Tukimihia Simpkins #248

[Blacknwhite]

The kid has an incredible offload. NRL worthy offload. Glad he's ours.

unfortunately we need the rest of his game to be up to NRL level as well. Good prospect no doubt, not even close to being FG standard yet.

Weststigers standard though .. great prospect .

this spell in FG could do him wonders.... lets him see where he is, and where he needs to get to. Depends how honest he is with himself.

I think he's going to be a winner in time, like Stefano. Comes from a winning family, really grounded and mature for his age. Contrast with Talau.

yeah its a time thing... not knocking him, more so how we nurture him. He isnt a guy who what he does is bad, its the things he isnt doing, and that will come with maturity. We need to train his mind as much as his body.

 

[Geo]

Like what I see with this kid..

Keeps his spot for the rest of the year..

 

[Spartan117]

Unless something changes, he and the others with talent will be off to better teams.

 

[voice_of_reason]

I'm not seeing anything special right now. He's not ready for first grade but at least he's getting experience. He looks VERY slow.

 

[Speed2burn]

The kid has an incredible offload. NRL worthy offload. Glad he's ours.

unfortunately we need the rest of his game to be up to NRL level as well. Good prospect no doubt, not even close to being FG standard yet.

He's 19 and not doing that badly - LOTS of upside with this kid and he'll be a much stronger prospect next season.

Is it too early to blood him at starting 13?

Played decent minutes tonight and didn’t shy away

 

[Aesopian]

Looks like we've trained a bit of the aggression out of him.

First few games I saw him play he'd be lining dudes up all game. Rushing up for the big hit. Not seeing much of this atm

 

[Blacknwhite]

Looks like we've trained a bit of the aggression out of him.

First few games I saw him play he'd be lining dudes up all game. Rushing up for the big hit. Not seeing much of this atm

If he wants to bang, then he needs to be fitter. He is a fair way off fitness wise. If you watch him closely he struggles to get back onside in defence as it is, turns his back alot in doing so as well. Kid has barely grown into his body. Its all on him from here, has the skill, time for the effort.

 

[earl]

Looks like we've trained a bit of the aggression out of him.

First few games I saw him play he'd be lining dudes up all game. Rushing up for the big hit. Not seeing much of this atm

If he wants to bang, then he needs to be fitter. He is a fair way off fitness wise. If you watch him closely he struggles to get back onside in defence as it is, turns his back alot in doing so as well. Kid has barely grown into his body. Its all on him from here, has the skill, time for the effort.

I like a big hit but you need to be defensively sound and then pull off the big hit. He needs work sure but I'd be keeping him on the bench going forward.

I like him at lock.

 

[StarswithStripes]

Very raw, forced to play extended minutes due to injuries tonight.

Have concerns that there were some questionable effort plays. Needs a rocket.

I thought that last week but was impressed tonight. He’ll come good.

 

[getagrip]

The kid has an incredible offload. NRL worthy offload. Glad he's ours.

unfortunately we need the rest of his game to be up to NRL level as well. Good prospect no doubt, not even close to being FG standard yet.

Agree. Needs to prioritise tough runs and tough tackling .

 

[tony soprano]

Not strong enough

 

[Demps]

The kid has an incredible offload. NRL worthy offload. Glad he's ours.

unfortunately we need the rest of his game to be up to NRL level as well. Good prospect no doubt, not even close to being FG standard yet.

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[TheDaBoss]

tuki
stef
daine
douehi
future of the club

 

[TonyTiger]

Like what I see with this kid..

Keeps his spot for the rest of the year..

Definitely! Tuki is able to offload at will! We just need the other monkeys to follow him up to capitalise... at 19yo he is showing up most of our more seasoned forwards ..

 

[Tim Sheens]

Not strong enough

He's still a teenager.

 

[Barnsta B]

The kid is a beast at 19 urs of age, last year didnt get to play due to Covid and this year is still learning the game. He will be a star next year along side Stefano.
Blore also needs more minutes.
We do have some good young players coming through who we can definitely build a good squad around

 

[ElleryHanley]

A definite bright spot.

 

[izotope]

Goes alright with ball in hand, but his lateral defense is slower then LL and gets caught flat footed quite a bit. Fits in perfectly with our current team

Sure he will improve in the years to come

 

[BalmainJnr]

He will be a very good player for us in the years to come.

 

[weststigerman]

He and Stefano were the 2 positives.

Stefano with his strong 60+ minutes and Tuki with his offloads.

They should be much better next year for the run.