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if i am understanding u correctly and by 4 positions you mean our first grade team.... IMO our starters would have to besallymay wrote: thats what id like to know
we have 4 postions and
andre itula
willie isa
anthony quinn
dane nielson
josh jerome
justin oneil
chase stanley
bronx goodwin
is there any more
Cake mixbootsie16 wrote: . Sam Joe is also in the mix.
Storm of interest in signing Taranaki teen
By GLENN McLEAN - Taranaki Daily News Last updated 05:00 02/12/2009
MARK DWYER/Taranaki Daily NewsSTORM CHASER: Jesse Parete signed a Melbourne Storm rugby league contract last week.
Teen rugby league player Jesse Parete had four Australian clubs chasing him last week.
In the end, the 16-year-old New Plymouth Boys' High School boarder put his signature on a four-year deal with champion National Rugby League club the Melbourne Storm.
It has been a dramatic rise for the Manaia teenager, who took up the sport only 18 months ago after he found himself getting frustrated with his lack of progress in rugby.
Parete, who plays in the second row for the Normanby Knights in the Taranaki under-18 grade, was spotted by several league scouts while playing for Taranaki at a national Maori age-group tournament in Rotorua earlier this year.
After being approached by Auckland-based agent Stan Martin, a highlights package of his performances in a later national age-group tournament were put on DVD and sent to several NRL clubs. The response was dramatic. Not only did Parete have the premiership-winning Storm club courting his services, but also the Warriors, the Newcastle Knights and Penrith Panthers all wanted him on their payroll.
In the end, the Storm's offer of a four-year deal, combined with its reputation for looking after its new recruits, swung the deal for Parete and his mother, Manaia sole-charge Constable Mary Parete.
He will travel to Melbourne for four days in February for a variety of medical and physical tests, and he will receive a training programme for the next 12 months.
After that, he will return to Australia's second-largest city in 2011 to live for a year with a Melbourne Storm "family" who will foster him while he plays for the club's colts side.
Parete was nervous, as well as excited, about the prospect of joining the club. "It's just really good to have the chance to try and play for a NRL team," Parete said.
Hope this doesn't end the same way as Lavea - Another rugby player who went to RL because he was " frustrated with his lack of progress in rugby "It has been a dramatic rise for the Manaia teenager, who took up the sport only 18 months ago after he found himself getting frustrated with his lack of progress in rugby.
Hawkes said there were quite a few people interested in Willie, not surprisingly, and his future plans.
And Willie's fellow forward Jason Havea is already one to have got away from rugby. He will join the NRL and has been contracted to the Melbourne Storm for four years.
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MELBOURNE Storm officials believe they might have found the next Israel Folau with the signing 15-year-old local Richard Kennar to a long-term deal.
The Year 10 student from Craigieburn stands 180cm, weighs more than 90kg and has starred for the club's under-18 team, which today begins its SG Ball Cup finals campaign with a sudden-death clash against Penrith in Sydney.
Kennar has made the leap from suburban rugby league to playing against the best young talent in NSW and his abilities have excited Storm.
He is one of 11 Victorians in the 17-man team that compiled a 7-2 win-loss record this season and coach Kim Williams predicted Kennar could go on to big things.
"He only turned 15 in December and has been outstanding as a winger and centre. The club has him earmarked as potentially a very big star," Williams said.
"He has really kicked on in this program and we don't like to make comparisons, but he is in the Israel Folau mould.
"Even in the pre-season you could see him improve rapidly under good coaching. We could see he was something special, and he has grown in stature each week.
"He is outplaying guys who are three years older than him.
"He is so young and so good, already. He is ticking all the boxes."
Williams' team reached the final last year and of that successful group, five Victorians progressed to the club's under-20 squad this year.
He expects a similar number of locals to make the leap at the end of this season.
"The club is certainly focused on that pathway for the youngsters and the number should only increase as the quality of players gets better," he said.