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U20's players to make step up

Posted by Eel-lectric on May 24, 2016 at 11:43pm

Now this is directed more towards ham, as he would know
but other than French, Twal and Fuimaono who else is the next to debut?

Denzal Tonise is the captain and could be handy since our hookers seem average at best now, but from his stats he seems to be more of a attacking hooker than a defensive workhorse

Jermaine Maiti-Lefi is a prolific try scorer and can kick goals, could be a future back-up like Faraimo or Toutai.

Jack Morris from his stats looks like a work horse and could be a surprise bolter for next year.

That's all I know for now but I could be wrong on all three. I would love to know

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Ricky May 24, 2016 at 11:55pm

The other three you listed have potential but they're all long-term prospects with no guarantee of making the grade.

Troy Dargan is the one outside of our young 'big 3' to keep an eye on, as he's already made the step up to Wenty and performed solidly without being great.
eel steel May 25, 2016 at 12:14pm

Our best hooker (released recently)has consistently been man of the match nearly every week for the bulldogs since his move.JOEY TRAMONTANA!
Ham Sammich May 25, 2016 at 12:54pm

There's a lot of other people that know about the 20's than I do but thanks for the compliment.

As Ricky said Troy Dargan is the most likely outside of those 3.

Jack Morris is one that I've been hanging onto for a while. He's had some nasty injuries over the past 2 years but it appears he's shaken them off. He's running hard and tackling hard. Very much like our 2 current starting second-rowers. Needs to put a bit more effort in positioning in defence but other than that he looks like he could be a solid first grade player.

Tom Amone has really stepped up. He's running harder and his best attribute doesn't show up on the stat sheet. His selection of passes is incredible. He's put Twal through a few gaps this year. In the weekend he played the entire first half whilst Twal came off with only 5 minutes in the first half, really displayed a lot of stamina.
- 1Eyed Eel > Ham Sammich May 25, 2016 at 2:41pm
  
  Tom's a fantastic young man too. He's a Wenty boy and they did a golf day a couple years back to raise money for his Australian schoolboys tour, and he's ridiculously polite and humble.
- sixtiesboy > Ham Sammich May 25, 2016 at 4:26pm
  
  As you know Ham, I'm a huge wrap on young Dressler. I'll be interested in seeing him get a run in NYC before the end of the year.
  Other than watching his development, I reckon Dargan has the potential to be an NRL player.
  As for Fuimaono, I much prefer him as a back rower than a centre.
- eel steel > Ham Sammich May 25, 2016 at 6:08pm
  
  Why second row for fuimaono sixties?well you and BA are the only ones!players player for the junior kangaroos at centre and his preference.he will debut as a centre,this you can be sure.
Ham Sammich May 25, 2016 at 4:54pm

He looks like he's dropped some weight. And although we're getting some decent punch off our current bench I really think Steve would add another dimension taking over Tom's ball playing role.

When speaking to Burty he said he was giving the SG ball players that have moved up a month of "pre-season" training. We may see them playing for the Owls before we see them in the NYC.