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<blockquote data-quote="Ripper" data-source="post: 192473"><p>14 or 16 ? Could you be more precise please ?</p><p></p><p>What the guy says is actually of little importance because it's clear he wants to play for the AB's so he's gonna speak accordingly. You said he was spotted by Mt Albert . So they went to Samoa, they saw him , and decided to offer him a scolarship, probably because he looked promising as a rugby player ? If that is not scouting I don't know what it is. :wall: I doubt Mt Albert offer scolarship randomly to useless guys. :bleh!: </p><p>Mt Albert is not the NZRFU, however given the number of good rugby players that came from this school I very much doubt that there is zero connection between them. Anyway, that doesn't change any of the facts: he was living in Samoa, he was then spotted (if you like this one better) as a 14/16 yrs old, offered a scolarship (probably because he was good in English medieval litterature), brought back to NZ and now, how strange, he may very much play for the AB's . :blink: </p><p></p><p>Over to you Spin Boy. </p><p> [/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Ah look back - Fcuklernaut said 16, not me - I said early Teens, I just had to find that article about him when he first burst onto the scene. And Mt Albert went nowhere buddy - they spotted him in NZ... two Samoan coaches by the way were the ones who encouraged to go to Mt Albert. So far, we have a 14 year old kid who gets spotted by Two Samoans, who encourage him to go to Mt Albert where he then comes up through the Auckland age group system, which David Smith himselfs credit for making him the player he is today. </p><p></p><p>Just out of interest, hows Petier De Villiers these days? Do you still have your Tony Marsh poster hanging on your wall? Brian Leibenberg still in with a chance too add to his test caps?</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Ripper, post: 192473"] 14 or 16 ? Could you be more precise please ? What the guy says is actually of little importance because it's clear he wants to play for the AB's so he's gonna speak accordingly. You said he was spotted by Mt Albert . So they went to Samoa, they saw him , and decided to offer him a scolarship, probably because he looked promising as a rugby player ? If that is not scouting I don't know what it is. :wall: I doubt Mt Albert offer scolarship randomly to useless guys. :bleh!: Mt Albert is not the NZRFU, however given the number of good rugby players that came from this school I very much doubt that there is zero connection between them. Anyway, that doesn't change any of the facts: he was living in Samoa, he was then spotted (if you like this one better) as a 14/16 yrs old, offered a scolarship (probably because he was good in English medieval litterature), brought back to NZ and now, how strange, he may very much play for the AB's . :blink: Over to you Spin Boy. [/b][/quote] Ah look back - Fcuklernaut said 16, not me - I said early Teens, I just had to find that article about him when he first burst onto the scene. And Mt Albert went nowhere buddy - they spotted him in NZ... two Samoan coaches by the way were the ones who encouraged to go to Mt Albert. So far, we have a 14 year old kid who gets spotted by Two Samoans, who encourage him to go to Mt Albert where he then comes up through the Auckland age group system, which David Smith himselfs credit for making him the player he is today. Just out of interest, hows Petier De Villiers these days? Do you still have your Tony Marsh poster hanging on your wall? Brian Leibenberg still in with a chance too add to his test caps? [/QUOTE]
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