I can't remember his name, but one of the Sharks players did a few months playing for a country team in Australia last year to polish up his game.
I think this was a good idea, and would be a good thing for as many as possible of the younger American players to do.
Wyong would be the ideal club to host a group of young American players IMO. From what I understand they have six open age teams, three in the central coast comp and three in the Newcastle comp. The bottom level team (3rd grade central coast) would be an ideal place for someone who has practically no League experience at all I would think. It would be park level footy, probably with training optional I'd say.
The top grade (Newcastle first div) would be the third strongest comp in NSW and maybe 4th strongest in Australia, just ahead of the JB cup. If a player had the talent they could literally go from beginer to being on the verge of NRL standard in one year at the Wyong club, and the club also has all the junior grades as well.
The season before last they were the country challenge winners (I think that is what the comp is called), which means they won a knockout comp between the winners of all the country groups - which means they were the best side outside of Sydney.
I'd love to see young Americans regularly improving their skills by spending a season playing for Wyong.
I think this was a good idea, and would be a good thing for as many as possible of the younger American players to do.
Wyong would be the ideal club to host a group of young American players IMO. From what I understand they have six open age teams, three in the central coast comp and three in the Newcastle comp. The bottom level team (3rd grade central coast) would be an ideal place for someone who has practically no League experience at all I would think. It would be park level footy, probably with training optional I'd say.
The top grade (Newcastle first div) would be the third strongest comp in NSW and maybe 4th strongest in Australia, just ahead of the JB cup. If a player had the talent they could literally go from beginer to being on the verge of NRL standard in one year at the Wyong club, and the club also has all the junior grades as well.
The season before last they were the country challenge winners (I think that is what the comp is called), which means they won a knockout comp between the winners of all the country groups - which means they were the best side outside of Sydney.
I'd love to see young Americans regularly improving their skills by spending a season playing for Wyong.
