I don’t understand Wahs recruitment of Aussie youth
Healey Hanson Boeing Cleary etc
If they wanted to develop their games
They could have done that in their own countr
In their reserve grades
It’s highly possible these young uns will go back to Oz
Go figure
So here is what is is about, and it is a Cappy thing.
Up until now star juniors like Leka etc play with clunky Kiwi spines coming through the grades.
I believe Cappy has identified that problem for what it is, a roadblock to the entire development system, forget the spine, the insistence of narrowing our pool to Kiwi halves, kiwi hookers is not an advantage, it is an impediment.
By restricting ourselves to local juniors in the halves we are by default restricting ourselves to the smallest and weakest talent pool in the competition.
If the other sixteen teams are shopping from sixteen talent pools while the Warriors only use locals, the status quo will continue in terms of results for the next thirty years.
But most of all it is about bringing in ball players that can give Leka types a platform to develop their skills, their confidence, their timing, their awareness of how and when to play off the hip of an Australian trained half back.
Up until now Warriors junior stars will often go elsewhere, after they fail to reach their potential, then perform brilliantly for another club, perhaps if we are lucky we get to buy them back at a high price.
By having top Aussie Juniors running the attack at the Warriors, these local kids do not have to go on these sabbaticals to show they are better than when the Warriors let them go.
We can really find out who is good if we use them properly.....
Call me crazy.....but í think McFadden is a genius.
I think McFadden has fast tracked our Juniors so that the day they get their NRL debut, the game plan being coached by Webster is the same one they have come from.
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