Sam Walker - Can we all agree...

[Rooster90]

bears v souffs game highlights: https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2021/0...ights-round-3/

Josh Ralph looks the goods at this level

[Lydon]

I predict he will hold up the trophy for us three times in the next decade. I am looking forward to it.

I agree with you JT!

He will have a similar impact to Luke Keary at our Club once it’s all said and done..

[Hawkeye]

Wont matter how good he is if our forwards get dominated again, they have to set the platform for him

[Keith]

Not sure if Manu has the kicking or passing skills for a 6. I assume he doesn't have a kicking game as he never kicks. Yes I know he kicked for Josh Morris on Friday night.

I remember a kick one game at fullback , caught it and scored.
I have no idea on his long kicking game.

But we’ve had some dud 5/8s over the years , I went to one game and Guerra was 5/8 vs Manly .

If Trent rings and asks me for some advice , Joey will be at 6.
Hutch at 7 and Walker 17.

[John Corey]

Good luck with that. Some just can't help themselves.

I think the only issue he may have is understanding the structure and where we need to be on each tackle. He is such an adlib player who plays what he can see. Nothing seems structured. You imagine that they will be working at that all week.

[theGman]

That try by the Norths winger who got that intercept was funny. The guy chasing him was nowhere near him YET he chose to dive trying to fool the crowd that he made a good attempt trying to catch up.

That guy chasing was ex Rooster Tau Tau Moga LOL

[ROC181]

That guy chasing was ex Rooster Tau Tau Moga LOL

Oh my... gawd! How slow has he become? That was something you’d see in a bloopers video.

[Team Evil]

Those long spirals he throws in reserve grade may have “intercept” written all over them in first grade.

he can cop it like every other player before him

I was thinking the same thing

[ism22]

Oh my... gawd! How slow has he become? That was something you’d see in a bloopers video.

I'm tempted to name a team of couldabeens...
1. Towers
2. Stapo
3. Moga
4. BJ
5. Sandor
6. Nikorima
7.
8. Meehan
9.
10.
11. Cherro
12. Carter
13.

[ROC181]

Those long spirals he throws in reserve grade may have “intercept” written all over them in first grade.

he can cop it like every other player before him

I dunno about that, bucko! I think young Walker has excellent peripheral vision and spatial awareness which is why he has excelled at his level. Once he tunes into the NRL speed, the sky's the limit!

[ROC181]

I'm tempted to name a team of couldabeens...
1. Towers
2. Stapo
3. Moga
4. BJ
5. Sandor
6. Nikorima
7.
8. Meehan
9.
10.
11. Cherro
12. Carter
13.

Joe Burgess?

[OMR]

I remember a kick one game at fullback , caught it and scored.
I have no idea on his long kicking game.

But we’ve had some dud 5/8s over the years , I went to one game and Guerra was 5/8 vs Manly .

If Trent rings and asks me for some advice , Joey will be at 6.
Hutch at 7 and Walker 17.

I asked him to call you but he didn’t have your number !

[theGman]

Oh my... gawd! How slow has he become? That was something you’d see in a bloopers video.

Souffs have also acquired Moga's former Roosters u20s team mate Tahne Milne. Slugfest.

[ROC181]

NRL 2021: Boom halfback Sam Walker to make his debut against Warriors
Roosters coach Trent Robinson and skipper Boyd Cordner have backed boom rookie Sam Walker to keep the club in the fight as they battle with a massive injury toll.

David Riccio and Michael Carayannis
2 min read
March 27, 2021 - 8:08PM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom

FOXSPORTS1:58 Rabbitohs ROCK Roosters 26-16

NRL: South Sydney were far too good for the Roosters on Friday night, beating them by 10 points at Stadium Australia.
Write us off at your own peril.
That’s the defiant call from Roosters captain Boyd Cordner after coach Trent Robinson declared baby-faced halfback Sam Walker will make his highly-anticipated NRL debut.
In the midst of a massive injury toll, including the crushing news that star halfback Luke Keary has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with a torn ACL, Walker, 18, will be asked to step up.
The son of former first-grade player Ben Walker, teenage Walker will form a new-look halves pairing for a depleted Roosters side that has $4.25 million worth of talent watching from the sidelines.
The battered Chooks casualty ward includes the loss of Keary‘s halves partner Lachlan Lam for the next four to six weeks with an MCL knee injury, which he also suffered against rivals South Sydney on Friday night.

“He’s ready,’’ Robinson said of Walker. “Without two halves we only have two halves in our top 30. Sam has been training well and is ready to get out there.”
Either back-up half Drew Hutchison or centre Joey Manu will join Walker in the halves.
The return of Victor Radley against the Warriors next Sunday will band-aid the Chooks overflowing list of sidelined stars.

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It includes Lindsay Collins (concussion), Jake Friend (concussion), Sam Verrills (knee), Adam Keighran (wrist), Billy Smith (shoulder), Cordner (concussion), Keary and Lam.
Adding to the Roosters woes is the minimum one-game suspension of young forward Daniel Suluka-Fifita.
Suluka-Fifita has been slapped with a grade one striking charge by the NRL match review committee after punching Rabbitohs star Jai Arrow in the back of the head during Friday night’s match.
Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, Cordner confirmed he wouldn’t be altering his return-to-play timeline following his sickening run of head knocks last year.

He admitted that round 12 remains his comeback date despite feeling helpless during the Roosters time of need.
However, pointing to the club’s depth, Cordner said the Roosters season was far from over despite many believing they can’t win this year’s premiership without Keary.
“I have all the belief in the world,” Cordner said.
“It‘s very disappointing to lose a player like Keary and what he has done for our club since he arrived, it’s pretty hard to replace a player like that.
“But we’ve got some great depth here and we’re really confident in the guy that steps up next to do a role in that jersey.
“We’ve got a pretty good system at the Roosters with the next man-up mentality and that’s what it’s going to have to be.’’

Cordner backed Walker to answer the Roosters SOS call.
“Sam Walker has shown some touches of brilliance in his trial with first grade and with the Bears (feeder-club) as well,” Cordner said.
“He‘s been outstanding given he didn’t play a lot of footy last season because of covid, but what he’s been doing at training is pretty impressive.
“I’m sure if he gets the call, he’ll be more than ready.’’
The injury toll could also force Robinson into unleashing much-hyped teenager Joseph Suaalii.
“Suaalii brings a physical nature to the game and our team and if he gets the nod, it will be with the mentality of doing his job for the team,‘’ Cordner said.

[bondi.boy]

We hid Mr Cronk in the Grand Final...should be able to hide Sam as well.