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Giving it his Hall
Jason Avedissian
31 May 2008
MANLY forward Glenn Hall had two glaring choices when he spent time out of the Sea Eagles' NRL squad earlier this season.
With a wealth of options for coach Des Hasler to deploy up front, the 27-year-old found himself playing in Manly's reserve grade team in the NSW Cup.
In his second season at Brookvale, it was not an ideal scenario. The well-travelled NRL forward could have either slumped his shoulders and spent the rest of the season languishing, or raised his game and forced Hasler's hand.
``I'm glad I didn't drop my head when I went back to reggies,'' Hall said this week.
``It was more of a wake-up call to myself, thinking if I've got another two years here, I don't really want to spend it as your older bloke in reserve grade.
``I put in a couple of good performances (in reserves), and back up here in first grade now. I want to be here and I want to be making a difference the whole time.''
And ahead of last night's game against the Raiders, Hall has left his mark this season.
The ex-Bulldog, Rabbitoh and Rooster has firmly established himself in Manly's 17-man squad on a weekly basis, a worthy replacement for representative front-rowers Josh Perry and Brent Kite.
``Dessie wanted more of an impact from me, which I probably wasn't doing last year,'' Hall said.
``I think I'm doing it a lot better this year and Dessie has been pretty happy with me so far. My main thing now is just the consistency.
``There's still good depth in the forwards. Guys like Jason Wells, Jack Afamasaga, Phil Morwood and Rosey (George Rose) are all playing good footy (in reserves), that's another reason to keep up my consistency.''
Manly captain Matt Orford is another to have noted Hall's rising form.
``Hally's been going great for us the past few weeks,'' Orford said. ``He's got a role to play and the tempo and enthusiasm he brings really changes the flow of the game and that's what we need from him. It brings out the best in guys.''
http://manlydaily.com.au/article/2008/05/31/10392_sports.html
Jason Avedissian
31 May 2008
MANLY forward Glenn Hall had two glaring choices when he spent time out of the Sea Eagles' NRL squad earlier this season.
With a wealth of options for coach Des Hasler to deploy up front, the 27-year-old found himself playing in Manly's reserve grade team in the NSW Cup.
In his second season at Brookvale, it was not an ideal scenario. The well-travelled NRL forward could have either slumped his shoulders and spent the rest of the season languishing, or raised his game and forced Hasler's hand.
``I'm glad I didn't drop my head when I went back to reggies,'' Hall said this week.
``It was more of a wake-up call to myself, thinking if I've got another two years here, I don't really want to spend it as your older bloke in reserve grade.
``I put in a couple of good performances (in reserves), and back up here in first grade now. I want to be here and I want to be making a difference the whole time.''
And ahead of last night's game against the Raiders, Hall has left his mark this season.
The ex-Bulldog, Rabbitoh and Rooster has firmly established himself in Manly's 17-man squad on a weekly basis, a worthy replacement for representative front-rowers Josh Perry and Brent Kite.
``Dessie wanted more of an impact from me, which I probably wasn't doing last year,'' Hall said.
``I think I'm doing it a lot better this year and Dessie has been pretty happy with me so far. My main thing now is just the consistency.
``There's still good depth in the forwards. Guys like Jason Wells, Jack Afamasaga, Phil Morwood and Rosey (George Rose) are all playing good footy (in reserves), that's another reason to keep up my consistency.''
Manly captain Matt Orford is another to have noted Hall's rising form.
``Hally's been going great for us the past few weeks,'' Orford said. ``He's got a role to play and the tempo and enthusiasm he brings really changes the flow of the game and that's what we need from him. It brings out the best in guys.''
http://manlydaily.com.au/article/2008/05/31/10392_sports.html