southerntiger
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This could turn out to be the thread that unites 99% of the forum. That would be a first.
Moses Suli
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Fade_To_Black
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The OP and Milky aren't on the bus. Ivan will be cranky.
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Suli is progressing nicely, he will be going really good by season's end.
Keep it up young fella!
For an 18 year old he is ripping it up.
I see him in the style of Harry Wells (for those who remember) in respect of being powerful in the centre and being able to off load to some one in a better position after he breaks the line.
Some people expect far too much from a kid who has played what - 6 games - Sheeesh!!!
I see him in the style of Harry Wells (for those who remember) in respect of being powerful in the centre and being able to off load to some one in a better position after he breaks the line.
Some people expect far too much from a kid who has played what - 6 games - Sheeesh!!!
sheer64
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I like him and think he will be a good consistant player
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You're kidding yourself. The kid is 18 years old, still growing and getting stronger and he bends the line regularly. His post contact metres are impressive and he's safe in defence. And he'll improve plenty over the next couple of years.
Club_Sandwich
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He's been one of our best backs. He'll only get better once he starts playing centre regularly. Can't wait to see this kid blossom.
happy_tiger
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Sorry Milky the bus doors are closed now , no sucking up will work
You better find another bus or become the bus driver :smiley:
All aboard the Milk Wagon
sideline_eye
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Yep, the move to centre will be the making of him as he is not a winger. He may have been a bit shy early on but he's growing in confidence at each outing. A keeper.
smoking_gun
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Once he loses his baby fat and gets a seasoned hardened first grade body he will be close to unstoppable
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I can easily see him being a 110kg centre if he can hold his speed. One would think his endurance will only improve over the next couple of years but holding his speed will be crucial to his long term prospects as a centre.
innsaneink
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surely you can find an image of him in a WTs shirt?
what does the orange smoke represent…the bus needs oil?
**Suli knocked back Parra's offer to return**
_It took Parramatta just six months to try and lure back Moses Suli after rejecting him from their junior grades back in 2014._
It turns out Mitchell isn't the only Moses that Parramatta were willing to part the seas for.
Wests Tigers millionaire rookie Moses Suli will on Monday meet the Eels for the first time since the NRL club rejected, then tried to lure back three years ago.
"I got axed by Parra in Harold Matthews when I was 16," Suli told AAP.
"They actually wanted me back but I just didn't want to go back. I just said I wasn't interested. I was going good at the Tigers and I just wanted to stay here. And here I am today.
"It'll be good to get out there, play against them and prove them wrong."
Suli's revelations come in the same week star five-eighth Moses is set to play his final game for the Tigers before joining the Eels as soon as the traditional Easter Monday clash is over.
Like Suli, Moses is an Eels junior who was famously told he was too small to play first grade before finding his feet at Concord.
But it took the Eels less than six months to come crawling back to Suli, although the joint venture club were determined not to let him go.
Two years on and the Tongan native was, in January, handed the most lucrative contract for a player who at the time had yet to even finish an under-20s game.
He hasn't missed a game since making his debut in round one.
"Put it this way, small districts like us wouldn't let someone like Suli go. We've got a good culture at Balmain. Not many kids leave us," Balmain development coach Michael Frain said.
"We don't have the big pool to choose from, whereas Parramatta and Penrith do. Anyone that comes from us from other districts, they've been rejected from somewhere.
"It's a bit tough on the big districts, but that's how we survive in a way. It's a bit more personal here than some of those bigger clubs."
Frain said his protege had started his NRL career in solid fashion, but promised the teenager still had plenty to show, particularly if he makes a permanent move into the centres.
As one of the few subtle changes under new coach Ivan Cleary in their upset win over North Queensland last week, Suli started in the three-quarter line alongside Kevin Naiqama.
"He's never played wing before. Moses is a centre - very strong, good on his feet. He's a similar player to BJ Leilua, that's who I'd compare him to," Frain said.
_It took Parramatta just six months to try and lure back Moses Suli after rejecting him from their junior grades back in 2014._
It turns out Mitchell isn't the only Moses that Parramatta were willing to part the seas for.
Wests Tigers millionaire rookie Moses Suli will on Monday meet the Eels for the first time since the NRL club rejected, then tried to lure back three years ago.
"I got axed by Parra in Harold Matthews when I was 16," Suli told AAP.
"They actually wanted me back but I just didn't want to go back. I just said I wasn't interested. I was going good at the Tigers and I just wanted to stay here. And here I am today.
"It'll be good to get out there, play against them and prove them wrong."
Suli's revelations come in the same week star five-eighth Moses is set to play his final game for the Tigers before joining the Eels as soon as the traditional Easter Monday clash is over.
Like Suli, Moses is an Eels junior who was famously told he was too small to play first grade before finding his feet at Concord.
But it took the Eels less than six months to come crawling back to Suli, although the joint venture club were determined not to let him go.
Two years on and the Tongan native was, in January, handed the most lucrative contract for a player who at the time had yet to even finish an under-20s game.
He hasn't missed a game since making his debut in round one.
"Put it this way, small districts like us wouldn't let someone like Suli go. We've got a good culture at Balmain. Not many kids leave us," Balmain development coach Michael Frain said.
"We don't have the big pool to choose from, whereas Parramatta and Penrith do. Anyone that comes from us from other districts, they've been rejected from somewhere.
"It's a bit tough on the big districts, but that's how we survive in a way. It's a bit more personal here than some of those bigger clubs."
Frain said his protege had started his NRL career in solid fashion, but promised the teenager still had plenty to show, particularly if he makes a permanent move into the centres.
As one of the few subtle changes under new coach Ivan Cleary in their upset win over North Queensland last week, Suli started in the three-quarter line alongside Kevin Naiqama.
"He's never played wing before. Moses is a centre - very strong, good on his feet. He's a similar player to BJ Leilua, that's who I'd compare him to," Frain said.
Tigertigertiger
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A teen taking on adults, when he grows in to his body he will be very good not that he isn't now
Masterton
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His metres after contact have been great, so I don't know how anyone could think he runs soft. He'll be much better when he moves to centre.
That said, he does jog back from deep kicks. And he's got to learn to protect the ball when the tackler is trying to work him over with their body.
That said, he does jog back from deep kicks. And he's got to learn to protect the ball when the tackler is trying to work him over with their body.
Pawsandclaws
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If he gets the opportunity to play right centre, watch for his ability to put his winger away in classic centre style.
