Thank you, ab-s, for dragging my name into this discussion. I've noticed it usually only occurs when people are shit-stirring.Also has anyone noticed ayd uni signing souths toyota cup player (ex joeys) adrian haangaana to colts- his contract was torn up at souths due to being at a brothel in his souths gear- surely bruce ross doesnt want this character in his group!!!
Some really good discussion points but I will ask a couple of simple questions
Will Parramatta and Penrith field 3 colts sides next year?
I would say over the past 15 years both clubs have consistently not fielded 3 sides so how long is this resurgence from the West going to take?
Is it true that when Parramatta leagues club sponsored Parramatta rugby club they gave Parramatta 500k per season ?
I am not against the clubs being in the comp and I don't believe they should amalgamate as that will never work
I would just like to see 3 games of colts at Parramatta and Penrith and once this happens then those clubs will get stronger
Parramatta I think have zero points in colts club championship and there is one game to go. Where are the future 1st graders going to come from?
Canberra and NZ like most of the current group
Oops this will get juices flowing
Leota definitely a local junior, also played colts at 16Tahboy, I waited until after the weekend to make sure of the facts: Parramatta's team consisted of
Blacklock - local junior
Hoscher - country but a Parra colt
Seutini - SA via Canberra
Coleman - Canberra
Olmstead - Gordon junior (hey we took one back)
Cox - local junior
Ma'a - local junior
Latukefu - Local junior
Rech - Canberra (2nd season)
Woods - ex NZ but played for Parra for 3 seasons
Tavola - Local junior
Fakafanua - West Harbour but in 3rd season
Leota - unsure but 4th season at Parra
Anese - NZ (replacing local junior Fasisila on loan to Northland ITM cup)
Harper NZ
That's a total of 5 local juniors and 4 long termers or via colts. OF those, Woods, Latukefu, Leota, Tavola, Cox Ma'a and Blacklock were part of the massive floggings in 2010. Watch the Colts space next year.
I have seen some really good players in the Colts out there. Depth and continuity has been an issue however full marks to those that show up and give the others a game not withstanding the floggings they have copped.Ryan09 that's good the team good local player content.
Let's see what happens next year
Haangana played with Wests Juniors from u6s onwards, left when he went to Joeys but played a number of rep age groups with West Harbour up to about u14s/15s. Always played league at the same time and probably more suited to that game.Who cares?
He does play the Uni style, so it's a good fit. Pretty sure he learnt all his Rugby at joeys,and I don't believe he had club links elsewhere.If he did I would have a different view.
Haangana played with Wests Juniors from u6s onwards, left when he went to Joeys but played a number of rep age groups with West Harbour up to about u14s/15s. Always played league at the same time and probably more suited to that game.
Latukefu had 2 years in Wests colts & a year in grade , prior to playing with Parra.
He was a Blacktown Junior
Tahboy, I waited until after the weekend to make sure of the facts: Parramatta's team consisted of
Blacklock - local junior
Hoscher - country but a Parra colt
Seutini - SA via Canberra
Coleman - TASMANIA via Canberra
Olmstead - Gordon junior (hey we took one back)
Cox - local junior
Ma'a - local junior
Latukefu - West Harbour
Rech - Canberra (2nd season) - only played reserve grade in Canberra but was spotted by Coach Christini as an emerging talent
Woods - ex NZ but played for Parra for 3 seasons - Woodsy in his 6th season with Parra spread over two different spells. He first played for Parra in 2005
Tavola - Local junior
Fakafanua - West Harbour but in 3rd season - 2nd season
Leota - unsure but 4th season at Parra - local junior, played Colts at 16, 1st Grade at 17
Anese - NZ (replacing local junior Fasisila on loan to Northland ITM cup)
Harper NZ
That's a total of 5 local juniors and 4 long termers or via colts. OF those, Woods, Latukefu, Leota, Tavola, Cox Ma'a and Blacklock were part of the massive floggings in 2010. Watch the Colts space next year.