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Hopefully we see alot more of Tepai in the 20's next year. I thought he went well in the trials.
Cheers Stags.Till the end of 15 I believe
I have been told that our u/14s have some of the most outstanding talent seen coming through at Parra for years.This is more good work from our current talent scout.
Rugby union chased him very hard but has signed a 2 year deal with us
Thanks Jimmy. To add to that Paul Kent (he is Sticky's BFF) said last night on NRL360 that the Eels will get worse before they get better.
I reckon that he is saying that our lack of depth will be our achilles heel next year.
That's fantastic news about the U14's. Can hardly wait.
Blake Harrison is a back rower mate.
Didn't realise. I must have him confused with Darcy's brother. Didn't he start off as a half?
How old Is he?
Will we see him near the 20's or Possibly firsts anytime soon?
That's good. He would be in the frame for NYC next year wouldn't he?
As a Junior Club Official, I went to a PDJRL meeting earlier in the season, where the junior Recruitment guy from the eels (Reports to Nolan - cant for the life of me remember his name) addressed the clubs.
He basically told us all the place was an absolute shambles, in terms of identification & recruitment of Juniors from our clubs - He too came from the Broncos, and it took him a full season just to sort out the true mess that it was in.
He now has a team & system in place to identify jr talent from as low as Under 12/13s...I witnessed Talent ID scouts about 2-3 times throughout the season - and this was at a small club which featured only Div 3/4 Teams....so they're casting the net far & wide - and not just looking at big clubs like Cabra, Wenty, Hills etc.
Apparently these scouts take a report back to him - and they're entered into a DB - when names continually get flagged, he then goes & checks the player out a few times....& so on & so forth. So I am of the belief that they are being proactive in the Jr Talent Id now.
I have heard from various sources in the Jr League - In terms of production of Halves - until we introduce a system similar to Qlds - our halves development will never be as good as theirs - our halves are restricted from an early age to having to catch & pass (as the rules up to under 12's? is that there has to be 2 passes)
Qld system, I am lead to believe, allows for a team to identify the halfback (by way of an armband) which allows them to run freely - although I am not an expert on this - so maybe someone can shed more light?
Yep, the bloke that spoke to you was Anthony Field, thank f**k for him and Pete Nolan who had to clean up this mess that's been there since the reddy era
I have been told that our u/14s have some of the most outstanding talent seen coming through at Parra for years.This is more good work from our current talent scout.
That's fantastic news about the U14's. Can hardly wait.
Better news would be that you F--- off these forums you F----n idiot of the highest calibre.:x
Just on the NYC squad, we have never played a full strength team all season, we have had on average 6 players missing from the squad all year,.. Last Sunday we rolled Melbourne with 12 players sitting in the sideline and went close to Brisbane the week before, we've basically used our second string squad all season.. Just sayin
Mate he played 4 games in the start of the season and then went on his Aussie schoolboys rugby tour. Tepai is a freak.