Josh Ailaomai

[roopy]

The 18 year old, 116kg, third strongest player at the Knights (all grades) freight train that ran over your NYC team today was Josh Ailaomai from Wellington.

 

[Magic Stick]

Yep the Warriors brought the wrong prop....Laban is a passenger

 

[kuwaiti kev]

He was impressive for sure.
The Warriors forward pack certainly looks light this year, no one the quality of Packer, Ah Mau, Poching, Fai, Matulino (except maybe Sione Lousi).

 

[roopy]

He is still young enough to play in the under 18s.

I'm a bit concerned that he may end up too big to play League.

This time last year he was a bench forward in the Knights under 18s side and probably under 100kg, and now he is struggling to keep his weight under 120kg and seems to be growing by the minute.

This year he has improved every game as he has become match fit, and the game against the Warriors was a career best effort, but he could easily beat it next week.

Sadly, unless he stops growing soon, by the time he is 21 he might be the size of a small planet and be too big for League.