But to wrap across from the open side behind the play and be in position for the overlap shows vision.
Normally they would wander across and get themselves ready for the next play.
Outstanding stuff!
Player Leka Halasima
- Thread starter mt.wellington
- Start date
- Full Name
- Salumiela Halasima
- Date of Birth
- Sep 21, 2005
- Birth Location
- Tofoa, Tonga
- Nationality
- 🇹🇴 Tonga
- Height (cm)
- 185 cm
- Weight (kg)
- 100 kg
- Position/s
- Second Row
- Nickname
- Leka, Junior
- Warrior #
- 289
- NRL Debut Date
- Jul 6, 2024
- NRL Debut Details
- 2024, Round 18, NZ Warriors v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
- Warriors Debut Date
- Jul 6, 2024
- Warriors Debut Details
- 2024, Round 18, NZ Warriors v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
- Warriors Years Active
- 2024
- 2025
- College/s
- Southern Cross Campus
- Signed From
- Southern Cross Campus
- Junior Club/s
- Pt Chevalier Pirates, Otahuhu Leopards
- Current Club
- NZ Warriors
- Status
- Active
- Rugby League Project
- https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/selumiela-halasima/summary.html
Normally they would wander across and get themselves ready for the next play.
Outstanding stuff!
Reminiscent of Jonah in his prime. Was surprised at the step, thought he may have just bulldozed through with the fend.
Classic though and will be a contender for try of the year.
Stacey's face in the box was worth a meme
Classic though and will be a contender for try of the year.
Stacey's face in the box was worth a meme
In that SJ video he explains everything as an insider which is heaps cool.
The part after it is spread from early in the set to Metcalf, then Ali from dummy half to Taine getting across to make the overlap. That was all awesome.
But when it gets to Leka and SJ says "do the rest bro. Do the rest."
I'm not sure we've had anybody who could have "done the rest" since SJ himself.
The part after it is spread from early in the set to Metcalf, then Ali from dummy half to Taine getting across to make the overlap. That was all awesome.
But when it gets to Leka and SJ says "do the rest bro. Do the rest."
I'm not sure we've had anybody who could have "done the rest" since SJ himself.
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- #126
Im not worried about Leka himself. He's a humble kid who has to work very hard to get here. He knows whats at stake. He's come from actual poverty by our privileged standards and has an opportunity to lift his family to a life of luxury.
What I worry about is the clubs inability to develop players and retain our genuine talent. We have had an appalling record in recent history of allowing young players to leave or stagnate under our watch. Not since Ivan Cleary have we nurtured talent through from our huge talent base and turned them into seasoned Internationals. We honestly suck balls at it and its probably the most pressing issue we have and have had as an organisation for many years now.
Going by our recent history the future is looking dim for Leka and his development and retainment. Anyone who thinks differently is a half full dreamer or has the blinders firmly on...
What I worry about is the clubs inability to develop players and retain our genuine talent. We have had an appalling record in recent history of allowing young players to leave or stagnate under our watch. Not since Ivan Cleary have we nurtured talent through from our huge talent base and turned them into seasoned Internationals. We honestly suck balls at it and its probably the most pressing issue we have and have had as an organisation for many years now.
Going by our recent history the future is looking dim for Leka and his development and retainment. Anyone who thinks differently is a half full dreamer or has the blinders firmly on...
Historically can't argue your point but you would have to admit there has been significant investment and planning in this area to improve.
The period between Cleary and Webby included 3 seperate ownership changes, 4 coaches (plus two interims), 1 pandemic.
Does the future look dim for Leka? shit, that's a pretty PTSD take to be fair.
If we balls this up again then he deserves to go to Melbourne and realise his best ever immortal career and make a packet in third party plumbing ads money, buy a stake in an NBA team and a formula one racing team and then open a world wide chain of healthy food stores.
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- #130
I must clarify. His future is certain and bright. His future at the Warriors is not. Going by our recent history we will fumble his progress. Anything else is a hope and a prayer with a large dose of crossing fingers. It could happen. It should happen. Problem is it hasnt happened since Cleary left in 2011 unless your name is Jazz Tevaga, Bunty Afoa, David Fusitua or Ken Maumalo and lets be honest, the last two left disillusioned and the first two probably wouldn't have had the careers they have had at any other NRL club...
