Mitchell Moses

[Captain Apollo]

The reason that players like Moses, and even Luke Brooks, get paid big bucks is because there aren't that many decent halfbacks or five eights available to sign. Hence due to a lack of supply, and high demand, well you can work out the rest.

 

[Exsilium]

The reason that players like Moses, and even Luke Brooks, get paid big bucks is because there aren't that many decent halfbacks or five eights available to sign. Hence due to a lack of supply, and high demand, well you can work out the rest.

This is a big issue but if you look at the development teams like Penrith, they tend to prepare more young players for FG over a set period of time, making them more appealing to other teams. Take Sean O'Sullivan. Played a great cameo role with Penrith and his value went up and he got his FG spot.

It comes down to how teams develop their players and developing halves when you have an established half, isn't a huge focus as you're likely to stick with the Moses', Brooks, Keary's etc before giving these younger halves a chance.

That and teams have a fear of dropping their star half, even for several games, as the managers just shop them elsewhere and mediocrity never gets punished.

 

[Captain Apollo]

This is a big issue but if you look at the development teams like Penrith, they tend to prepare more young players for FG over a set period of time, making them more appealing to other teams. Take Sean O'Sullivan. Played a great cameo role with Penrith and his value went up and he got his FG spot.

It comes down to how teams develop their players and developing halves when you have an established half, isn't a huge focus as you're likely to stick with the Moses', Brooks, Keary's etc before giving these younger halves a chance.

That and teams have a fear of dropping their star half, even for several games, as the managers just shop them elsewhere and mediocrity never gets punished.

No offence but Sean O'Sullivan is not necessarily a good example to cite per se. He made his first grade debut at the Roosters in 2018 where he played 1 first grade game. He moved to the Broncos in 2019 on a 2 year deal where he played 8 first grade games in that period. Then he went to the Warriors in 2021 where he played 12 games. 2022 he went to Penrith where he played 11 games before he moved to the Dolphins this year. So considering none of those teams bar the Dolphins thought him worth keeping to be a starting halfback......

 

[soc123_au]

No offence but Sean O'Sullivan is not necessarily a good example to cite per se. He made his first grade debut at the Roosters in 2018 where he played 1 first grade game. He moved to the Broncos in 2019 on a 2 year deal where he played 8 first grade games in that period. Then he went to the Warriors in 2021 where he played 12 games. 2022 he went to Penrith where he played 11 games before he moved to the Dolphins this year. So considering none of those teams bar the Dolphins thought him worth keeping to be a starting halfback......

Late bloomer. He is no superstar, but he is pretty good at following a game plan. With Katoa as the other half it seems to be working.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Late bloomer. He is no superstar, but he is pretty good at following a game plan. With Katoa as the other half it seems to be working.

Working is an understatement.

Good luck to SOS.