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Five-eighth,
Halfback,
Active
Debut: 2023-05-27
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Age
183
Ht
86
Wt
↓35%
Form
281
🇦🇺
Five-eighth,
Halfback,
Active
Debut: 2023-05-27
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Age
183
Ht
86
Wt
↓35%
Form
Player Luke Metcalf
- Thread starter WahsaurusRex
- Start date
- Date of Birth
- Mar 1, 1999
- Birth Location
- Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
- Nationality
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Height (cm)
- 183 cm
- Weight (kg)
- 86 kg
- Position/s
- Five-Eighth
- Halfback
- Nickname
- Luka Mikafu
- Warrior #
- 281
- NRL Debut Date
- Aug 2, 2021
- NRL Debut Details
- NRL 2021, Round 20, Cronulla Sharks Vs Manly Sea Eagles
- Warriors Debut Date
- May 27, 2023
- Warriors Debut Details
- NRL 2023, Round 13, Brisbane Broncos
- Warriors Years Active
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
- Signed From
- Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
- Status
- Active
- Rugby League Project
- https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/luke-metcalf/summary.html
I believe the club can waive the 10 day cool down. It was brought in to give the current club a chance to change the players mind. Do not think the club wants to do that.
mrblonde
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The most bastard moment for a player would be to go through the most detailed, rigorous medical possible, pass it 100% and as you're walking back to your car, trip on some loose gravel and do your ACL...
I'm sure the Dragons are liable for any rehab once legal documents have been signed by both parties. But if the Dragons are sensible, the signing happens after the medical comes back as 100% as possible.
I think the Warriors paying for Ronald's surgery wasn't legally required but a bit of a PR move to impress people. And maybe Ronald will remember that if he's looking for another club one day and we want what he offers...
I'm sure the Dragons are liable for any rehab once legal documents have been signed by both parties. But if the Dragons are sensible, the signing happens after the medical comes back as 100% as possible.
I think the Warriors paying for Ronald's surgery wasn't legally required but a bit of a PR move to impress people. And maybe Ronald will remember that if he's looking for another club one day and we want what he offers...
Personally, I feel Luke Metcalf shouldn't be able to wear the jersey again. After everything the team did for him, from the best rehab in NYC to the keys to the team, this is how he repays the organisation. No respect for his teammates, no willingness to fight for his jersey,If TB or CHT go down, put someone out there who actually wants to play for the team, not just themselves, They say there is no "I" in team but seems like Luke has found the "M" and the"E"
Emerald
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Webby: Luke! Good to see you back, mate! No hard feelings, eh! Good for you, not asking for an early release, which you might have done, I suppose, in the circumstances, and…. (pauses)
Mets: well, yes, I thought.…. Webby jumps in, interrupting: oh you ARE asking for one! Ok, well we’d better be fair and let you have it. I'm very sorry to see you go so soon, mate. You’ve been a very valuable member of the team, but I’ll have the office draw up the paperwork….(shuffles files) Well look at that! I’ve got it here already. Now if you’d just sign there…and there….we might even have a car for you…… would you believe it, your driver's just walked in haha….
The sharks played hardball with Luke before he came to us.
You wonder if something like this went down there…
And Chanel will keep him out of the other position.
webby was so chill about it - they don’t mind that he’s going, they just wanted it handled on their terms not his.
Club let him negotiate immediately, “he just wants to play NRL” translation “he won’t be playing it here”
Yes, the whole point in this is that Luke had options.
There are much greater players than Luke Metcalf that have given up their A Role for a B job (not smut people, focus) where was I ah yes concerning B jobs.....A good example would be when Alan Langer sees Ricky Stuart get a B Job, Sticky took it on the chin (soz too many pommy comedy shows growing up in the 70's blame the two Ronnies).
Stuart famously outplayed Langer in their first test together while wearing the six jersey on tour vs the Lions (forcing the selectors to pick him in the Seven for the remaining two tests of the tour.
Look at the list of greats that gave up their favorite jumper for someone else:
Immortals:
Andrew Johns (played in the bloody forwards to get a jersey)
Wally Lewis (played forward)
NRL Hall of fame:
Jonathan Thurston (Immortal in waiting)
Laurie Daly (played forward for a spot)
Brad Fittler (played forward for a spot).
