Promising Juniors Thread.

[Mailroomsgi]

Awesome, Daniel looks in good shape in that video the club posted today.
He’s probably a chance at playing NSW U19’s this year if he keeps on trending upwards.

Timmo has a fair bit of weight in selections, I reckon when Andrew Ryan and co. Pick the side there could be a few dragons boys. IMO Buchanan/Halangahu/Latu are locks and Meafou/Stanley-Trail maybe’s

Reed could do well if selected but Woods/Rodwell/Harrison are ahead of him IMO.

Phillips/Saifiti could maybe make the QLD side

 

[Ryan]

Awesome, Daniel looks in good shape in that video the club posted today.
He’s probably a chance at playing NSW U19’s this year if he keeps on trending upwards.

Timmo has a fair bit of weight in selections, I reckon when Andrew Ryan and co. Pick the side there could be a few dragons boys. IMO Buchanan/Halangahu/Latu are locks and Meafou/Stanley-Trail maybe’s

Reed could do well if selected but Woods/Rodwell/Harrison are ahead of him IMO.

Phillips/Saifiti could maybe make the QLD side

I reckon Reed is way better than Woods but I also know at this level, reputation and influential people behind you means everything. Form means very little.

I know it from personal experience. Anyway, if Woods has all the hype and Bulldogs have to throw a lot of money to retain him, more than we have to pay for Reed, that can only be good.

 

[TheRev]

Noone really knows which halves will make it.. could be both, could be neither... many step-ups still to go.. Reed and Ah Kee are my 2 hopes coming thru currently for us.. but teenagers still... one thing I do find strange with Reed and been meaning to raise (and im nit-picking), is he has a step as big as any player in the game, its so dramatic and im sure hes going to go through the line... but the defence seems to read it very well almost every time...any idea why it isnt working?

 

[Chris M]

Noone really knows which halves will make it.. could be both, could be neither... many step-ups still to go.. Reed and Ah Kee are my 2 hopes coming thru currently for us.. but teenagers still... one thing I do find strange with Reed and been meaning to raise (and im nit-picking), is he has a step as big as any player in the game, its so dramatic and im sure hes going to go through the line... but the defence seems to read it very well almost every time...any idea why it isnt working?

You don't rate LKT? Having a good step is useful but for a halfback, ball skills are much more important.

 

[Mailroomsgi]

Noone really knows which halves will make it.. could be both, could be neither... many step-ups still to go.. Reed and Ah Kee are my 2 hopes coming thru currently for us.. but teenagers still... one thing I do find strange with Reed and been meaning to raise (and im nit-picking), is he has a step as big as any player in the game, its so dramatic and im sure hes going to go through the line... but the defence seems to read it very well almost every time...any idea why it isnt working?

I think it’s a combination of factors, his weight + step is quite telegraphed. Junior Amone had the exact same step in the same games in SG ball and he’d make 4-5 line breaks from it but didn’t really translate to first grade so it’s not a big issue for Kade IMO

Kade’s model should be Mitch Moses. Very similar body type at the start of his career and Moses isn’t really a stepper but does have a fair bit of speed.

Speaking of halves. Any idea how Marley Maclaren did for Burleigh this weekend just gone?