Dragon David
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For my sanity, I'm not
Whatever we have and we want to keep will have to be protected from external forces and then developed like no bodies business to become the best. We have got to develop the best juniors we have and make sure the pathways are clear and ready for them to take off into our NRL squad.
There you go, the Roosters know what they want and they get. These young brothers most probably will end up playing 300 games for the Roosters and be hailed some of the best recruits signed up by the Roosters. These players are what we need big, strong and capable.I also think there will be some serious offers and contract negotiations for a few of our elite juniors probably happening right now.
this is a squad $ challenge we have not had for some time........so much so......to get some of them to come to them to the Dragons we had to stagger their contracts into the top30 squad for 2025 at very young ages.
Latu
Halangahu
Tonga
Couchmen x 2
Jett
Meafou
etc
As an example........If Aussie Schoolboy Tonga at 121kg and 196cm keeps progressing at his current rate Gold Coast, Dolphins and Brisbane will go hard for him to head back to QLD.......I mean he could be a 21yr old $700k pa before we know it. He turned 19yrs old in May this year. Tonga and Latu and Halangahu will have a stack of clubs lined up as they their next contracts.
Loko Jnr Pasifiki Tonga
The State of Origin U19s profile of Loko Jnr Pasifiki Tonga including career statistics, season stats, games, tries, goals, tackles and fantasy scores.www.nrl.com
The Roosters have just had to go through the same challenge of keeping the Va'a boys beyond 2026. De La has had a 2 year extension (thru to 2028) on the table since May and I believe hasn't agreed as yet. De La played prop with our Tonga in the Aussie Schoolboys.
Xavier and De La Salle Va’a Contract Extension
03-28-2024, 04:06 PM
Former Broncos Academy young guns Xavier and De La Salle Va’a are kicking major goals at the Roosters.
The monster duo will stay at Bondi until the end of 2026 after inking two-year extensions with the Roosters, who have big plans for the Towers of Terror they poached from the Broncos in 2021.
At 193cm and 116kg, hulking Xavier, 20, has captained the Queensland under-19s and is being groomed to fill the front-row void when enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves departs at season’s end.
His younger brother De La Salle is scarily bigger at 194cm and 115kg. He was bigger than most NRL forwards as a 15-year-old and has been monstering opponents in the Roosters’ lower grades.
It seems only a matter of time before the Va’a boys, who are also talented boxers, wear Roosters colours in the NRL.
Whatever we have and we want to keep will have to be protected from external forces and then developed like no bodies business to become the best. We have got to develop the best juniors we have and make sure the pathways are clear and ready for them to take off into our NRL squad.
