Melbourne born player to debut tonight

[Bman26]

http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/playerprofiledisplay/Storm/Mahe%20Fonua/3870

Fantastic!

Edit: Source is the Melbourne Storm RLC twitter feed.

 

[HowHigh]

Regardless of my opinion of the Storm...goodstuff!

 

[Band On The Run]

Damn! Can't troll them about not having one local player anymore

 

[hillbillyjazzer1954]

Well done to the Storm, heres hoping this young Bloke is the First of Many

 

[gronkathon]

Excellent

 

[BunniesMan]

Good news. It's about time.

 

[Armageddon.]

With this news I'm tipping Titans 13+

 

[jim007]

Shame his training will turn him into a dirty grub like the rest of them.

 

[Cloudsurfer]

Shame his training will turn him into a dirty grub like the rest of them.

There's always one...

 

[jim007]

There's always one...

Yeah, one stating the facts. Dont kid yourself if you dont think Belamy doesn't train players to play dirty. He is the reason for most NRL rule changes.

 

[MightyBronco]

Hes only dropped it 3 times so far this half. Talk about put the knocker on him.

 

[BunniesMan]

Something I'm curious about: what's the go with his Origin eligibility? Uncharted territory here. Does he get to play for whoever he wants/whoever picks him first?

 

[Didgi]

How about no-one... FFS

 

[Paullyboy]

He should be in eligible.

Sick of people wanting to play origin just because it's cool. Its for queenslanders and NSW players.

 

[Parra]

SG Ball for Canberra Raiders. Does this come into it? Do Melbourne have any teams for U18's to play in or do they all have to head north to learn the game?

 

[Grapple]

He should be in eligible.

Sick of people wanting to play origin just because it's cool. Its for queenslanders and NSW players.

...and Kiwis. (It's easy to forget, I forgive you)

 

[Paullyboy]

I hate that kiwis play. If you grew up somewhere that's different, but if this kid grew up in Melbourne he has no place in origin.

 

[BunniesMan]

If Kiwi born and Fiji born players can be NSW or QLD why can't a Victorian born?

And harsh to exclude him from 50k a game payments.

 

[WayneBennett]

Its simple. Make a third rep side outta the rest, call em the Barbarians or even The Bogans.

Bogans can wear a Flanno looking strip, be sponsored by Holden and Four and Twenty, and the game could be played in Campbelltown

 

[meltiger]

SG Ball for Canberra Raiders. Does this come into it? Do Melbourne have any teams for U18's to play in or do they all have to head north to learn the game?

I was only half listening to them when they were talking about that, did they really say Canberra? Melbourne do have their own SG Ball outfit so that's quite odd.


Had a nervous first half, has been good in the second. Good take on a bomb earlier, big tackle on Idris where he knocked on. Looks good for a bloke who will have had to put up with second rate coaches until he hit 16yo