OFFICIAL Pathways - KOE General Discussion

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Vicious said:
At least 2 of the tries conceded by of Fleggvsidecwere straight through Sione Vaihu.
For that effort he gets promoted to NSW Cup ?
Is there any type of criteria for who goes up and down between grades as it doesn’t often seem to be form related ?
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Was thinking the same thing. Not sure why Vaihu comes up & Zak Clarke goes down.

Can only think Vaihu is on his last opportunity to impress in the Opens otherwise look elsewhere for ‘25.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
Was thinking the same thing. Not sure why Vaihu comes up & Zak Clarke goes down.

Can only think Vaihu is on his last opportunity to impress in the Opens otherwise look elsewhere for ‘25.
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I don't see the appeal in Vaihu. Particularly not as a 2nd rower. One area I hope we prioritise and strengthen in our pathways.

Happy to see the club invest in Broederlow as he has shown something. Other than that, I haven't seen anything to get excited about in 2nd row for Cup and Flegg.
 
Tigers_Wests said:
I don't see the appeal in Vaihu. Particularly not as a 2nd rower. One area I hope we prioritise and strengthen in our pathways.

Happy to see the club invest in Broederlow as he has shown something. Other than that, I haven't seen anything to get excited about in 2nd row for Cup and Flegg.
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I’d like to see Solo Saukuru developed into a backrower in the next year or 2. Think he can be a damaging backrower once he builds his engine.
 
Tigers_Wests said:
I don't see the appeal in Vaihu. Particularly not as a 2nd rower. One area I hope we prioritise and strengthen in our pathways.

Happy to see the club invest in Broederlow as he has shown something. Other than that, I haven't seen anything to get excited about in 2nd row for Cup and Flegg.
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💯 we need to be aiming much higher than Vaihu. Agree that Broederlow has upside and is worth persisting with.
 
This team should do better than previous sides. There’s a bit of first grade experience there. Although it is the roosters so who knowz
 
Buttface said:
A bit on the small side?
Not another one. What are we the land of the midgets (not that there’s anything wrong with that). The seventeen dwarfs.
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Well he's not really on the small side. 188cm and 106kgs, is a good size for a centre and decent size for a back rower. Certainly bigger than the likes of tumeth, vaihu etc
 
I’m very interested to see young Fainu back on the field this weekend. He’s a bit of a missing link and if reports are correct he has as much, if not more, potential than Galvin !
Hope he’s over his hammy problem and in coming weeks shows us what he’s got. Only issue I can see is our KOE pack is not that strong so he won’t be playing off a good go forward.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
If Heath Mason only gets limited minutes tomorrow night in the NRL, fair chance he plays NSW Cup on Sunday. Well I'd hope so.
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He should be playing 80 regardless. No point to having him on the bench in nrl currently. He's not a utility yet. Got shown up by someone of the the same size as him, but had been developed properly by the storm. Faalogo is 200% better than Mason and yet he's still only just starting to see first grade reguarly despite being 3 years older. Meanwhile we leave him playing 5 mins a week and hope that he'll somehow turn into a star.

Play him 80 mins in cup for the rest of the season, mainly at fullback, but also a bit at centre, 5/8 and hooker.
 
Iron Fist said:
What about Zakauri Clarke? I think there's something there. More than Sukkar, Tumeth, and Vaihu anyway. And there are other clubs after him according to this article. He's a bigger body than all of them, but seems to move faster than them too.

I fear the fact the club has signed Sukkar to a top 30 deal, and Tumeth has an option to stay next year Signings link here, means they'll offer a development deal to only one edge forward, and the club will lose one of Broederlow or Clarke. Hope they keep both and then can reassess at end of 2025 when Tumeth's deal is done, and Sukkar has a club option to remain on in 2026.

The way I see the big picture, Sam Fainu, Galvin, and Bateman (if they don't move him on), can be NRL edge forwards. Broederlow and Clarke can potentially be good depth and challenge that lot. Tumeth and Sukkar are doing nothing of the sort right now.
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Yeah I am on the fence with Clarke. Haven't seen a heap of him, but the games I have seen, his defence has really let him down.

I wouldnt be surprised to see us pay out Tumeth's contract if he doesn't have any takers elsewhere. He has been nowhere on the radar of NRL all year. Sukkar I think will be around a bit longer, but like you, I dont see him as good depth or putting up much of a challenge for an nrl spot at the moment.
 
So excited about our NSW Cup team tomorrow & the likes of To'a & Naden putting in performances like NRL players should in Cup, Feledy and Saukuru jumping out of the ground and saying 'I'm the next big thing in this club', Latu Fainu setting up at least 3 tries & scoring 1 himself, Matamua motivated by his axing with a huge lift in intensity and some superb line break assists; Broederlow producing a tackle-breaking masterclass; and Johannssen & Miller saying 'Stefano who, we went his & Klemmer's spot'; & Tallyn not missing one target from dummyhalf and producing 2 dummy half scoot line breaks. Not to mention Vaka Aho comes in & just dominates!
 
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