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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 465920" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="color: #222222">I certainly agree that Luamanu should have got a contract. Being in that environment would have done wonders for him, and he's still so young. The fact that he's been such a prolific try scorer for North Harbor over the last two years, I would have thought he was in a shoe in. He's so far from the finished product, as his fitness and work rate is very average. In saying that, I think he has far more potential than Saili. He'd certainly make a fantastic impact player to bring on in the final 60 minutes. He reminds me of a young Isitola Maka.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="color: #222222"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="color: #222222">In terms of Rudi Wulf, I admit I never really rated him. He's not a great line breaker and doesn't have extremely raw pace. What he does have is very good handling (in 2009 when the game was force back, that was a very important thing), good positional play, a high work rate and according to Pat Lam, an extremely good work ethic (he claimed he was the Kevin Mealamu of the backs). Not a bad player to have. I've always preferred him at centre of fullback, but I think he's a good safe option to have on the right wing, with Stowers/Ranger/Raikuna al being x-factor players for the other wing. I'd like to see Ranger play in the midfield, but I have a felling Benson Stanley will be to good to leave out of the starting XV.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 465920, member: 38640"] [SIZE=2][FONT=tahoma][COLOR=#222222]I certainly agree that Luamanu should have got a contract. Being in that environment would have done wonders for him, and he's still so young. The fact that he's been such a prolific try scorer for North Harbor over the last two years, I would have thought he was in a shoe in. He's so far from the finished product, as his fitness and work rate is very average. In saying that, I think he has far more potential than Saili. He'd certainly make a fantastic impact player to bring on in the final 60 minutes. He reminds me of a young Isitola Maka. In terms of Rudi Wulf, I admit I never really rated him. He's not a great line breaker and doesn't have extremely raw pace. What he does have is very good handling (in 2009 when the game was force back, that was a very important thing), good positional play, a high work rate and according to Pat Lam, an extremely good work ethic (he claimed he was the Kevin Mealamu of the backs). Not a bad player to have. I've always preferred him at centre of fullback, but I think he's a good safe option to have on the right wing, with Stowers/Ranger/Raikuna al being x-factor players for the other wing. I'd like to see Ranger play in the midfield, but I have a felling Benson Stanley will be to good to leave out of the starting XV.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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