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"I'd be happy to see him go to Union"
"Iongi
ado carr
penisini
russel
lomax (all the news on him is quiet now)
pezet
moses
paulo
smith
hopgood
williams
kautoga
de belin
tds
walker
moretti
nas"
ado carr
penisini
russel
lomax (all the news on him is quiet now)
pezet
moses
paulo
smith
hopgood
williams
kautoga
de belin
tds
walker
moretti
nas"
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You sometimes forget the pressure on these guys from friends, family, coaches whatever at such a young age
Was there a Rouse Hill Rhino playing in his position?
Every club loses top talent. Look at the Tigers with Addo-Carr and Papenhausen. We just need to be better at locking in and identifying talent earlier. Under Ryles its happening. BA was more concerned about the now because for him worrying about the development of younger players - BA Bushie didn't want to risk his career on development thats why our reserve grade was full of other clubs rejected players.
Our 2022 squad had a bunch of pathways players:
Arthur
Brown
Kaufusi
Mahoney
Penisini
Russell
Stone
These guys came through before Covid, when the club was investing in pathways recruitment. The players were ready, so they were brought into the squad. But during Covid the club lost a huge amount of revenue so we reduced pathways spending and the result was the players weren't coming through by the time the salary cap dismantled the squad. By the time the club had recovered financially from Covid, there was a gap in the age group needed to feed the NRL squad. That's why no youngsters were brought into the team until recently.
If you're trying to blame the former coach, you're forgetting that he brought through plenty of youngsters from that quality pathways crop of 2017.
Yea and how many did we keep. Khafusi should never have been let go as Utokimanu was.
Arthur- you're kidding me. The only reason he got through because of yours truly.
Moneyball aka bushieball but with the expertise and insight...MON was the one generating the stats
Every club has a thousand of these stories, sometimes they just aren't it at the time and someone else is, some peak early then fade whilst others struggle early and blossom late.
But very few clubs have a long history of it like Parramatta.
Who is he?
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