A lot of these young guys are rated highly none moreso than Haemasi Makasini & Jared Haywood and Christian Taupau-Moors & Pheonix Godinet.
Smorgasboard.
Reynolds would know when his body has had enough. Richardson would also be well aware due to their time together at Souths. I believe Reynolds was always a Souths player.
You would roll yourself out in a wheelchair for $600k a season....
No. The player market is tight now, wait until the new teams start recruiting. We need to lock down our quality juniors we produce through both junior districts.
All that will happen is what always does. The teams that have the junior bases. Tigers, Dragons, Penrith, Parra any other club with a huge junior footprint will be used to supply the new teams until they get their set ups going. Problem is if in setting up a team the new teams admins switch on to the fact they can just cherry pick the juniors they want from other clubs development pathways, then the millions each year required for their own systems they can relocate to other parts of the setup. Hypothetically if we just cherry picked what we wanted we wouldn't need to spend more than 2 million a year in our junior systems, we could use that money for other things. Whether it's good for long term success or not I think depends on who's running the joint. We neglected it under the old regime and we were a disaster. Under Richo it could work cause he knows what he's doing. I don't think it's fair imo. I think before any team is included it should be mandatory they have a pathway system up and running for 3 - 5 prior to being granted an N.R.L license to compete in reserve grade and the lower comps, so clubs like us who spend the cash on junior development arnt unfairly disadvantaged. I understand we recieve more t.v money as there's more games broadcast, but money doesn't run out on the pitch to win football games and at the end of the day when you break it all down it's all about wins and losses.
Damn, why are we the only club who's juniors are always put in the paper like it's a shop window.
Is Haywood as good as TDS at the same age?
Someone needs to have a quiet word with TDS and remind him about how Harry Grant played reserves for 2 years after debuting in grade waiting for Cam Smith to retire. I get that he is ambitious but Api is by far our best option to play hooker for us. I don’t get the entitlement myself.
There's no need. They're both very young. Api has like 2-3 years left and will also get injured at times. There is space enough for all of them to share. Api is playing too many minutes atm I reckon. He should be around 50 minutes rather than 60 he has played the last few weeks.
I watched him being interviewed about the new sports high school at Campbelltown. He came across as a levelheaded and humble young man. He appeared committed to WTs. Serving your apprenticeship under one of the best, if not the best, hookers in the NRL is an excellent plan for success.
Yes but this for 2027 - he will be 22 and if Api resigns for 2 more years he will be 24 -25 before he is the starting hooker
I’m not so sure about that.
I would agree
