NRL Dally M Awards 2024

[The Warrior Waka]

Well Katoa will be the Kiwis second rower partnering Hughes then, and ouch, we let him go? What a slap on the face. Let's not have Sifakula winning Dally M with the Roosters and Halasima with the Storm eh.

Katoa won't play for the Kiwis. He's 1 hundy on the Tongan train.

 

[Cces]

Well Katoa will be the Kiwis second rower

Maybe the jokes gone over my head but Katoa ain't a Kiwi. He's already spent longer living in Australia than he ever did in NZ.

 

[CWC]

Dang he'll be terrorizing us again then

 

[kos]

Maybe the jokes gone over my head but Katoa ain't a Kiwi. He's already spent longer living in Australia than he ever did in NZ.

I was a bit bewildered by Katoa being in that haka for Jahrome Hughes
He’s 100 per cent Tongan

 

[CWC]

I was a bit bewildered by Katoa being in that haka for Jahrome Hughes
He’s 100 per cent Tongan

Cultural appropriation

 

[tyrael]

I was a bit bewildered by Katoa being in that haka for Jahrome Hughes
He’s 100 per cent Tongan

They are both in the storm team, don't have to be Maori to do the haka as a sign of respect and admiration.

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Can we just have a little lol at this?:

Final Dally M Men’s Leaderboard


Jahrome Hughes 62
James Tedesco 61

They were both in my opinion clearly the two best players through the regular season. Def believe Hughes should have won, however no surprises at all in Teddy being second.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

I was a bit bewildered by Katoa being in that haka for Jahrome Hughes
He’s 100 per cent Tongan

Have you never seen Samoans, Tongans, Pakeha doing the Haka while playing for the Ab's or Kiwis ? Pretty sure alot of them are full Tongan , Samoan or Pakeha too! Lol

 

[CWC]

Word is Katoa is ineligible to play for Tonga since he did the NZ haka, and Department of Immigration is in the process of granting him instant NZ citizenship for his excellent haka performance

Take it with a truckload of salt

 

[Makasene]

This is why im nervous to lose any of our current crop of youngsters..

I supported the decision at the time and thought it was unlikely that Katoa would kick on to the top echelon. How wrong.

The big question really is whether he would be the same player he is now if he stayed.... All in all Katoa leaving is probably the only real negative of the covid years, since the club coffers and depth have rebounded to a level most would not have expected.

All that being said, I don't see any of our current crop of forwards getting to the point of where Katoa got to. Other than shipping Taukieaho to the Roosters (after one game on the wing ) we don't usually lose home grown talent we want to keep.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

I supported the decision at the time and thought it was unlikely that Katoa would kick on to the top echelon. How wrong.

I doubt he would have played that well here.

Clubs like the Storm have a seriously impressive way of bringing out the best in players.

 

[John Nick]

I doubt he would have played that well here.

Clubs like the Storm have a seriously impressive way of bringing out the best in players.

I saw a very interesting interview with Bellamy last night on Face to Face.
Very fussy about the type of player & staff they let into their systems.
He said mental toughness & family orientated ideals were a paramount factor .Or words to that effect.
More important than techniques.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

I saw a very interesting interview with Bellamy last night on Face to Face.
Very fussy about the type of player & staff they let into their systems.
He said mental toughness & family orientated ideals were a paramount factor .Or words to that effect.
More important than techniques.

Makes sense. Techniques can be taught.

 

[jonesy101]

Makes sense. Techniques can be taught.

And boats can be bought.

 

[Shogun]

Have you never seen Samoans, Tongans, Pakeha doing the Haka while playing for the Ab's or Kiwis ? Pretty sure alot of them are full Tongan , Samoan or Pakeha too! Lol

But he's from Tonga, I think that's his point

Very fussy about the type of player & staff they let into their systems.
He said mental toughness & family orientated ideals were a paramount factor .Or words to that effect.

So no childless cat ladies then on staff