Names you don’t know but soon will

[mozgrame]

BY now you all should know several of the hottest young prospects in the game.

Either you’ve heard names like North Queensland flyer Gideon Gela-Mosby in the media or seen them in action ala Kalyn Ponga during the finals series.

But what about the rest of them?

Each year several players spring out of nowhere, from Melbourne’s Suliasi Vunivalu during an injury crisis to Parramatta’s Bevan French in the Auckland Nines.

With pre-season training underway for several clubs and the graduates of the Holden Cup desperate to impress, we’ve run our eye over the next crop of hungry youngsters pushing for an NRL nod in 2017.

Read more...http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...7/news-story/c5ad426822675cfb8c12bac877bfcb80

Billy Bainbridge!! Go Billy!

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

For most of those junior stars, this is their moment to sparkle and shine, before fading into the deep dark night sky of footy obscurity.
I expect maybe one or two to actually kick on.
And Bainbridge may as well be the one, because "Bainbridge is tough"!!

 

[Fluffy]

Debuted in the forwards at 18, still got a lot of improving to go yet one would think

 

[double hoops]

Dylan Kelly was on this list once. PS where are they now?

 

[Stiffi]

Do a Roosters. Sigh them all, chew em up & spit them out when they don't become superstars!!

 

[Budgie]

Of course our recruitment 'team' have never heard of any of them - except, possibly, Bainbridge.

Feels a bit like our recruitment consists of asking our current coaches and staff who they might know, hence Myles, Penrith players, Sironen jnr.
It goes like this:
Anyone know any players?
How about Kevin Locke?
I know hum!
Give him a call!!

 

[Woodsie]

Of course our recruitment 'team' have never heard of any of them - except, possibly, Bainbridge.

Feels a bit like our recruitment consists of asking our current coaches and staff who they might know, hence Myles, Penrith players, Sironen jnr.
It goes like this:
Anyone know any players?
How about Kevin Locke?
I know hum!
Give him a call!!

To be fair Budgie, every one of these kids would have been on every talent scouts radars since u/13 reps and carnivals. Most or all would have been signed to "deals" by the time they were 15/16.

All the reporter has really done is contact each club and ask " which young bloke do you think will go far"

 

[Budgie]

To be fair Budgie, every one of these kids would have been on every talent scouts radars since u/13 reps and carnivals. Most or all would have been signed to "deals" by the time they were 15/16.

All the reporter has really done is contact each club and ask " which young bloke do you think will go far"

It was really just an elaborate setup to get in a joke with a kiwi accent. I contemplated using more kiwi words but went with the sophisticated audience theory.
S'pose I should get up and get on with my day then [/QUOTE]

 

[Woodsie]

It was really just an elaborate setup to get in a joke with a kiwi accent. I contemplated using more kiwi words but went with the sophisticated audience theory.
S'pose I should get up and get on with my day then

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em duvestated I mussed et.