Stefano Utoikamanu #241

[Demps]

All he had to do was watch his current teammates choke tonight and then watch the clinical precision of his future teammates. Easy decision really

Can't buy heart.

 

[happy_tiger]

Did he play last night ...missed most of the Parra game ...making voodoo dolls

 

[diedpretty]

Did he play last night ...missed most of the Parra game ...making voodoo dolls

Nope. Will be interesting to see if they play him in their second loss and bomb out.

 

[gallagher]

His body doesn't look ready fur NRL, I'm happy for Parra to baby sit him for this year.

 

[ElleryHanley]

His body doesn't look ready fur NRL, I'm happy for Parra to baby sit him for this year.

Yeah, he looked huge out there...but not very mobile and was gassed very quickly.

Looks at least 12-24 months away.

 

[Sart0ri]

Stefano playing in the 9's is great, he get lots of experience at the cost of an Eels player rather than a WT player.

 

[twentyforty]

Nines is a game for fast ball playing smaller players. Stef will find nrl more to his liking. He’ll be ready by 2021.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

The better he is, the more likely we are to resist giving him up IF there was talk of him wanting out. If he really is as good as Payne Haas, we won’t be giving that up.

 

[happy_tiger]

His body doesn't look ready fur NRL, I'm happy for Parra to baby sit him for this year.

Yeah, he looked huge out there...but not very mobile and was gassed very quickly.

Looks at least 12-24 months away.

I remember a lot of people saying similar things about Simon Dwyer

A season playing big minutes in CC and a NRL pre season under Madge will fix that

 

[Geo]

Nines is a game for fast ball playing smaller players. Stef will find nrl more to his liking. He’ll be ready by 2021.

Tell that to Taumalolo..

 

[happy_tiger]

Nines is a game for fast ball playing smaller players. Stef will find nrl more to his liking. He’ll be ready by 2021.

Tell that to Taumalolo..

Told you his name wasn't Jason

 

[twentyforty]

Nines is a game for fast ball playing smaller players. Stef will find nrl more to his liking. He’ll be ready by 2021.

Tell that to Taumalolo..

Great comeback Geo. I like that. I also like that the game is not to predictable and always having exception to the generalisation rule. I suppose that’s why Taumalolo is earning the $10m. I would rather see the cowboys get another battering ram and have him as a wide receiver? He can find a hole and if it’s not there, make one.

 

[twentyforty]

The better he is, the more likely we are to resist giving him up IF there was talk of him wanting out. If he really is as good as Payne Haas, we won’t be giving that up.

Are you thinking eels could be setting him up for failure? So that when the tug o war starts we drop the rope easily?

 

[Wounded_magpie]

However Feddy rates him so highly , there is talk he could be a smokey for the Blues .

His body doesn't look ready fur NRL, I'm happy for Parra to baby sit him for this year.

Yeah, he looked huge out there...but not very mobile and was gassed very quickly.

Looks at least 12-24 months away.

 

[Demps]

No way he'll play for NSW.
He is a work in progress.

Mikaeke is better, right now.
As said... 1, 2 years and he'll be peaking.

 

[diedpretty]

Found this when i was looking back over old articles on Uto.


Rugby league has a new bitter rivalry that will light up the NRL next season.

It’s not quite the Roosters and the Rabbitohs but certainly up there with the best feuds in the game.

We’re talking the Parramatta Eels and the Wests Tigers and recent issues between the two clubs. Parramatta are about to lodge a complaint with the NRL over the poaching of their outstanding young front-rower Stefano Utoikamanu.
The boom forward signed with the Wests Tigers last week on a three-year contract worth almost $1 million.
Utoikamanu is a local version of Payne Haas — he’s 192cm and 115kg — and played for the Blues under-20s last season. Good judges believe he is ready to play first grade.

Many see it as a payback signing for the Eels pinching Ryan Matterson, who broke his contract at the Wests Tigers to return to Parramatta.

The Eels are claiming to have evidence of a potential breach of anti-tampering rules.

That negotiations were well down the track before November 1.

This is denied by the Wests Tigers but we can confirm Utoikamanu’s manager went on a trip to the US with Tigers management before his player signed.


Interesting that the slime reckoned they had proof on anti tampering. Funny that the NRL registered the contract anyway. Slime by name Slime by nature. The only anti tampering proof they would have would have been them and Matterson.

 

[JC99]

It’s unfair to compare anyone to Taumalolo - absolute freak. No other big man in the game comes close to what he can do. Stefano more of a traditional prop anyway, goes forward and gets metres.

 

[jirskyr]

we can confirm Utoikamanu’s manager went on a trip to the US with Tigers management before his player signed

So what, how many other players does the manager have at his stable? It could have been talking about anything.

E.g. this new Cowboys flier Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, pretty sure is under the same management as Stefano.

 

[happy_tiger]

No way he'll play for NSW.
He is a work in progress.

Mikaeke is better, right now.
As said... 1, 2 years and he'll be peaking.

Mikaele's hands are concerning still

 

[diedpretty]

we can confirm Utoikamanu’s manager went on a trip to the US with Tigers management before his player signed

So what, how many other players does the manager have at his stable? It could have been talking about anything.

E.g. this new Cowboys flier Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, pretty sure is under the same management as Stefano.

I agree - i just found it funny that the slime were crying foul and had proof that we cheated. So how come they didn't go whining to the NRL before the contract was registered. Might have been a bit worried of what might have come out in an investigation.