SG Ball and Harold Matthews results

[Joshuatheeel]

Steelers should name squads soon, players were informed a week or so ago.

 

[Rod Coil]

I note an article today on Zero Tackle about us (Stg SG Ball) signing the Manly half Charlie Boyle.

What hasn’t been noted anywhere is that the Melbourne Storm signed a local St.George District junior from the 2024 Harold Matt’s for 3 years. He was in our pathways system.

This is a team that won 2 games this year so one would think that he stood out & we would be keen to keep him. But somehow he thought his footy future as a young bloke was elsewhere.

It is mind boggling & a real concern in my view!

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

I note an article today on Zero Tackle about us (Stg SG Ball) signing the Manly half Charlie Boyle.

What hasn’t been noted anywhere is that the Melbourne Storm signed a local St.George District junior from the 2024 Harold Matt’s for 3 years. He was in our pathways system.

This is a team that won 2 games this year so one would think that he stood out & we would be keen to keep him. But somehow he thought his footy future as a young bloke was elsewhere.

It is mind boggling & a real concern in my view!

Who did they sign from our Matts team?

 

[Jubilee]

I note an article today on Zero Tackle about us (Stg SG Ball) signing the Manly half Charlie Boyle.

What hasn’t been noted anywhere is that the Melbourne Storm signed a local St.George District junior from the 2024 Harold Matt’s for 3 years. He was in our pathways system.

This is a team that won 2 games this year so one would think that he stood out & we would be keen to keep him. But somehow he thought his footy future as a young bloke was elsewhere.

It is mind boggling & a real concern in my view!

And we just signed Charlie Boyle, a standout from Manly SG Ball. This is just how it is. Everyone is poaching and taking a gamble on young talent. It is better or cheaper than waiting until they are stars. But we can't keep them all. And they won't all be stars. We just have to hope that our recruiters have a better eye for talent than the other sides.

 

[TheRev]

In terms of young halves.. LKT and Hammoud came out of last years SG system, Reed is going around again.. hopefully a breakout year.. we lost Rodwell to the roosters last year, some have him as the big prospect lost.. but he would have been competing for that #7 jersey with Reed (and LKT @6 at the time).. so you can sort of see why some of them move on.. plus not many would turn down the Roosters anyway if they came knocking.

 

[Jeremy Dragon]

In terms of young halves.. LKT and Hammoud came out of last years SG system, Reed is going around again.. hopefully a breakout year.. we lost Rodwell to the roosters last year, some have him as the big prospect lost.. but he would have been competing for that #7 jersey with Reed (and LKT @6 at the time).. so you can sort of see why some of them move on.. plus not many would turn down the Roosters anyway if they came knocking.

Rodwell has been at Roosters for 3 ys he never played for Steelers

 

[TheRev]

Rodwell has been at Roosters for 3 ys he never played for Steelers

He would have competed with Reed to progress was what I was trying to say, didnt know it had been 3yrs though.

 

[ALX25]

Who did they sign from our Matts team?

Appears to be Renown junior Riley Brannock.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

In terms of young halves.. LKT and Hammoud came out of last years SG system, Reed is going around again.. hopefully a breakout year.. we lost Rodwell to the roosters last year, some have him as the big prospect lost.. but he would have been competing for that #7 jersey with Reed (and LKT @6 at the time).. so you can sort of see why some of them move on.. plus not many would turn down the Roosters anyway if they came knocking.

Reed has been playing firsts with Wests, including starting in the halves in their GF win. Basically passing under 18's.

Pretty impressive effort for an 18 year old. It's tough footy. Not many do that. Probably the only 18 year from Steelers Ball to be playing regular firsts this year (Amone, Fitzgibbon others who got some firsts games. Then there is Kirk/Buchanan..).

It's a pretty good grounding for Reed to push into Flegg next year (after Ball)

 

[Rod Coil]

Appears to be Renown junior Riley Brannock.

Correct.

I understand that ‘we can’t keep them all’, but when a 17 year old that is in our system and jumps to the Storm it must send out alarm bells as to the attractiveness/effectiveness of our pathways set-up.

As @BLM01 has raised in other posts relating to the girls, we as a club are not matching what other clubs are offering. This is also my point.

With the NRL now totally funding the salary cap, most money spent by clubs now is on administration & pathways. The owners of our club have kept their hands in their pockets & kept the handouts. We are penny pinching to the detriment of our future. Flanno waiting for scraps to make a signing is another sign of the predicament we are in due to this faltered tight arse strategy.