I have seen Sammy a few times on Wigan TV and he is indeed a big lad, I saw him live for the first time in the juniors game at Catalan.
He is such a lump I am surprised he is as Rogues says only 16, I only saw the last 15 min of the Cats match, I don't know how many mins he had played but he was really blowing. I think it is a case of he has such a huge frame he hasn't got the strength and stamina to do it justice, he wants to be brought along slowly so as to fill that frame with muscle as well as slowly build up his stamina. The first time I saw him on Wigan I thought I was seeing a young Sonny Nickle. Boo.
As for blowing , after supping for 2/3 hours in the town centre I went to the ground and went into one of those little kiosks where you purchased a token for your drink. I chose a yellow one which turned out to be for the VINO (white wine) and supped the plastic cup full, then I made my way to my seat. I found the isle I was on and craned my neck upwards, the row I was on was very close to the top, I crawled up and found my seat before started to watch the junior match.
The first thing I noticed was two Sonny Nickles as well as the other players, at the end of that match I decided I wanted the gents, how the hell I got down without breaking my neck I will never know.
After visiting the gents I decided I was safer at ground level and watched the first team match from the little terrace in the corner at the bottom of the stand.

Quote: post "For me he a lacks a bit of game awareness, he could do with loosing a bit of puppy fat and getting some aggression. And if he's 16 so am I. I watched Ben Austin a few months ago and thought he along with Shelford deserved to be in the first team ahead of Burke, I'm surprised Austin has been released if that's true.'" He is still only 16 years of age, 17 in August. He was playing in Wigan U16's scholarship last year before signing academy forms in July www.wiganwarriors.com/teams/u19s/sammy-kibula

Quote: post "For me he a lacks a bit of game awareness, he could do with loosing a bit of puppy fat and getting some aggression. And if he's 16 so am I. I watched Ben Austin a few months ago and thought he along with Shelford deserved to be in the first team ahead of Burke, I'm surprised Austin has been released if that's true.'" He is still only 16 years of age, 17 in August. He was playing in Wigan U16's scholarship last year before signing academy forms in July www.wiganwarriors.com/teams/u19s/sammy-kibula

Too early yet. Dual reg to a lower down Championship side or a League 1 side next year would make more sense so he can get experience of playing against grown men. It's a massive step from Academy/Reserves to Super League, particularly for a forward.

Simon Haughton didn't have a bad career,played a few times for GB.May not have lived up to expectations but he was far from a flop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o272vfs1hBY 3 mins in. He scored some amazing tries for club and country - the aussies used to bounce off him. Not many 2nd rowers could repeatedly score form their own half - I remember a great try at central park when we were battling Leeds and Iestyn Harris for the title. This academy try shows the huge potential he had... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Gi2JDIvSw - 3 mins in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o272vfs1hBY 3 mins in. He scored some amazing tries for club and country - the aussies used to bounce off him. Not many 2nd rowers could repeatedly score form their own half - I remember a great try at central park when we were battling Leeds and Iestyn Harris for the title. This academy try shows the huge potential he had... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Gi2JDIvSw - 3 mins in.