@Tiger5150 said in [Wests Tigers 9's Teams \*Official](/post/1115193) said:
There is that name Matheson Johns. Big things touted for this kid. Hope he might be the smoky for this season
Never heard of him 5150 , what position ...local junior ...star sign ....whatever you can supply would be nice
We snuck in under the guard of the Dragons and signed him .. Dragons had big hopes for this kid .. large lump of lad for centre but plenty field awareness about .. knows how to sniff out the try line .. Not the quickest, but with his size he carries and the above average speed he has .. he is a very much a handful for any centre out there .. not shy of taking a hit up the forwards to have a rest either. Will more than likely fill out some more and find himself as ball running backrower. Put this kid down as a smoky for the top grade later in the season .. !!
Yet somehow the dragons let him go. He signed a one year CC contract with the panthers and then got released again.
Now he's trialling for a CC contract with us.
Something doesn't add up.
He was dragons flegg player of the year but then walks out the door of two clubs in two years?
I'd certainly prefer him to Heleta or McGuiggan in the centres in CC, but jury is out and if he proves himself in CC then fantastic.
Obviously he's done something to impress Madge in the off season but game situations are a different proposition.
A bit more info...apparently Phil Gould signed him at Penrith pre Cleary. Cleary has since identified a couple of junior outside backs and decided Johns and Waqa Blake were surplus to requirements. With Cleary's history on signing players we might be on a winner!
