This is the most important part of our re-build. We need either local juniors or young players from elsewhere to debut for our club in order for a proper rebuild.
Back in the early 2000's we had guys like El Masri, Harris, Anasta, Sherwin, Asotasi, SBW, Matua, Mason, etc who were either local juniors or young players who made their debut at our club. You get at least a few years out of these younger players playing below their cap value and then a lot of the time they stay for less. You cant keep just buying players.
I dont care if its a local junior. Teams like the Roosters dont have juniors but they still identify young talent and bring them through the grades. This weekend the roosters have 11 players who have made their debut for the club. The storm have 14 and the panthers have 13.
We have 5