Canterbury have signed 21-year-old Warriors prop Zyon Maiu’u, effective immediately.

[Cook]

Zyon - 183cm 106kg
Leota - 182cm 107kg
Leniu - 183cm 110kg

All pretty similar…

Yeah agree all similar just not the big unit type i read in here. Hopefully is the goods i cant comment as never heard of him. Seems pretty similar to few boys coming through so not sure wat the point of difference is

 

[Kempsey Dog]

Great signing, fuck we are building a strong squad

 

[Bulldog1966]

Looks good big powerful young bloke.

Confess I didn't read too many comments but obviously he was released by the Wahs?
Seems odd but good for us, seems to be highly rated by some of their now pissed off fans haha.

 

[doggieaaron]

Looks a beast as always will come down to his motor and or attitude to training

 

[2ndphase]

Zyon has entered the building!
Starts training tomorrow.

 

[Rumdogmillionaire]

So Karl will make way for this guy to be in our top 30?

seems a fair assumption

 

[albatross]

My God, if our NSW cup forward pack doesn't get together before round 1 and say let's go out there with intent and make a statement from the kick off I'll be disappointed.
Daniel Suluka-Fifita
Lipoi Hopoi
Harry Hayes
Luke Smith
Jack Todd
Jack Underhill
Zon Maiu'u
Kurtis Morrin .... all pushing for spots.

Can add Amone to that list too. Assuming Thompson stacks up next year, we only need a few of those blokes to really step up. Hayes has already shown plenty, although I'm not sure what his best position is. I reckon Todd will come on too. To me, Gus is just playing a numbers game with the others and waiting to see if anyone rises. The age and reputation of the new kiwi sounds pretty good.

 

[Cook]

Wonder if new recruits have disappointed Ciro, hes gone this way as should know system a little as from Warriors so a bit fast tracked

 

[JL82]

Can add Amone to that list too. Assuming Thompson stacks up next year, we only need a few of those blokes to really step up. Hayes has already shown plenty, although I'm not sure what his best position is. I reckon Todd will come on too. To me, Gus is just playing a numbers game with the others and waiting to see if anyone rises. The age and reputation of the new kiwi sounds pretty good.

Definitely. No guarantee for spots. That’s how you build elite clubs. Sad to say but I think Morrins time is limited.

 

[Rumdogmillionaire]

With this signing our Round 1 team should look like this:
1. Tracey
2. Kiraz
3. Xerri
4. Critta
5. Wilson
6. Burto
7. Sexy
8. King
9. Reed
10. Hughes
11. Kiks
12. Sitili
13. Presto
14. Mann
15. Zyon M
16. Curran
17. Amone
18. Bailey Haywood
19. Underhill

We need a ball playing #13.
Preston, Sitili & Curran just don't seem to be that kind of player, based on 2024 evidence.
Happy to be proven wrong ... but think they'll persist with the current setup of Mann at 13 & Hayward/Salmon (hopefully not both) off the bench.

As for Zyon ...
Maybe a solid 6-8 weeks in Cup and see how he's tracking compared to the other Cup players who are NRL candidates.
Not really fair on the incumbents to promote Zyon straight away, unless he's clearly better than them.

Reckon there's no way CC would derail team harmony with an unsubstantiated selection...just not in his DNA - Hallelujah!!!

 

[TheAlmightyJish]

Kid looks like a fucking intimidator. Him and Leo Thompson are gonna instill fear in the opposition for us once more!

 

[Dogs4eva13]

We need a ball playing #13.
Preston, Sitili & Curran just don't seem to be that kind of player, based on 2024 evidence.
Happy to be proven wrong ... but think they'll persist with the current setup of Mann at 13 & Hayward/Salmon (hopefully not both) off the bench.

As for Zyon ...
Maybe a solid 6-8 weeks in Cup and see how he's tracking compared to the other Cup players who are NRL candidates.
Not really fair on the incumbents to promote Zyon straight away, unless he's clearly better than them.

Reckon there's no way CC would derail team harmony with an unsubstantiated selection...just not in his DNA - Hallelujah!!!

We have the trials. We have the luxury of being able to rest players for the trials this year so they all these sorts of players will get plenty of game time. Max King was able to force his way into the team through the trials in 22, Salmon last year. So if he comes out and does what Max King did, will be hard to leave him out of the side.

 

[dogsofwar56]

His got potential but I’m not banking on this kid being a super star. I just watched his debut game against Titans and got knocked up quick and was a bit lazy. But definitely runs hard, hopefully this is one of Ciro’s projects he likes having like DSF was for him and Gus.


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[Rumdogmillionaire]

Definitely. No guarantee for spots. That’s how you build elite clubs. Sad to say but I think Morrins time is limited.

Yep agree.
Morrin is such a whole-hearted crazy MF.
Love his passion ... but he does have a few errors in him (especially for someone playing minor minutes).

Was heart breaking to see him drop the ball in that Manly finals game.
That hurt us real bad!!
Reed gets bad press for his brain explosion & rightly so - it was as dumb as all F@#k.
Same for Connor Tracey for missing THAT tackle!!

But momentum is dangerous adversary ...and every time you let it swing the other way ... you're playing with house money!!
Morrin put us on house coin.

 

[Moedogg]

Iron lion Zyon...

 

[CrittaMagic69]

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Zyon has entered the building!
Starts training tomorrow.

@2144superman

 

[Cook]

We need a ball playing #13.
Preston, Sitili & Curran just don't seem to be that kind of player, based on 2024 evidence.
Happy to be proven wrong ... but think they'll persist with the current setup of Mann at 13 & Hayward/Salmon (hopefully not both) off the bench.

As for Zyon ...
Maybe a solid 6-8 weeks in Cup and see how he's tracking compared to the other Cup players who are NRL candidates.
Not really fair on the incumbents to promote Zyon straight away, unless he's clearly better than them.

Reckon there's no way CC would derail team harmony with an unsubstantiated selection...just not in his DNA - Hallelujah!!!

X1000.
well said and extremely well put together.

 

[fraydoon]

Top shelf signing if he can do that in nrl.
Beast with the ball.

 

[Cappuccino]

I didn’t know they rated him like thisView attachment 129296

The other video posted is full of comments saying with AFB and now JFH mentoring him he'll be beast lol

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Zyon has entered the building!
Starts training tomorrow.

She's already simping for him @2144superman control your wife!

 

[Grechy21]

Hoping he isn’t another Franklin Pele