Come clean Sam

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Luke Covell- the NRL's equivalent of Chuck Norris

Gonna have to correct you there:

Chuck Norris, the martial arts and acting world’s equivalent of Luke Covell.

 

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Sam Stonestreet carries his deep Cronulla Sharks roots to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas​

From the age of four, Sam Stonestreet would carry an autograph book to every Sharks game. Now, through an untimely injury, the Cronulla local will represent his team on rugby league’s biggest stage.
David Riccio Los Angeles

Sam Stonestreet has been a Sharks fan since day one.
There’s few things better in rugby league than a local junior playing NRL for his boyhood club.
Sharks winger Sam Stonestreet is about to go one better.
From sitting on the hill at Shark Park as a four-year-old, Stonestreet will run out in front of 45,000 fans at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
If anything comes of the NRL’s US odyssey, surely it’s stories like this.
Stonestreet, the kid from De La Salle Caringbah, who would carry an autograph book to every Sharks game, is now the man that all those little kids watching at home on Fox Sports, can now aspire to be.

Stonestreet, 22, will make his sixth NRL appearance for Cronulla against Penrith on Sunday, following the injury omission of tryscorer Sione Katoa.
Katoa will be sidelined for the next four to five months after undergoing a shoulder reconstruction.
It has provided Stonestreet with his chance to call the Sharks right wing home for as long as he makes it his own.
“I’m going to take it with both hands and give my best,’’ Stonestreet said.
“I’m just grateful to have this opportunity.

“Obviously I feel for poor ‘Si’ (Sione Katoa), he deserves to be here and he’s been a big role model for me.
“So I want to get the job done for him.
“Being a boy from the Shire, it gives me nothing but pride to pull on the Sharks jersey in Las Vegas.
“I worked hard this pre-season, like always, so that I’m always ready for my opportunity and it’s come now.’’
Having scored eight tries in five games for the Sharks, Stonestreet is no stranger in backing his ability.
“It’s just another game at the end of the day, it might be a bit faster. Getting into the groove of it, week in and week out will help me further,’’ Stonestreet said.
“They’re the best team, they’re the benchmark and I’ve always seen myself as a first grade player so obviously I’ll get to test myself and see where I’m at.’’
Without a contract beyond 2025, Stonestreet also has the chance to showcase his value, believing that playing outside experienced centre Jesse Ramien, would only aid his cause.
“I’m going to get out there and let my footy do the talking,’’ Stonestreet said.
“He’s been huge for me. He’s calm and collected, a bit like myself.

Stonestreet decked out in Sharks gear. Picture: Supplied
“He leads by his actions and I follow him, so he’s really good for me.’’
Stonestreet’s selection was given a glowing endorsement by teammate Blayke Brailey.
“He’s definitely ready,’’ Brailey said.
“I think he showed last year that he’s an NRL player. He’s fast, strong and has done the job for us on the wing before.
“I have no doubt he’s going to put his best foot forward and play really well for us.
“It’s obviously unfortunate with Sione going down, but for him to step up and play in Las Vegas, it’s going to be a great story for him and a great moment for us all to be a part of that.
“I’m really happy for him.’’

Born to be a Shark: Stonestreet’s journey from fan to Las Vegas start

 

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I didn't know that young Humphreys was a De La boy who played with Stoney and Kade. Also coached by Adam Dykes.
I also didn't whether to start a new thread or just add onto one..... so I chose here.


Coaching a young Jamie Humphreys, former Adam Dykes used to overhear parents and spectators commenting about the youngster’s ability – and hulking physique.
Dykes, the former Cronulla playmaker, won multiple titles with the De La Salle club in the Shire – perhaps not surprising, considering his side boasted Humphreys, Sharks winger Sam Stonestreet and his own son, Cronulla fullback Kade Dykes.

“When he was 11, 12 and 13, Jamie had a body like a bloody 18-year-old,” Dykes told this masthead. “All the kids from the Shire were these little skinny kids, but here was Jamie, built like an adonis at 13.”
Stonestreet and Humphreys will go head to head the first time in the NRL on Saturday afternoon, when the unbeaten Bunnies head to PointsBet Stadium to face the Sharks.

“It’s going to be exciting to see Jamie and Sam play,” Dykes said. “Sam was a beach sprinter, he was always fast. Jamie was one of the most talented kids I’ve ever seen.
“The biggest thing with Jamie was he was always super talented, but it was more his determination. He had something under the bonnet not many kids had.

Jamie Humphreys and Sam Stonestreet won multiple premierships as kids with De La Salle.
“The three of them were in a very good side. They were easy to coach because you only had to tell them something once.
“In terms of Jamie, he just had something in terms of his will and desire. I’d run the water out to him, he was exhausted, but he refused to lose.

“Sam played centre, Jamie played centre, and Kade was five-eighth. Sam was fast, Kade was talented, but Jamie was the star. Everyone in the Shire knew about Jamie Humphreys when he was a young kid.”
Humphreys will wear the Souths No. 7 jersey for the third week, having been the hero against St George Illawarra last weekend when he calmly slotted the winning field-goal from 30 metres out.
Stonestreet, who recalled some hard-fought sprint duels on the beach with Humphreys when they were nippers at Cronulla Surf Club, expected Humphreys’ left boot to send plenty of bombs towards his wing.
“I’ll look for him in the line when I run it back,” Stonestreet said on Tuesday. “We played a lot of games back in the day, won a few comps, and he was a freak back in the day.
“He’s always been stocky, well-mannered, while his family are also awesome people. He’s stepped up playing halfback, and he’s doing well.”

Humphreys left the Shire when he was 13 and spent five years in England after his father, former Wests Tigers and Manly chief executive Stephen Humphreys, started a new job in London. He returned to Sydney and spent a few years in Manly’s system before joining Souths over the summer.
“I thought he’d progress into a hooker more than a half,” Dykes said. “I still think he’ll end up a really good hooker because he has a great left foot, can ball-play – but that’s not to say he won’t kick arse at halfback.”


‘He was built like an adonis at 13’: How youth coach knew Humphreys was destined for top