Seems a bit like Akuala at Warrington? Similar size and experience when he came over. Let’s hope he makes a bigger impact.

Probably not the signing we were all looking for but realistically due to Covid and other factors the only players available are out of contract 34/35 years old that are over here or under the radar NRL players who are out of contract or non starters for their clubs.
In this regard a one year deal makes sense. Its low risk and gives us another body and hopefully can bring some physicality and comes with a point to prove.

Watching the YouTube clips, he looks like he runs hard and fast.
Probably raw due to little NRL experience, but he could go ok with Mik, Prior and Tet around him.
Most importantly he’s another body in the front row which we desperately needed.
He’ll get plenty of minutes.
And he’s low risk on a one year deal.
Probably best we could have hoped for in the current climate.

Looking forward to the song the South stand come up for him, if we ever get back in the stands

Can't help it mate.I love a good prospect and I obviously hope he's great, but for me we are crying out for a prop who will at least make our 17 every week,and if that player isn't available we bide our time. From the ridiculously little I've seen of him he looks like he could ruffle a few feathers but he also looks like a player who can fill in at prop ((like prior and thompson) rather than someone who will crack heads and take some of the load off mic and tom.
I obviously hope I'm wrong, it wouldn't be the first time.

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The kids will love it. Stealth swearing.

Achurch looked good on u tube , this guy is 25 and limited to 5 sub appearances for a poor N.R.L side ,. Yet again an underwhelming signing , we desperatley need a big quality prop and this is what we get instead

Apparently The reason he only played 5 games last year was be ause he chose not to form part of the covid bubble that had to move to Australia, not because of how good or not he is.

Let’s give him a chance before writing the guy off.

Well said

Under circumstances with Ava what else where we supposed to do, we needed to replace Ava and at this late stage options were thin on the ground, the days of just throwing around big money to sign who we feel like are long gone. Its a steady low risk signing that can go either way if he is even half decent it gives us some depth and cover.

Not sure its that low risk.What if a player becomes available in a couple of months and we cant get him because we dont have a quota spot? Doesn't necessarily have to be a world beater but a genuine prop who could do some quality donkey work for a year or two whilst our kids develop. With Holroyd,thompson,smith and a hooker where does this lad get in our match day squad nevermind improve our go forward against the big boys.

What if? Spent last year waiting for a prop to be come available and there was nothing. The club have made a decision, time will tell if it is good or not, but waiting till the middle of the season with only four props was the equivalent of sailing towards an iceberg. Whether its from the stands or sat at home I'll be cheering for him. He seems a lovely lad, and he might just be a good un.

Not strictly true that Chris. He did move to Aus but chose to cut it short to go back to his family in New Zealand. Which is probably one of the reasons for a 1 yr deal.

Lets see how he goes and what he offers. Fijians are usually skilful and athletic so he might bring something. Hes a bit of size about him so lets see if hes upto it.

Fingers crossed it works out for all.

It gives us depth in an areas we're weak. That allows us to rotate and rest Holdroyd and others. It also covers for inevitable injuries.

It's not a signing that sounds like it ups the quality massively, but time will tell

I really enjoy our signings. Almost always an unexpected name.

No one is in the know.

Hadnt heard of him before we announced him yday, watched 2 of his games for fiji against PNG and Samoa from 2019 ociana cup last night and got to say, i was impressed ,looked hard to handle on his hitups and hits hard on D, Looked decent size and very athletic. Made good yards after contact on his carrys.

Edit. Looking at his NRL stats, he looked to be really finding his feet at that level before lockdown, his last 3 games he averaged:
9.6 carrys, 100.6 meters, 10.4 meters per carry....The yards per carry stat is very good. That was against some decent packs in the Dragons, Panthers and Cowboys.

Small sample size i know, but got me feeling pretty optimistic about his signing

Good research that. Sounds positive

OK i have finished on the subject and like you will give him my 100% support , but a lovely lad and might be a good un ( no one else wanted him ) is not what we want if we are to get anywhere near the likes of Saints and Wigan or even Wire . Of course i have been wrong before and nothing will make me happier than the Guy being a success !

Agree 100%.
If we wait til mid season, a couple of injuries and we could be in a relegation battle.
Not the wrecking ball superstar we all wanted, but realistically in current climate that was not going to happen.
I’m looking forward to seeing how he goes.

Sounds promising, although, you have to bare in mind that the NRL calculates meters differently to opta, so those meter stats will be inflated, and not a true reflection.

If we were willing to compromise and buy another 'middle' rather than a prop I'd sooner they got Greenwood and left the overseas spot available for a quality prop when they became available.

Greenwood already signed for Giants

Yeah I meant earlier in the off season.

No problem with this , yes he's raw at elite level but id rather we put a 1yr gamble on signings like this than recall Ferres or give a 3yr deal to a one legged shot Crosby.
He looks powerful & he's certainly keen enough im looking forward to seeing how he gets on.
I still rhink we need more quality rather than quantity but we have a lot of SC space to play with at the end of this year so if King pays off its win win & more £ on a 6 & retaining our best Youngsters.

How do you know no one else wanted him?