Maybe
@Centy Coast should tell us which norths players he thinks could make it in first grade
There are plenty who could make it, they just need that opportunity.
I saw a kid make his debut yesterday in the NRL that I have known since U6’s, he would’ve been one of the last kids I would’ve expected to make NRL.
I’m currently reevaluating my thoughts on the NRL, yes it is about talent but it is also about opportunity, staying injury free, who you know and who you could be related to.
I’ve seen the Roosters put young players up here on the Central Coast on contracts and some I’ve thought are you serious ?.
This one kid looked the goods, tall, got on the juice early, bulked up, was a state sprinter, made rep teams without trying out because of his contract, he was terrible though, when we played his club side we would always target him, he couldn’t take bombs and he couldn’t tackle.
Two years later when his contract was up the Roosters didn’t renew it.