree with some of that. Our goal line attack was diabolical. His first instinct was to tuck it under his wing and take a tackle. There were plenty of reasons to be concerned even though we didn’t have a good platform. I’d move Luai to 7 and keep him at 6 for a while if he’s staying in FG.
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we as a whole are diabolical without luai, made me realise he’s on unders atm lol
even when he goes off for hia etc, we literally fall apart
 
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