Like so many, he started out with lots of promise. hard running. bending the line, good in the contact.
Then for some weird reason he seemed to model his game on Lillyman. backing into tackles...playing a a self preservation type game. He was never going to get away with being an Aussie tradesman type.
Probably the biggest difference between him and Paasi, Bunty, is the lack of regard for personal safety shown by Albert's peers when they hit the ball up.
Then if you compare Albert's defence to the rest of the young guns (I'm thinking players coming on now like the former mentioned props and including Satae, plus Papalii) there is a gulf there in tackling endurance.
Albert and Lisone are of the same vintage, you can see the Warriors player evolution change from those boys to the much fitter player we are evolving in our development programs now.
Mathew Elliot will forever be the watershed moment in local development, the minute he pushed all the big ego Juniors up to reserve grade to harden off...we started to see change.
