mt.wellington
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Player Moala Graham-Taufa
- Thread starter mt.wellington
- Start date
- Full Name
- Moala Graham-Taufa
- Date of Birth
- Oct 2, 2003
- Birth Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Nationality
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Height (cm)
- 185 cm
- Weight (kg)
- 96 kg
- Position/s
- Centre
- Winger
- NRL Debut Date
- Aug 27, 2021
- NRL Debut Details
- Round 24 Roosters vs Raiders, 27th August 2021
- Warriors Years Active
- 2023
- 2024
- College/s
- St Pauls College
- Signed From
- Parramatta Eels
- Junior Club/s
- Marist Saints
- Previous Club/s
- Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels
- Rep Honours
- Junior Kiwi
- Status
- Active
- Rugby League Project
- https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/moala-graham-taufa/summary.html
mt.wellington
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Mount Albert Grammar School
Twins Lani Graham-Taufa and his brother Moala (pictured below) featured prominently in the NZ 16s win over a Samoan Residents side in Rotorua. Lani was named the NZ side's MVP. For more on the game...
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Knew he wouldn't let the jersey down. Did miss a few tackles but otherwise solid!
Ever Hopeful
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We're in real danger of having a centre poached in the off-season. The coaching team is going to need to be really smart about identifying who really meets our needs for the coming years from the options available.
Crazy considering centre has been the Warriors Achilles heel for so much of its existence.
Crazy considering centre has been the Warriors Achilles heel for so much of its existence.
Pompey
Berry
Leiataua
Taufa
Wings
RTS
DWZ
Montoya
Drop Kosi, then Montoya leaves after next season and Kali slots in?
Ever Hopeful
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You have to be able to provide equitable contracts for them though. I could see a team making a play for Leiataua that we couldn't compete with whilst we have expensive wingers in DWZ and RTS.
RTS just doesn't fit for me. Love him, and we got him on a reduced contract. But $500k is still not financially prudent for where he fits right now. Even if he does play well on the wing, would you prefer him for Montoya given he's probably be double the price? I think Montoya is fine for what I'd imagine the club's output is.
RTS is the enigma that Webby has to solve. I wonder if the Japanese offer is still open?
Great debut!
Did anyone else struggle identifying players? Lots of new faces from reserve grade, lots of late number and position changes. Different black jersey.
Struggled to pick him who was doing what sometimes
Did anyone else struggle identifying players? Lots of new faces from reserve grade, lots of late number and position changes. Different black jersey.
Struggled to pick him who was doing what sometimes
John Nick
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NoGreat debut!
Did anyone else struggle identifying players? Lots of new faces from reserve grade, lots of late number and position changes. Different black jersey.
Struggled to pick him who was doing what sometimes
I had a tab multi and had to open up the NRL site to check the jersey numbers to make sure I was cheering on the right players (for anytime try scorers) when they were in attack zoneGreat debut!
Did anyone else struggle identifying players? Lots of new faces from reserve grade, lots of late number and position changes. Different black jersey.
Struggled to pick him who was doing what sometimes
. Still happy when we were scoring either way but it's a bit more exciting when you need 1 more try scorer to get a $300 payout lolMate I spent the first 5 minutes trying to find CNK until I realised he wasn’t there!No
Kept wondering why DWZ kept coming in to cover the kicks at the back and wondering where Tuaupiki was.
Really tough when you miss the build up
Great debut!
Did anyone else struggle identifying players? Lots of new faces from reserve grade, lots of late number and position changes. Different black jersey.
Struggled to pick him who was doing what sometimes
The young boys are all giants in Kosi, Laban, and MGT. They all have similar boring normal old fashioned hair cuts, at a distance they look a bit alike yeah.
Moala looked even bigger in the black Uniform that he does in cup.
He has a funny frame, he carries a bit of weight for an outside back, but it works for him because he has natural speed for a big unit just quick enough to make him a genuine center and or at the pinch a short range power winger.
If Kosi survives his current existential crisis, then between those three, you could imagine one or two or all three ending up decent Prop forwards, they are just big boned kids man.
Laban and Moala both have good hands, which is what is letting Ed down, and they read the defence better than Ed.
Gone are the days it would seem when being big and fast on its own is enough, now you have to have a little talent as well as a defensive read to be considered a genuine prospect for the Warriors NRL side.
I am hoping that if anyone gets a instant rise to the rank of first officer it is Moala, I think he shows enough talent and physical presence, enough football brains to clean knock Berry off that incumbent spot.
As someone who’s watched a lot of cup, how do you compare Ali and Moala?
Who do you see as more potential longer term?
Geez I hope your boy picked that up listening to Jimi Hendrix and not machine gun kelly?My son kept asking who he was- somehow over the course of the game he started calling him machine gun tafua.
I thought that was quite cool- think I’m gonna run with it.
It'll be a reference to mgk (machine gun kelly) who is a pretty big musician.My son kept asking who he was- somehow over the course of the game he started calling him machine gun tafua.
I thought that was quite cool- think I’m gonna run with it
(Just clarifying incase you don't know)
Well castles made of sand is my ringtone so fingers crossed…
That’s crazy. I watched that song on youtube tonight a couple times. Beautiful song, love Don McLean
Are u talking about castles in the air? Different castles…
I am
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