Semi and Maiko. They left a permanent mark at Parra. They thrilled us and left unforgettable memories.
Semi came up from our juniors, and to me at least, was unheralded. But not for long as his talent shone from day one.
He scored try after try and displayed a footy brain not often seen before in a winger. He never seemed under pressure and always made the right decision in drawing and passing or going for it. I can still see him bringing the ball out of our red zone in all his majesty
But he was always homesick and chased the big money elsewhere and boy did we miss him.
Afterwood we took a chance and signed Maiko who soon was honoured and was given the Maiko chant for scoring in the corner! But he soon started to come out of the line in defence, mostly missing his man and a try ensued. Sometimes he was forced into this decision by our defence being caught short on his side, but still it was noted by other teams and they made sure they spun the ball out to his side at the end of the tackle count and scored multiple times. BA made note but made allowances because of his scoring record.Then Maiko displayed a lack of grunt and desire in bringing the ball off his line, and the writing was on the wall.
They're gone now, and no longer in our colours. But they're not forgotten. Christ they were excitement machines.
And perhaps an inspiration to future generations of Fijian and Islanders. We also have a young winger currently in Ball who, could, possibly one day achieve this level.
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This is Caleb Tangitau last week.
https://youtu.be/qiVvEHZa6kM?si=RcWpZZ3yMRaB4hyK
https://youtube.com/shorts/2EiHGcoKK-Q?si=VTr4kdu-DXzB8_Le
https://youtube.com/shorts/TRFltoqKo3A?si=qtFeHRTI2Rpm7zZj
This cat here is just like butter smooth skills to burn great acceleration and to come back from a near career ending neck injury has shown great character and resilience.
I think he'd be a good fullback or centre in rugby league reminds me a little of Ken Nagas and Will Kennedy in how he moves.
You've certainly noticed some great talent there Coryn, our club should have a look. I agree most union players are eyeing off the coming RU world cup and wouldn't like to swap codes until it's over. But if we were so inclined it wouldn't hurt to let them know of our interest now ahead of that huge event
Other then Guru Snr our best winger was Semi ...a real shame he couldnt stay in the game longer but I guess he was just too good
Semi would have broken the try scoring record if he'd stayed with us. He had 82 tries by the age of 25. And he only got half a season with Mitch. Sivo finished with 104 tries after debuting after 23. Could you imagine how many more tries Semi would have scored, given Maika often couldn't go the length of the field.
Hi Super, no doubt Semi would have owned the record if he'd stayed, he was a champion. Even though he was only a team-mate of Moses for a short while he did have Hayne alongside him.
I heard little about his doings since he left, was told he carried form over to the UK and kicked on and I think having a spell in France as well. I'd love to hear a summary of how successful he was in Union, and whether or not he's retired now.
How good would it be to see him appear at our leagues club, one day, for lunch and a chat. I'd go
He's a multi millionaire now Semi he's played for Toulon Bristol Northampton RWCs with Fiji the guys well and truely set for life now.But the spotlight all started when he was with us.Realistically I don't think the club had a chance of holding on to him because the money he's made in Europe would have easily surpassed anything he could have made here.
His last 2 stops he's signed million pound deals per season it's life changing because no doubt he's supporting many people back in his village no doubt about that.
That intercept try he scored against Souths where he took it on our line and ran 100, it looked like he was jogging and no one got near him.
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