Cooper Cronk
Daley Cherry Evans
Darren Lockyer, only player to win the Golden boot twice wearing two different jumpers.
I dunno where this selfish 'his dream is to wear the seven' culture comes from? Generation Interweb?
Guess what, the greatest players ever tended to be dudes that would do anything to get a game...there might be a link there....
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j_p
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@MrFrankWhite you got a response to this. You were a big supporter of metcalf when this news first broke...
* two * pages * later *
Blain
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Yeah I would prefer we blood and develop rather than play Luke if Boyd goes down. If Cleary is that guy.. Give him a sniff this year. TMM is also around, I would get him into NSW Cup to get him back in the mix.
The only situation I can see where Metcalfs plays is if Boyd is out long term. That's the only way I can see Metcalf staying with us for 2026 TBH.
Let’s say you’re the # 1 employee in your place of work and a new guy starts, all of a sudden he starts performing better than you and you see your position dropping down the ladder. You have two choices, try to reclaim that position or leave. Most people will have the attitude to say fuck it I’m leaving. Luke is probably at the prime of his career. He’s got 4/5 years to make a name for himself, make sure his financial stable and support his wife and child. All this hate just doesn’t make sense, disrespect the team, jersey, he can fuk off now etc. I bet most of you if put in his position will do exactly the same. Perhaps it might be wise to stop throwing stones at glass houses and look at the bigger picture.
Oh no, not his Carotid Artery (CA)! that's a serious injury
Or did you mean metatarsal?
Or left foot? Left femur?
Don't tell me it's his transverse colon? that would be really, really rare
roguei
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Firstly, metcalf was not getting back into the 7 or 6. Webster has said as much. So lets rule out that "option".
I think metcalf or anyone would play any role in rep level football. It makes 0 sense to compare it to NRL. So lets cross these two off the list.
Ricky Stuart can't give up a jumper he never had. Its at a rep level for AU. He went into 6 because Daley broke his hand who was in that spot. Then because they lost that first test, the half was kicked and stuart moved up.
Andrew Johns played utility on the bench for rep sides (Aus/NSW). This was to slot into hooker... Or he was starting at hooker again for rep sides...
Daley played center at a rep level.
Metcalf also played in other positions like fullback early in his career. So lets cross off players who only played out of position when they were young.
Wally Lewis only played lock early in his career. (< 21) or at the end of his career at 31. Not hs prime.
Cronk who rotated over almost every position at the storm before landing the seven. But did so < 21.
These players only played halfback and 5/8. Which are the positions metcalf is being blocked in.
DCE
I think only one in there that makes sense. As he is getting blocked for any position, is not young enough to switch to the others and finally is not playing for a rep side. Would be Fittler who played lock for ages, and center for ages.
I would have liked to have seen the Metcalf issue play out differently. In s perfect world he would have stayed and we would have 3 happy halves taking us to a Grand Final.
Full respect to Warriors HQ though. The days of going to players cap in hand are over. I'm enjoying watching the club deal from a position of strength and still being all class while they do it.
As for Luke I get that it's a business decision and he obviously feels that he's better elsewhere. He has 5 or 6 years to set himself up for retirement. So all the best to him.
I hope he's talking to his teammates and explaining the whys. I'm sure the older guys will get it.
I don't want to see him in a Warriors jersey again. I can't imagine we'll get 100% from him even with the best of intentions. He would have to be worried about injuries every time he went on the field for us.
Thanks for the last couple of years Luke
Full respect to Warriors HQ though. The days of going to players cap in hand are over. I'm enjoying watching the club deal from a position of strength and still being all class while they do it.
As for Luke I get that it's a business decision and he obviously feels that he's better elsewhere. He has 5 or 6 years to set himself up for retirement. So all the best to him.
I hope he's talking to his teammates and explaining the whys. I'm sure the older guys will get it.
I don't want to see him in a Warriors jersey again. I can't imagine we'll get 100% from him even with the best of intentions. He would have to be worried about injuries every time he went on the field for us.
Thanks for the last couple of years Luke
