Plus for me too but he is earning a reputation as a bit of a hot head. I'd have Corey Ackers, over him. This kid is another Saints junior with untapped potential to be a utility in the pack which should give him more pulling power..
It has. I rate Tyrell a minimum 50% better player than last season. That is a very quick turn round. He will be even better next year.
No way I'd rate Ackers over Nick T.
Not be surprised in the least. The match is supposed to be played on Sat according to their website.
Was strong in the SG Ball GF. Scored a barnstorming try. Knee was heavily strapped. But Nick T looks on another level. Though a middle vs an edge. Hopefully both make it.
Probably because you have not seen much of Ackers and have of Nick T. I have seen a lot of Ackers as he has made his way thru the Pathways. Not so much past 12 months, except for his cameo in the Ball GF. Hope he is not injury prone.
At the start of the year I was worried Nick T wasn't big enough for NRL. Wouldn't become big enough. Now I think he needs to stop getting bigger. Speed, size and agility is a good balance now IMO.
If Ackers had NickT dedication, he would be unstoppable, he needs to knuckle down and put the hard yards in, he has by far the best ball playing ability of all the forwards.
Still only 18, isn't he? Has some time but Dragons need him early.
They are different positions. Nick T in an out and out edge backrower, Ackers in an out and out prop.
The pass you are referring to was a cut out floater for a try. Evidently it has become a signature play by Ackers.
He certainly has plenty of that. If he has lost his DC, the coaching staff may see him as needing to muscle up and get fitter due to his recent injury run.
If my marbles are still rolling he has five years of junior reps under his belt, 3 Matts and 2 Ball, so he started very young. I did post footage from his Matts days here.
Is he better than Finau Latu as I rate him our most promising edgie. He will be awesome.
Been lamenting this for ages too. Even emailed nswrl, naturally thos ar*holes did not reply, same as when I questioned their lack of live stream Flegg matches.
I rate them both but Latu is a year younger. I'm not sure but I think Latu might be more of a lock than a edge backrower. But like the Couchman's, I think Latu could do well in either. At least for now. Eventually he will have to concentrate on becoming one or the other. Nick T is like that as well but I guess Latu is better in the middle and Nick T better on an edge.
Will have to see. An edgie has to be both powerful to break tackles and agile to avoid the tackle, attributes Latu has. Nick T seems to be growing and bulking quickly, looks like a future prop to me. Has a bit of mongrel too. Be good if each developed ball skills as well, a big chance with Jack as your mentor.
Nick T looks to have put on quite a bit of weight but if he plays first grade this season, he'll still be far from the biggest second rower going around. Probably closer to average. But you might be right. I don't see any reason why with his skill set he couldn't become a middle forward. I just think it serves us better at this stage if he plays on an edge.