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However will we recover..
However will we recover..
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Peter Badel, Travis Meyn & Rikki-Lee Arnold, The Courier-Mail
MELBOURNE have continued their raid on Brisbane’s playing ranks by signing one of Queensland’s most promising young forwards to a $450,000 deal.
The Storm may have missed out on Anthony Milford but they have struck a blow at junior level by poaching boom Queensland under-18s back-rower Tino Fa’asuamaleui.
The Gympie product was highly-rated by the Broncos but the club’s signing of Australian Schoolboys star Payne Haas last year opened the door for rivals to snare Fa’asuamaleaui.
The 17-year-old was blown away by Melbourne’s professionalism. The club flew him down to inspect their set up and they won the Broncos teenager over with a slick video presentation of the Storm culture built by coach Craig Bellamy.
The Storm have secured Fa’asuamaleaui for three years and hope the junior rep star will eventually progress to their NRL squad.
Was this the bloke you were talking about @talanoa ?
Woohoo! A slick video presentation. Pulling out all the stops Bellyache.
However will we recover..
But wait there is more, your contract comes with a bonus car and boat in a colour of your choosing."Hi, I'm Craig Bellamy. You might remember me from such PR videos as 'Salary Cap - **** That Crap' and 'Rugby League Injuries And How To Cause Them In Order To Slow Down The Ruck'. In this short video we'll show you why we're really professional, and by professional, we mean slimy cheating ***** who'll stop at nothing to overcome all of the rules that are devised to make this a fair contest".
"Mercedes.. Coco Cola.. two of the most recognisable names on the planet.. Tino Fa’asuamaleui, we intend to make you as popular as both of them."
"Mercedes.. Coco Cola.. two of the most recognisable names on the planet.. Tino Fa’asuamaleui, we intend to make you as popular as both of them."
The Inside Mail: Home of all the hottest NRL news and gossip
Peter Badel, Travis Meyn & Rikki-Lee Arnold, The Courier-Mail
MELBOURNE have continued their raid on Brisbane’s playing ranks by signing one of Queensland’s most promising young forwards to a $450,000 deal.
The Storm may have missed out on Anthony Milford but they have struck a blow at junior level by poaching boom Queensland under-18s back-rower Tino Fa’asuamaleui.
The Gympie product was highly-rated by the Broncos but the club’s signing of Australian Schoolboys star Payne Haas last year opened the door for rivals to snare Fa’asuamaleaui.
The 17-year-old was blown away by Melbourne’s professionalism. The club flew him down to inspect their set up and they won the Broncos teenager over with a slick video presentation of the Storm culture built by coach Craig Bellamy.
The Storm have secured Fa’asuamaleaui for three years and hope the junior rep star will eventually progress to their NRL squad.
It's just another example of the whole 'Brisbane have all of Southern Queensland' to choose from narrative being complete drivel. There is only so many resources you can give these players and when you get a Kalyn Ponga or Tino Fa'asuamaleuai emerge you can bet there are clubs out there that will devote far more resources just to nab that one player. I haven't seen a lot of Tino, but his name has been making the rounds ever since he was 12 years old as a prospect to watch out for and I hope like Taumalolo and Milford before him he can live up to that hype.
What will be interesting is to see how he fares in comparison to Payne Haas. Brisbane went to some length to attract Haas to the club and if he doesn't equal up to Fa'asuamaleiau it could prove to be a big bust.