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Wonder why we don't consider Charlie Abraham, he is the reserve player of the month ?
Do we class him as not good enough ?
Max is as good as him, but as said a good 6 is costing us the top 4 Think Mr Powell should stop talking about Truman as a excuse for losing the tight games we have .Says stuff like ,if Trueman was out there different story , He as played 5 games for us not 50 We have got players on the park who are giving 100% to keep us round, the top 6 Not Trueman
Max isn’t as good as him, he’s in a completely different league at 6! You can’t compare a player potentially looking at international honours at the end of the year to a lad who’s never played SL. I know Charlie and his Dad, they are really good RL people but throwing Charlie at 6 in SL would be ridiculous, hence why he hasn’t been.
On another note Charlie’s younger brother Cory is the next big thing coming through the scholarship at Wakey. He’s a 13 and has the ability and more so determination to make a top line player. He chose Wakey when he could have walked into any SL scholarship side. I’ll tell you what though, the players coming through at the Rhinos are incredible, they really did get the pick of the bunch. Be very interesting to see how many make it.
Talking of youngsters, I watch quite a bit of local junior rugby and one of the best half's I have seen recently, is being courted by a few big clubs, but not Trinity for some reason ( who he would have jumped at)I'll not name him at this stage.
Maybe why we are not courted him is ,the coaching staff (who have not got a lot wrong this season ) think we have got enough young halfs signed up ,who are not quite ready to throw in to S L yet .,But it is a problem that is just holding us back now from been a very good team
There’s a difference between youth and SL coaching set ups. The two aren’t necessarily parallel. The youth set up is relatively new I believe so will see steady growth but having the pick of the best young talent does help.
When you say problem that’s holding us back now I think you’re talking about established first team options. That’s a different conversation to a promising young player at scholarship age. It would not remedy the short term but long term planning is essential to providing future players not just for trinity but the sport as a whole.
Perhaps as you say the club believe they have enough talent in the age group that have the ability to progress.
