Opinion New Young #7 from the Sharks.

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Alan79 said:
Although this mightn't help us in the NRL directly right now. With more promising halves from all grades in the system training together in the academy, a group training session might reveal that a 16yo has a short kicking game that's superior to anyone at the club. That might drive our NRL level players to knuckle down there to avoid being embarrassed. Everyone below our incumbent halves would see that kicking game as a threat and be driven to get theirs to a higher standard.

I know nothing about this kid. But it sounds like he's a decent prospect. With any luck, in a few years, we'll have an abundance of quality pushing for spots, and we keep picking the eyes out of the junior market so it becomes a habit again.
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We could get the 16 year old to teach Burton how to do short kicks
 
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This is the Gus way though. When you have Juniors coming through you don't know who is going to make it and who isn't. Its not all about ability. Attitude and also family come into it too. How many next best thing go off the rails or gets homesick... Having plenty of options in the halves and the halves academy, will increase the chances we will have a NRL quality half coming out of our juniors.
 
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Powerslide said:
This is the Gus way though. When you have Juniors coming through you don't know who is going to make it and who isn't. Its not all about ability. Attitude and also family come into it too. How many next best thing go off the rails or gets homesick... Having plenty of options in the halves and the halves academy, will increase the chances we will have a NRL quality half coming out of our juniors.
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Agreed whilst everyone wants a quick fix its not that easy we have severally upgraded our squad from past years gus is setting us up for long term success
 
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CQDog said:
He’s quite big for a halfback
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Why are so many Cronulla supporting flogs, like that guy from the podcast and Buzz so anti dogs??!!? Did we stick the boot in when they nearly went bankrupt or something?
 
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