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- Jan 25, 2014
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JORDAN Kahu will finally get to play fullback, where he was the nation’s best highs school player.
Kahu will be the Kiwis custodian for Friday’s Test against Australia after Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Peta Hiku succumbed to injury in Stephen Kearney’s team.
Kahu lit up the 2009 Australian Schoolboys competition for Keebra Park, scoring three tries in their grand final win over Matraville High and being named the Peter Sterling Medallist.
His performances saw the Wests Tigers and Broncos fight a war for his signature which threatened to go to the courts.
Yet fullback is a role Kahu has rarely fulfilled for Brisbane. He has played only four NRL games with the No.1 on his back, all at the start of last year when Darius Boyd was recovering from his achilles injury.
Kahu will play opposite Boyd, playing a rare representative game at fullback, on Friday night.
The Test comes five days after Kahu and Boyd were shattered by a 30-28 loss to Cronulla which included a first half that was easily their worst of the season.
Kahu said he hoped the loss would not weigh on his shoulders this week.
“This Test is a massive game for us and it is really important because this is also representing the ANZAC spirit,” Kahu said.
“I am pretty devastated by that loss. My first goal was to get a W against Cronulla but we just didn’t turn up in the first half.
“We gave them too much of a headstart. It is going to be tough thinking about it all week.
“It is a great honour to represent my country but I have to give a lot of credit to my teammates at the Broncos because if we hadn’t been going so well during the past couple of years I wouldn’t be in a position to put the black jersey on.’’
Kahu said the Broncos turned around their horror first half against Cronulla when they were down 28-6, by being determined to not let the game become a blowout.
“They out enthused us in all areas of the game,’’ Kahu said. “They just got a roll on and kept going. It was a great effort from us in the second half though.
“It was a pride thing. We couldn’t let it blow out because we aren’t that kind of team.’’
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...e/news-story/43618510ccbd159073ff81c5d4b8dca1
Kahu will be the Kiwis custodian for Friday’s Test against Australia after Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Peta Hiku succumbed to injury in Stephen Kearney’s team.
Kahu lit up the 2009 Australian Schoolboys competition for Keebra Park, scoring three tries in their grand final win over Matraville High and being named the Peter Sterling Medallist.
His performances saw the Wests Tigers and Broncos fight a war for his signature which threatened to go to the courts.
Yet fullback is a role Kahu has rarely fulfilled for Brisbane. He has played only four NRL games with the No.1 on his back, all at the start of last year when Darius Boyd was recovering from his achilles injury.
Kahu will play opposite Boyd, playing a rare representative game at fullback, on Friday night.
The Test comes five days after Kahu and Boyd were shattered by a 30-28 loss to Cronulla which included a first half that was easily their worst of the season.
Kahu said he hoped the loss would not weigh on his shoulders this week.
“This Test is a massive game for us and it is really important because this is also representing the ANZAC spirit,” Kahu said.
“I am pretty devastated by that loss. My first goal was to get a W against Cronulla but we just didn’t turn up in the first half.
“We gave them too much of a headstart. It is going to be tough thinking about it all week.
“It is a great honour to represent my country but I have to give a lot of credit to my teammates at the Broncos because if we hadn’t been going so well during the past couple of years I wouldn’t be in a position to put the black jersey on.’’
Kahu said the Broncos turned around their horror first half against Cronulla when they were down 28-6, by being determined to not let the game become a blowout.
“They out enthused us in all areas of the game,’’ Kahu said. “They just got a roll on and kept going. It was a great effort from us in the second half though.
“It was a pride thing. We couldn’t let it blow out because we aren’t that kind of team.’’
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...e/news-story/43618510ccbd159073ff81c5d4b8dca1
