Aitasi James #271

[Lauren]

James: Goes so fast

We hear from Aitasi James following his NRL debut against the Sharks at CommBank Stadium.

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[Speed2burn]

His runs were very strong I thought. Good debut

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Strong debut from James. Another one through to the NRL from our development system. Obviously, identification, recruitment, and development at the junior level is working well - Pole, Bula, Tupou, Da Silva and James are proof. A few more and the club will lift itself from the bottom.

 

[TV Ted Ellery]

Strong debut from James. Another one through to the NRL from our development system. Obviously, identification, recruitment, and development at the junior level is working well - Pole, Bula, Tupou, Da Silva and James are proof. A few more and the club will lift itself from the bottom.

Don't know if we can claim James, we poached him from Parra. As a matter of interest, he played against our undefeated jersey flegg side, the only one of whom has amounted to anything is Pole.

 

[TV Ted Ellery]

I was impressed with his debut. In fact, our best period of the game was when James, Blore and Seyfarth were on.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Don't know if we can claim James, we poached him from Parra. As a matter of interest, he played against our undefeated jersey flegg side, the only one of whom has amounted to anything is Pole.

It is a big feather in our cap for identifying and recruiting him. His development to the NRL through our system is also a win. We are never going to buy our way to the top 8 so recruitment in this way has been good for WTs.

 

[Conbat07]

Needs to take Fainu’s spot in the top 30. Adds punch off the bench

 

[bathursttiger1]

Strong debut from James. Another one through to the NRL from our development system. Obviously, identification, recruitment, and development at the junior level is working well - Pole, Bula, Tupou, Da Silva and James are proof. A few more and the club will lift itself from the bottom.

Some halves to lead our attack.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

According to our coach they are 100 games off being first graders, let’s see where they are in 5 years.

Faagutu and Feledy are two more realistic additions to our squad from within. No doubt there are more. It's a good start and further proof we can bridge the gap.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Pascoe and Lee have not proven they can retain our best juniors, that’s been one of their absolute worst areas of performance. So it proves nothing to me.

We've a lot of good people in our development system working hard to identify, retain and nurture our best players. These initiatives which are now in place as part of Pathways are reaping dividends.

Three Aus Schoolboy reps yesterday and all in important positions of 6 and 1. More of our young players competed in the Schoolboy carnival. Faagutu and Feledy in the Qld and NSW 19s game.

While I understand your view, there is a lot of positive developments at the club.