Parramatta Eels Juniors

[JokerEel]

8-6 Ball at halftime

Norths number 20 is huge!

6-8 Flegg 5 to go till halftime

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Kudos to who ever scouted Ezra Leota from QLD he’s had a cracking season!

Anyone know if he's related to Israel Leota? I reckon @ALX25 would know

 

[Gronk]

8-6 Ball at halftime

Norths number 20 is huge!

6-8 Flegg 5 to go till halftime

How are you at both games at once! You're amazing ! ;]

 

[Pazza]

what the problem with the flegg team

 

[JokerEel]

How are you at both games at once! You're amazing ! ;]

Get around

Ball won 36-16

Flegg well they sucked..

 

[lucablight]

Does anyone have a link or resource on how NRL pathways work? I’m curious as to how a club like ours does it compared to say the Roosters or Storm. Are Junior clubs the only way players get scouted or does it happen at school level as well?

 

[JokerEel]

Does anyone have a link or resource on how NRL pathways work? I’m curious as to how a club like ours does it compared to say the Roosters or Storm. Are Junior clubs the only way players get scouted or does it happen at school level as well?

Not sure their is a website on it..

But our club in Matt's has kids from QLD playing for them so I assume they are scouted at school level there was a also trials for junior reps so anyone can try out..


Roosters and Storm would be the same they would cast a wide net out and try to get them in their system at a young age.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

what the problem with the flegg team

Their best players are in reserve grade

 

[JokerEel]

The 6 for Matt's reminds me alot of Luai from the Panthers with his stepping all over the place..

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Their best players are in reserve grade

Like last year they'll also be waiting for a few players to come up once the SG Ball season finishes. But even their best players are playing Flegg, reserves and today first grade.

 

[hineyrulz]

The 6 for Matt's reminds me alot of Luai from the Panthers with his stepping all over the place..

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Like last year they'll also be waiting for a few players to come up once the SG Ball season finishes. But even their best players are playing Flegg, reserves and today first grade.

Talagi, Arthur and Tuivati

 

[the phantom menace]

 

[Obscene Assassin]

The 6 for Matt's reminds me alot of Luai from the Panthers with his stepping all over the place..

Matts or Ball? The SG Ball 6 Lorenzo Talataina is very light on his feet and quite strong for his size

 

[JokerEel]

Matts or Ball? The SG Ball 6 Lorenzo Talataina is very light on his feet and quite strong for his size

You are correct sir it's the Ball 5/8 too many games watched yesterday

 

[Pazza]

Their best players are in reserve grade

Firsts and reserve grade.

But that wouldn't be unique to our club.

 

[hindy111]

Talagi, Arthur and Tuivati

I mean this is fine right but every other clubs doing the same so doesn't it kind of cancel itself out a little? To say our Flegg is poor cause we don't priotise or NSW cups weak cause we have Flegg guys playing. It's true yes but every other club does the same so I don't see why it's used as am excuse.
Ideally you want to be strong from the top down. That won't happen but you'd like to be in the top half atleast in every grade.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I mean this is fine right but every other clubs doing the same so doesn't it kind of cancel itself out a little?

It depends on the scale. Every club has got a first grade team doesn't mean every club's NRL side is as good as each other.

To say our Flegg is poor cause we don't priotise or NSW cups weak cause we have Flegg guys playing.

I would expect teams to prioritise Flegg vs NSW Cup differently. I would think it should be rare to be strong in both of those grades.

It's true yes but every other club does the same so I don't see why it's used as am excuse.

Well it's not an excuse, it's a reason. Ultimately all that matters is the strength of your NRL side. Having strong pathways is just one way to get there. We won the club championship nearly every year under Brian Smith and it's not exactly a time of fond memories.

Ideally you want to be strong from the top down. That won't happen but you'd like to be in the top half atleast in every grade.

We shouldn't judge it either after only three rounds. Key injuries and suspensions at the top can compound unavailable players in each given grade. You can't exactly say "well every team has injuries" as if they're all the same. Look at this comparison: https://www.nrl.com/news/2024/01/01/nrl-casualty-ward-latest-injury-news-return-dates-and-details/

Mid-round three and clubs have between one and eight players unavailable. That's going to have an impact across the grades.

 

[JokerEel]

Our Ball team has a few players that I think will push up into Flegg this year they have a big group of forwards...

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Our Ball team has a few players that I think will push up into Flegg this year they have a big group of forwards...

It'll be interesting the battle for the edge forwards. I'm a fan of Brazel and Lewis but Funa-Iuta and Lokeni have been 2 of the best each week. I think the biggest injection will be the backs. Alamaddine has the physicality for Flegg whilst Dom had the best game I've seen from him in terms of rucking it out, if he continues that he'll be a big positive for Ball and eventually Flegg.