I don't believe that to be true this time round. They are very cautious about playing kids when they are not ready.
I think they are bringing them through nicely. It's all about stability from the top down and that is now settled.
You are right about the past, but since the great reset the club has done great work to move in a direction never done in its history.
That, to me, tells me they are learning and are finally walking the walk.
and Webby seems to be a nurturing type of coach. Exactly what these young bucks need, not a hot head.
These particular 4 young bulls wanted to make a difference at this club when they came back from redcliffe, I believe they will stay.
You can actually build around these guys.
I hear you mate.
Some of the balls up in the past have been hard to take.
We have a prime example of Eli Katoa to look at what not to do. That alone should be enough for us to make the right calls.
I'm looking at this more positively. They can't do any worse and we now define ourselves as development club, so until I see otherwise moving forward (not looking back) I can only assume every effort is going to be made to pick and stick with the best junior talent coming through.
This is the past you’re talking about right? You haven’t heard anything regarding player or club unhappy I hope?
I agree, I don't trust the clubs ability to not let him stagnate.
The only counter to that is we have never had a player as talented as Leka at the same age at this club. Ever. Going all the way back to 95. At some point the cream does rise to top. So hopefully he can break through those barriers that this club has in developing talent.
Retention I'm not worried about. Its a byproduct of development. We don't retain them because we fail in developing them.
It's heartening to hear this crop of Juniors coming through together and wanting to make a difference together for the club.
Leka, Demetric and Ali (I guess Zyon Maiu’u was a part of that).
I agree our track record has been really bad but our junior system and intentions around recruit have never been this well set up.
It is not all on the club.
Players are entitled to stay grounded themselves instead of blowing kisses to the camera and spending eighty minutes avoiding defensive work.
Hurrell and Fusitua case in point, Vailea too. Talented athletes, terrible attitudes.
People seem to think that clubs can magically change an athletes training ethic and self responsibility. You cannot, which is why Melbourne avoid hiring lazy players in the first instance.
Thinking development issues are all the club is made a nonsense when these blokes leave and turn out to be the same lazy flogs under other coaches at other clubs.
That is not the Warriors fault.
Players are entitled to stay grounded themselves instead of blowing kisses to the camera and spending eighty minutes avoiding defensive work.
Hurrell and Fusitua case in point, Vailea too. Talented athletes, terrible attitudes.
People seem to think that clubs can magically change an athletes training ethic and self responsibility. You cannot, which is why Melbourne avoid hiring lazy players in the first instance.
Thinking development issues are all the club is made a nonsense when these blokes leave and turn out to be the same lazy flogs under other coaches at other clubs.
That is not the Warriors fault.
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First thing i'd say is that the past is the past. We havn't had talent like this come through for a while. Covid interrupted our junior nursery. That is not the clubs fault. Just what happened. We are seeing Leka develop before our eyes. The club deserves some credit for that alone. The patience and care by the staff has to be acknowledged. They have identified his talent early on by locking him in till 2027. Demitric till 2028. Webby got everyone playing to their potential 2023. Let's hope with this squad it can happen again. Ivan Cleary himself said he trusted Webby to look after Jett. Jett probably never would have come here without Ivan trusting Webby. The future is unknown but there are some genuine bright spots on the horizon.
also big Jacob Laban who looks like he could be a star if he continues to develop.
The only player who has had perfect development at the club is Simon Mannering. Even Leka will probably not get to 300 games with the club. The likelihood of him leaving early is slim because he’s a local junior unlike Reece, just have to look at Bunty & Chanel as examples of that. There lot’s of factors that go into players not developing. Coaching is 1. Nathan Brown didn’t rate Katoa as good a prospect as Vailea or Berry so moved Euan Aitken to the second row. So they could play in the Centres. 1 is still at the club & 1 isn’t. Off field issues IPap for example.
I think that's why we keep getting players like RTS, Tohu, JFH driving the young guys forward and leading the way with how they get themselves up of each day, week, game etc.
I'm hoping with these types of recruitment it builds up these young guys. I just hope they understand what's going on around them.
I say getting JFH, that was given from the heavens
but also probably a by product of what's been going on here over the last 3 years.-
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