Rudolph

[Snake]

Hypothetically speaking, if we lose Foran or DCE, or heaven forbid both, Manaia Rudolph is a chance to take a vacant halves spot. Ideally, it would be best if we can keep at least one of our halves to play the dominant playmaker role, while Rudolph adjust to FG.

A big strength is the kid is a fantastic goal kicker, topping the competition point scorers list in NYC 2012. He is young, fast, skilful, and athletic. A player of his ilk could provide an x-factor with a playing style not unlike Johnson and Marshall.

For those of you who have seen him play (although he missed a large chunk of last season through injury), or have comments about him, please post them in this thread, so those fans who are unable to keep up with the lower grades can gain an insight into what he may offer in the future.

 

[Brookie]

yes...

 

[Wombat Legacy]

He is good-and he should be our priority moving forward long term. Joey will love him!

 

[Silver Eagle]

Lets hope we keep him he would have been a good choice for our nines team this year

 

[SeaEagle21]

IF we can't hold onto one or both of our halves i would prefer we look at some young prospects (such as Manaia) and bring them through. Having the Worlds best Centres beside you plus the coaching of Johns we could unearth the next wonder kid. Origin period would be a good chance this season to see if there is potential that can be realised in the future...

 

[Dan]

How will he handle first grade NRL and his Christmas Eve commitments?

 

[the mauler]

How will he handle first grade NRL and his Christmas Eve commitments?

Christmas is in the offseason so he should be fine..

 

[SeaEagle21]

Christmas is in the offseason so he should be fine..

Off seasons for Manly players historically have never been fine

 

[Shnorky]

I heard he is a real pisshead, drinks so much in the off season at the Antler that his nose turns red