Boom rookie not sure about life in the big city
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By Robert Craddock
December 28, 2007 12:00am
THE Sydney Roosters have outbid the Broncos to sign a boom young halfback from Ipswich - but he has signed only a one-year deal because he's unsure he'll like life in the big city.
Lachlan Hall, a 17-year-old who represented Queensland Schoolboys at rugby union last season, resisted an approach from the Broncos to join the Roosters on a one-year deal.
He has already been training with the Roosters for the past five weeks. "I have only signed for one year because I wanted to see whether I liked it down there," Hall said.
"I also felt like a bit of a change. The Broncos have said they could be interested in me if I come back. So far I have enjoyed it. They are a professional club yet quite relaxed and Brad Fittler is a good coach."
Hall's signing shows how aggressive the Roosters have been recruiting at both ends of the player spectrum. His friends joked yesterday that the Roosters had now signed the big three - O'Meley, Mason . . . and Hall.
The young Queenslander has formed a close bond with another rising Roosters halfback in Mitchell Pearce, son of former international Wayne. "Even though we play in the same position I get along really well with him," he said.
Hall has set himself the goal of consolidating a position with the Roosters' under-20 side next season.
A multi-skilled sportsman who also excels at cricket, Hall has been playing at the Queensland Country Week cricket carnival this week.
Ipswich Grammar School has a distinguished history of producing quality footballers, including the Walters family.
Article from:
By Robert Craddock
December 28, 2007 12:00am
THE Sydney Roosters have outbid the Broncos to sign a boom young halfback from Ipswich - but he has signed only a one-year deal because he's unsure he'll like life in the big city.
Lachlan Hall, a 17-year-old who represented Queensland Schoolboys at rugby union last season, resisted an approach from the Broncos to join the Roosters on a one-year deal.
He has already been training with the Roosters for the past five weeks. "I have only signed for one year because I wanted to see whether I liked it down there," Hall said.
"I also felt like a bit of a change. The Broncos have said they could be interested in me if I come back. So far I have enjoyed it. They are a professional club yet quite relaxed and Brad Fittler is a good coach."
Hall's signing shows how aggressive the Roosters have been recruiting at both ends of the player spectrum. His friends joked yesterday that the Roosters had now signed the big three - O'Meley, Mason . . . and Hall.
The young Queenslander has formed a close bond with another rising Roosters halfback in Mitchell Pearce, son of former international Wayne. "Even though we play in the same position I get along really well with him," he said.
Hall has set himself the goal of consolidating a position with the Roosters' under-20 side next season.
A multi-skilled sportsman who also excels at cricket, Hall has been playing at the Queensland Country Week cricket carnival this week.
Ipswich Grammar School has a distinguished history of producing quality footballers, including the Walters family.
