New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

[Wb1234]

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Wow the warriors elite pathways sure are dialled in

kiwi juniors competing with and dominating elite Aussie talent

nz is a gold mine for the nrl

 

[Matua]

Kids over here play both also though. A high number actually go to Rugby schools and play both codes.

Not sure specifically which part of my post this is a response to, but, probably the big difference though is league is the dominant code here as opposed to rugby in NZ.

 

[Canard]

Imagine how big RL could be if the Warriors weren't a basket case.

 

[Matua]

Imagine how big RL could be if the Warriors weren't a basket case.

Too soon bro.

 

[Wb1234]

That’s why cairns need another team since the cowboys are so awful

 

[Matiunz]

Major test to see if the sell out crowds continue with 2 tough away games (yes magic round is still away lol) to come annd after what’s been served up the last month.

 

[Iamback]

Not sure specifically which part of my post this is a response to, but, probably the big difference though is league is the dominant code here as opposed to rugby in NZ.

My point is over here they feed into school system over here once the relevant RL comps finish.

A couple of years ago. There were only the top grade at the Warriors. They now added 90 players or so. Many of whom were only RU players, Those players will feed into domestic RL somewhere which improves that competition.

It is steps in the right direction to get some sort of meaningful Domestic league going.

 

[Wb1234]

Wow the warriors found 90 juniors to fill their elite pathways

someone spent months saying league juniors were in a dire state

 

[Canard]

Major test to see if the sell out crowds continue with 2 tough away games (yes magic round is still away lol) to come annd after what’s been served up the last month.

Also be interesting to see what impact the All Blacks have on their crowds also.

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

Also be interesting to see what impact the All Blacks have on their crowds also.

And also how the Blues impact things over the next few weeks. If the Blues keep winning over the last few rounds of SR, and the Warriors keep sliding, that'll start to show in crowd numbers for both teams.

 

[Brian potter]

And also how the Blues impact things over the next few weeks. If the Blues keep winning over the last few rounds of SR, and the Warriors keep sliding, that'll start to show in crowd numbers for both teams.

Which has a good chance of happening unfortunately.

warriors need a drastic shakeup in order to turn things around and I’d be inclined to throw a few youngsters into the mix like Laban, maiu’u and Leiataua.

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

Wow the warriors found 90 juniors to fill their elite pathways

someone spent months saying league juniors were in a dire state

Nearly half of those were from RU schools.

So numbers for Warriors juniors are looking good now they have a full pathway system in place, but there's still a lot of work needed to strengthen juniors across the code.

 

[Wb1234]

Nearly half of those were from RU schools.

So numbers for Warriors juniors are looking good now they have a full pathway system in place, but there's still a lot of work needed to strengthen juniors across the code.

Exactly what I’ve been saying

league should just take players from the system union has established for its elite pathways rather than spending so much money trying to duplicate

 

[Matiunz]

Exactly what I’ve been saying

league should just take players from the system union has established for its elite pathways rather than spending so much money trying to duplicate

That’s pretty much what they’ve been doing already. Majority of their Juniors have can credit at least some of the development to the union systems.
League needs to set up its own pathways in conjunction, particularly if what you predict happens and Union falls into oblivion they won’t have that system to tap anymore without their own

 

[final say]

Which has a good chance of happening unfortunately.

warriors need a drastic shakeup in order to turn things around and I’d be inclined to throw a few youngsters into the mix like Laban, maiu’u and Leiataua.

RTS to 6

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

RTS to 6

Fking Bunty Afoa would be an improvement at 6 the way TMM is going right now.

 

[Wb1234]

That’s pretty much what they’ve been doing already. Majority of their Juniors have can credit at least some of the development to the union systems.
League needs to set up its own pathways in conjunction, particularly if what you predict happens and Union falls into oblivion they won’t have that system to tap anymore without their own

No cherry picking union juniors is cheaper and more effective

union itself struggles to pay for those pathways

 

[Wb1234]

RTS to 6

Yeh he’s not an established six so picking him there over fullback would be stupid

(improvement over centre)

 

[Canard]

Is having 90 juniors in a country of 5 Million really such a "great achievement"?

 

[Matiunz]

RTS to 6

My only concern with him at 6 is he has zero kicking game and is such an individual player that the ball isn’t getting past him (not that it is really at the moment either).
Center clearly isn’t working for him though so kinda needs to be fullback- which is a shame for CNK.
I’d have try a back 5 of
1.RTS
2.DWZ
3.CNK
4/5 Either combo of Ali and Pompey.
CHT into 6 when he’s fit for TMM, Metcalf back there when he’s fit with CHT into 14