EELS’ BROWN REPLACEMENT?
Parramatta will toy with the idea of giving exciting young prospect Joash Papalii a crack at Dylan Brown’s vacant no.6 jersey. With Lachie Galvin-Belmore bound the Eels will consider a host of options as they work out who will be Mitch Moses’ long-term halves partner. There is support for Papalii to be given a shot given how quick and skillful he is. Papalii rose through the ranks as a fullback and finally made his NRL debut last week off the bench against the Sea Eagles.The other options include Sandon Smith and Jonah Pezet. Papalii, 20, has spent some time in the halves in NSW Cup this year and may get a crack at some point in first grade this year.
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I get the drift that's going on here we aren't seemingly able to execute the first targeted so we are always seemingly in fallback mode.
Coryn, you seem so positive this morning.. You must have let go of the fact you've come to realise your mate bush arthur won't be coaching in the nrl.anytime soon
Definitely not the Perth Bears as Arthur has been overlooked for Big Mal Meninga 🤣
It's good to see nothings changed hey.
BA still lives rent free I see.
I thought he went well in cup at 6 and would make a decent 6 for sure I would be trying this year see how he goes
Let's find out that answer ASAP. We're not winning the comp this year so if Joash is our future 6 best we know that now. I still think Sandon Smith would be very handy. His versatility alone makes him a very handy pickup.
It'd still be handy making the 8 to attract players and for confidence. Coming last is worse than not experimenting
Agree, Eels are every bit a top 8 chance the way they are progressing.
May not win a comp Mutts, but it would be great experience for some of these young guys to get a taste of finals footy with nothing to lose.
Also great for their confidence in Ryles.... coming from last to 8th would be a huge achievement.
Obviously a lot to go right for that to happen, but we've seen crazier runs.
I think from our internal options it would be a 3 way battle between
Joash - whilst not a natural 6 he oozes footy ability and work ethic
Lorenzo - i think given a full NRL pre season and hopefully some cup this year we will see if hes ready or not but hes is a natural 6 with elite athlectic ability and great jnr pedigree
Apa - this is my smokey above Volkman. I have been impressed with him ever since his SG ball days. Has handled cup well this year and played well in the trials at 6. Digs into the line well, excellent attacking out of shape and is a big body with a good motor. Not as flashy as the other 2 but very solid all round
Externally my preference would be Pezet as he has shown he can run the melb system and is competitive and has all ball playing skills. His recent injury history scares me a bit. I watched his first half back from ACL in cup and he was excellent
It's a no brainer anyway to me , Ryles had given them all a clean slate when started , you perform so the training , in with a shot for first grade .
also correct me if I'm wrong but this is first time in a while that all grades (bar first ) have been performing well so if we want to keep these players that have to see there actually is a pathway to first grade
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