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Parra reject tipped as next big thing

Posted by 1Eyed Eel on December 8, 2012 at 12:33am

From the Telegraph today...

MEET the kid that every NRL club wants. At 18, David Klemmer is already drawing comparisons to"Glenn Lazarus in his hey day.

Klemmer is 120kg and plays the best part of 80 minutes every game. In 2012 he ran for a staggering 4208 metres - the only player to make over 4000 metres in the Toyota Cup competition.

And to make Parramatta fans squirm even more after missing out on Israel Folau, Klemmer was an Eels junior pinched by arch rivals Canterbury when he was 15.

Mulholland recalled this week: “He was wearing a size 18 shoe when he was 15. He came from Parramatta but they didn’t want to do anything with him as a 15-year-old so I brought him over to play Harold Matthews at Canterbury.”

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/kg-pup-david-klemmer-ready-to-tear-apart-the-nrl/story-e6frexnr-1226532448852

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Yoshi December 8, 2012 at 12:46am

Fuck.
Rosemont December 8, 2012 at 12:47am

Why does this not surprise me. This is Parramatta
jamesy December 8, 2012 at 4:22am

Gee, if only we had a board who didn't make these kind of mistakes.........
BG December 8, 2012 at 6:18am

Settle guys. He's done nothing yet. Big step up to NRL. Maybe he will turn out to be a good NRL player but at 15, it's a gamble. You can't keep every 15yo. I heard this crap about Jamie Buhrer earlier in the year when he made his SOO debut. About how Manly got this wonder kid from the Eels as a 15yo. As I said ou can't keepem all and I certainly am not crying about Buhrer not being an Eel.
EelMan December 8, 2012 at 7:32am

+1

The whole T-Rex thing highlighted your point.
Hugh December 8, 2012 at 7:48am

happened 3 years ago - we may need some engineers to help build a bridge.
- Alan Hunt > Hugh December 8, 2012 at 8:04am
  
  What has it got to do with Nolan??? Blame that clueless deadshit Rod Reddy who was one of the worst talent scouts of all time. He also had the chance to bring Kasino over here a few seasons back but he instead picked up a guy who is now playing Bundy Cup. Fail to see how the board and 3P can be blamed for this??? We finally have
  
  the off field staff to move the club forward firstly we just need the team.
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- Alan Hunt December 8, 2012 at 8:17am
  
  True Mack, i've heard of this kid and seen him play in the Toyota Cup but no idea he was a Parra junior.
Hugo December 8, 2012 at 12:31pm

This....
Yoshi December 8, 2012 at 1:40pm

It's a massive step up to the NRL for props though. From what I've seen of Klemmer, he should be good. But you never know. Prop is a very tough position. I wish him all the best.