I was expecting Luke Hanson to play SG ball this season, could he replace Volkman in the halves for our cup team? From what I understand he’s more of a 6, but looks a promising young talent.
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Might be too old now. Finished last year playing Flegg
How big is gordies hairdo?
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Hopefully as big as Bunty's, we need another Bunty for when real Bunty retires
I for one do not want another bunty.
Stoked for my man Hiraka. I hope they keep developing him as a ball playing center.
He's too old for SG Ball
Jesse Soric is there at five eighth. He's an Australian kid we've signed from a high school across the ditch.
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I haven't seen any age group football for many years.
My cousin coached a North Sydney age group side that included some future stars, Larsen, Florimo from memory.
Anyway, the focus was always on defense and structure. Training was a serious affair.
Later on he coached an Auckland under 16 side. Some came to trials without boots. Had a giant side with great raw athletes but little structure and discipline to work with and not that interested in defense. A couple went on to have professional football careers.
With the demise of age group football in NZ, has this improved, or , do we mainly pick up athletes from secondary school rugby where training and discipline is part of the scene.
From my experience, the youth rep team coaches primarily focus on defence and forming combinations. I think the days of picking 17 athletic back rowers and finding a spot for them are gone. There's still not enough halves here though, they all get snapped by other clubs and rugby at a young age. Some of the blame for that is junior footy reintroducing unlimited interchanges, that kills halves IMO.
Halves are defo a big problem. Hopefully we unearth some talent that wants to be a warrior for life. Need a top shelf half to win the comp and no top shelf Aussie halves would ever come here.
Good reward for him, I hear his younger brother goes pretty good too. Such a great opportunity for these kids now. Onya Robbo.
Success in both rugby codes relies on good halves. The Warriors haven't been able to keep the best halves in NZ junior footy, even with their improved pathways.
They get smashed out of the game at a young age here and those that stay with league have the body type of a 13. They can have all the playmaking skills but they'll always lack the speed and agility of a smaller half.
The game has changed, halves have less involvement than they used to. In rugby, the halfback and fly half touch the ball at least once in every phase and aren't expected to tackle much. League generally has 3 or 4 plays go straight to a forward for a hit up and the halves and backs might see the ball twice in a set. Metcalf would be lucky to see the ball once in every 3 attacking sets. And they're expected to make 20ish tackles a game, usually on a forward twice their size. You can see why we lose halves to rugby.
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Jesse Soric, Hanson from Penrith, if we become a powerhouse team we might be an increasingly attractive option for young aussie halves maybe?
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