For what it's worth, i thought he had a great start, anyone who expects miracles is on another planet. showed a lot of potential, and im sure they've trained for the moment, but when the positional changes around him happened it would've made it a little difficult. i was happy with him.
so much weight on young kids shoulders these days and i blame that on the lack of a high quality 'reserve' grade. the gap between nsw / qld cup and nrl is just far too much, and now many are jumping straight from toyota cup to nrl making it worse, everyone expects these young kids to have the skills of a veteran in no time.
if the "reserve grade" was playing at these venues, with the building crowds as they were years ago i think that would help them get more comfortable with the surrounds, and if the nrl invested in a high quality second tier im sure these players coming through the grades would make the transition alot easier.