Jonathan Reuben

[dj_sta]

Apparently we have signed him from Raiders U20s. He's there winger. When I watched him vs our boys a few weeks back, he was awesome. Scored 2 or 3 tries against us that game. I really liked him.

Reminds me a lot of Koroibete/Uate, quick and big hit ups. YouTube him, guaranteed you guys will like him.

[Guest]

This is an amazing signing if it is true.

[fletch]

we have a habit of signing players that carve us up in lower grades, Reuben is a great finisher but has a lot of work to do in regards defence/positional play etc., that being said if it is true he has signed he would be fighting it out with Moga/MacDonald to be next in line should injuries bite the backline in 2014

[dj_sta]

we have a habit of signing players that carve us up in lower grades, Reuben is a great finisher but has a lot of work to do in regards defence/positional play etc., that being said if it is true he has signed he would be fighting it out with Moga/MacDonald to be next in line should injuries bite the backline in 2014

I think MacDonald will start the year at Newtown.

Which means that wing spot outside SKD will be between Moga/Mini/Reuben and I think Mini will start there, with Moga and Reuben also in Newtown.

But thats good coz it will keep SKD and Mini on their toes coz we have ready made replacements in Moga for SKD and Reuben for Mini to come in. MacDonald is also there in case of injuries.

Lets not forget Wells too. I think Meehan will have another year in 20s.

[fletch]

The Canberra Raiders are optimistic of re-signing promising juniors Jack Ahearn and Jeremy Hawkins before the finals, but are set to lose exciting winger Jonathon Reuben to the Sydney Roosters next season.

While Canberra's juniors are the jewel that will attract Canberra's next NRL coach, choosing the best of the junior crop will be a key to the new coach's success or failure.

Reuben, Ahearn and halfback Mitch Cornish were named in the Under 20s team of the year on Tuesday, from a Raiders outfit that leads the competition by four points and is shooting for a second successive grand final.

While the Raiders continue to be pace-setters in the juniors, that success has not translated into NRL results over the past five seasons. Of the squad that won the inaugural 2008 Under 20s competition, and should now be hitting the prime of their careers, only three players will remain in green in 2014 - Jarrod Croker, Shaun Fensom and Jarrad Kennedy.

Joel Thompson will defect to the Dragons next season and Mick Picker will retire with a chronic hip injury, joining Josh Dugan, Travis Waddell, Drury Low, Daniel Vidot and Justin Carney as other NRL players from the 2008 premiership to have left the club.

Countering that, Josh Papalii, Jack Wighton, Anthony Milford and Edrick Lee have emerged from the Raiders' Under 20s ranks in recent seasons to establish themselves in the NRL.

Raiders coach Mick Mantelli, also named Under 20s coach of the year, said making the most of Canberra's production line of juniors would be a key component in success for the club's next NRL coach.

''If you look at the talent that comes through the place and the talent that's gone out of the place that could have stayed here, it's a great squad and it's going to be a great squad for the years to come.''

Mantelli admitted no coaching positions at the Raiders could be guaranteed for next season until the club appoints a new head coach, who in turn selects support staff. ''I'd say everyone here who's on contract would be under review,'' Mantelli said. ''We can't control who the club's going to employ … we've been told just to do our job, everything's going as normal.

''I'm just concentrating on finishing this season, we've had a good year, we want to finish it off … we want to be the premiers.''

Ahearn, a fullback, and Hawkins, a winger, are on the cusp of NRL selection and the club hopes to announce new deals soon.

The Raiders have also been in talks with Reuben, but it's understood the 20-year-old try-scoring machine will join the Roosters.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/l...#ixzz2dEUvdjXB

[Guest]

Apparently we have signed him from Raiders U20s. He's there winger. When I watched him vs our boys a few weeks back, he was awesome. Scored 2 or 3 tries against us that game. I really liked him.

Reminds me a lot of Koroibete/Uate, quick and big hit ups. YouTube him, guaranteed you guys will like him.

Couldn't find anything - can you link?

[Headless Chook]

Will blow my own trumpet a bit here.....go back and check the new arrival thread about us signing a Raiders lower grader....

[TDK]

He has great speed but is small in size, he is 180cm and 87kg, which is pretty small for NRL.

[Headless Chook]

we have a habit of signing players that carve us up in lower grades, Reuben is a great finisher but has a lot of work to do in regards defence/positional play etc., that being said if it is true he has signed he would be fighting it out with Moga/MacDonald to be next in line should injuries bite the backline in 2014

Thats the reason the Raiders released....alongside the fact that they have a 1000 good outside backs.

[Rooster_6]

Yeh he's going to take a bit of work to get up to first grade standard but it's a good signing, we needed some depth in the 3/4

[Horry]

Will blow my own trumpet a bit here.....go back and check the new arrival thread about us signing a Raiders lower grader....

Did you know ir did you just guess?!!!

We were looking at Ahearn closely.

[Guest]

He's ineligible for NYC next year, so will presumably be playing for Newtown.

They'll have a pretty decent backline, considering Moga will probably come back through there, and Macdonald will step up.

1. Wells
2. Reuben
3. Moga
4. ???
5. Macdonald

[Guest]

Great signing. We certainly need 3/4s - the fact we have needed langi in the centres for the past couple of weeks is testament to this. Stacks of talent and hard to complain. The icing on the cake imo would be getting rid of SKD and replacing him with someone like wighton

[The Pelican]

He's ineligible for NYC next year, so will presumably be playing for Newtown.

They'll have a pretty decent backline, considering Moga will probably come back through there, and Macdonald will step up.

1. Wells
2. Reuben
3. Moga
4. ???
5. Macdonald

Oldfield at #4

[roostersrule2]

Oldfield at #4

Dear god that's the fastest backline ever.