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Dragon David
SGI Jersey Flegg
Has the Dragons locked up Ah Kee? He is one helluva player who has the natural abilities to run the attack for the Dragons one day if we sign him long term.
Mailroomsgi
SGI Jersey Flegg
I’m gonna whinge for a second here. It’s embarrassing for our club that we don’t have housing unlike the roosters/bulldogs etc. for faraway kids looking to relocate. It’s a really big thing which hinders bringing talented kids from QLD/NZ to our area, just bush league and the optics don’t look very good.
Eric
Staff
It's true but would depend on the age and preference of the player and his family. Some would prefer 15 year-olds be in a family home rather than in some kind of dormitory. Maybe 17~18 year olds would prefer to be in a dorm. But once again, don't hold me to that. I'm only speculating.
TheRev
SGI NSW Cup
I do know one homestay family, I assume they just need more of them given we are looking to improve our pathways system... plus the NRLW kids potentially also.
Dunno what the better model is.. frathouse housing might encourage teenagers in the wrong direction? NFI Just curious..
Dunno what the better model is.. frathouse housing might encourage teenagers in the wrong direction? NFI Just curious..
Dragon David
SGI Jersey Flegg
I agree. I used to work in a real estate office and I recall renting a couple of units to a sporting body for footy players to be housed until they could find other properties to occupy in their respective area. I can also remember working in a government organisation to allocate housing that was either owned or rented by that organisation in remote areas so that good staff could be accommodated without them having the hassle of finding properties to occupy which would have been a turn off and therefore meant that the best staff could not be attracted to go to those areas to work.
If the Dragons are serious about getting really good players to sign up with us they should provide some sort of accommodation for the young kids. Yes I know these kids might lack home skills and not be neat, clean and tidy and therefore having homestay arrangements would help them to learn those skills where the owners will be on hand to teach them those things, if of course their own parents haven't done so.
Here we have a new Community and High Performance Centre being completed next year and will be named after Bruce Gordon. I understand that he has a unit complex constructed in Wollongong, I may be wrong, but wouldn't it be nice if Brucie would provide a couple of the units for the kids so that he can be recognised for doing some civic duty or what not and his name would be more recognised by the youngsters.
My two cents worth.
AyiosYiorgos
SGI Jersey Flegg
And i highly doubt 15-18yo and even older would know how to cook a healthy meal either and have to do it 2-3 times a day every day..
Lmao. Would be funny to see what they come up with tho! Lord of the flies
GCRV
SGI NSW Cup
Just wondering why this thread was renamed "whinge"? Seems the content is overwhelmingly positive.
Eric
Staff
All I know, it wasn't me.
GCRV
SGI NSW Cup
Ryan
SGI NSW Cup
14~18 year-olds (how young do they actually recruit?) are definitely better off in a home. Then transition to some kind of dormitory where one has meals cooked and cleaning done, or at least cleaning supervised. Also someone to make sure they aren't going out drinking every night. If they want to do that, they shouldn't do it in accommodation subsidised by the club.
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GCRV
SGI NSW Cup
I don't remember the age but remember reading about it on this forum and was surprised by how young they started recruiting. It might be 13~14 to prepare for the u15s comp.
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Ryan
SGI NSW Cup
Sounds very hit and miss. Anecdotally, A LOT of the most talented 13~16 year-old crash out and A LOT of 18~19 year-olds who no one other than maybe their parents thought would make it when they were 13~14, come good. Andrew Johns is a classic example. In his high school years he couldn't get into the best rep teams due to a bloke called Damien Chapman who played for St Gregs Campbelltown. Who was head-hunted to play for St Gregs back in the day they were the only high school which did it.
Anyway, we all know about Andrew Johns. As for Damien Chapman, played 3rd grade for St George for a season or two.
Eric
Staff
Sounds like Kade Reed vs that f*king Bullgrugs halfback Woods who was the worst player in the field in the U19s Origin game last year when NSW just won. Worst player on the field in the Aus schoolboys vs PNG U19s. Worst player on the field in last years SG Ball GF (I appreciated his game that day) and after all that, Kade Reed was still stuck behind him in the U19s Origin game this year when NSW lost. When you guessed it, Woods was the worst player on the field.
Though if the Grubs pay him a lot and Dragons can sign Reed for less as a result of this farce, it can only be good.
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Dragons Chris
SGI NSW Cup
Hopefully in many years from now, missing out on Aus schoolboys and U19s Origin will seem so minor as to not think about it at all.
Mug Fan
SGI NSW Cup
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Note AJC & LDC now come under the Steelers wing.
Note AJC & LDC now come under the Steelers wing.
GCRV
SGI NSW Cup
I hope Ah Kee is in the St. George team. Or have they decided he can move straight into Jersey Flegg?
TheRev
SGI NSW Cup
a lot of promising names in those lists.. interesting to see how McLaren goes too.