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I'm going to guess Jayden.
It's Thaiday and you all know it!
His main flaw is that he sometimes lacks creativity around the ruck.
His delivery could also be a tad faster but I would call him well above average. Yes we could improve but not that greatly. IMO he's the third best kicker from hooker and one of the best defenders. He rarely makes a mistake out of dummy half he just doesn't create many opportunities either.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...r-broncos-return/story-fnca0von-1227215276985NEWCASTLE ace Dane Gagai has revealed he has already had several conversations with new Broncos coach Wayne Bennett as the likelihood the pair will reunite in Brisbane next season increases.In camp with the Indigenous All-Stars for the first time, Gagai cut an excited figure, describing the chance to rub shoulders with superstars Greg Inglis, Justin Hodges and Johnathan Thurston as the biggest thrill of his career.
“This is the first All-Stars game I have been involved in so it is a pretty big thing — it is a real honour to be part of the side and I am just going to try to soak up as much knowledge as I can from getting the chance to train with guys like JT and GI,” Gagai told The Australian.
“I think I have learned a lot about myself and my game and what it takes to get the best out of myself over the past 12 months but I know there are always things I can do better and the best way to learn is by watching the best do their thing and when you talk about names like Thurston, Hodges and Inglis they are the best of the best.”
The attitude is a reflection of the growing maturity with which Gagai now approaches his game.
It is a path Bennett said Gagai had started on following what he described as a “stupid mistake”, when he missed a training session at the 2014 Emerging Origin Camp. As a punishment, Gagai was ruled out of contention for selection in Origin.
Having been dumped by the Broncos two years earlier for similar breaches of team protocol, some were demanding a harsher penalty. Bennett, though, said the sentence more than fitted the crime.
“Dane made a mistake and he paid the price, but he is a wonderful young guy — a fun-loving guy and to be honest a joy to coach,” Bennett said.
The veteran coach has enjoyed a relationship with the gifted three-quarter almost since birth. He coached Gagai’s father Ray at the Broncos in the late 1980s and was at the club when Dane arrived as a sometimes troubled teenager, whose talent was being likened to Hodges at the same age.
“There is a lot of similarities between those two and you only have to look at the player and the man that Justin has become to know that with the right guidance Dane has an enormous future in the game,” Bennett said.
After getting his start at Brisbane under Anthony Griffin, Gagai was axed for a relatively minor breaches of the club’s code of conduct.
Bennett was only to happy to bring the young gun to Newcastle, where he has one year remaining on his current deal.
With Hodges nearing the end of his career, a move back to Brisbane has been on the cards ever since Bennett’s return to Red Hill was confirmed. That now appears all but certain.
Gagai admitted Bennett remains his first port of call when it comes to decisions about his future. “I have spoken to Wayne a lot about my future and obviously with him moving back to Brisbane there is going to be talk that I will follow him,” Gagai said.
“He is that sort of coach that players do follow.”
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Yes sir. I'd love him back!Beauty, I'll take him