Question (taylor made for roop), we have a NYC side you would hardly feed.
Last year we retained one u20 player off contract.
If we keep three from this batch (not including the likes of Alomai and Cooke who have another year in them), who would it be?
Pete is a given.
A heap of them have another year of NYC - Tetavano, Cordner, Malborough, English, Hunt, Ailoami, Cook, Mata'utai.
If you do the math, over the years we keep maybe an avarage of 3 a year, and of them maybe only 1 becomes a firstgrader.
Guys with a chance IMO would be Garbutt, Simon Williams, Morseau, Papamau if he gets back on the field soon, Wyborn and Fruen if he grows a bit.
Having said that, someone like Kev Naiquama can have a growth spurt of find some skills and suddenly be the best junior ever. Kurt Gidley was nothing till he was 19 and suddenly he had a year where he went from bench warmer in Flegg to making his firstgrade debut in a season and scored 23 tries along the way. Any junior can come good in a matter of a few weeks - it happens at least once a season that a kid astounds everyone with how fast he improves.