Given that there are plenty of other super league clubs in the market for an overseas prop at the moment I'd suggest it's highly unlikely that there wasn't other interest. We have landed two props in the space of the month, one a top level international who will be as good as anything else in the league, and one who who is something of gamble. Sometimes you have to take a chance and good on the club for doing so. How many top line Aussie props do people thing are going to pop over to Covid ridden England in the middle of a pandemic?

Yeah the meter stats are measured differnt to over here, but when i say the 10.4 per carry stat is very good, thats in comparison to other NRL forwards we'v signed in the past, been linked with, that have joined other superleague clubs, or under the radar forwards iv taken an interest in that have impressed me, that iv researched and taken stats from... all using the NRL.Com stats system.

Over those 3 games, his post contact meters were very good...54 post contact meters from 11 total runs against the panthers for example, best pcm per run of all forwards in that game, both teams... Tetavano made 53 post contact meters from 16 total runs in the same game.

Again, very,very small sample size, and im not trying to sell him as some world beater, but after my initial, who is he, after finding out more and wathching a couple of games, im pleasantly suprised and pretty optimistic about him. In his limited action he seems to do what imo we'r crying out for, a prop who runs it in hard and makes good yards after contact.

Absolutely

We have signed a big quality prop called Zane Tetevano

Plenty of superleague clubs have done decent business over the off season and I'm not sure we were ever going to get a top aussie prop after signing tetavano.

These stats and the fact he’s getting into the Fijian National side make him a really promising signing.

People are reading too much into his limited NRL appearances. Kylie Leuluai had only made a handful of NRL appearances and he went ok.

There are a couple of reasons why he might of only played 5 first team games. He was a union player who made a late switch to league, the fact he was still learning the game and probably rusty in a few areas will have counted against him in selection.

Also Manly wanted to sign him but his visa was taking too long and the deal fell through which left him stuck at the Warriors competing for a place in a position they have a lot of depth in.

We had Greenwood on loan and never played him and we didn't try to bring him back after lockdown. Maybe the coaching weren't that impressed

If memory serves he hadn't played in a while so maybe they wanted to get his fitness up or train him up to use him as a prop. I remember sinfield saying they were impressed and they only sent him back because of covid. Who knows, maybe our priorities changed or he wanted too much money but again they used the term 'middle' rather than prop and whilst he would have undoubtedly been more expensive, with his size and experience you would imagine he'd make our 17 every week.

I hate the term Middle, says nothing about the player other than where he stands on the field...

Kylie made 78 Nrl appearances not a handfull

So he didn't want to be away from his family after round 5 until the end of the season, but he's coming to England presumably for pre season.

Yes, presumably with his family!

Yeah a bit of a generalisation. 'Big body' is another term that seems popular.

Ahh yes it was Mitch Garbutt who had only made 12 NRL appearances

Agreed, compared to me they are all big bodies, or at least they were 5 years ago before I hit middle age...

Am I right in assuming the aussie second tier is better than our championship?

most successful not the best , arthur clues , ali,, grothe , 3 better

you are as is their pub car park run around

I do also. Forwards and backs have positions and roles on the field. I've never heard the term Middle until last season.

It doesn't really matter what people say the term middle is just used to describe pack men or the forwards the middles are seen at the Front rower/ props the hookers and the loose forward/ lock. The second rowers/ back rowers aren't usually classed as 'middles' due to them playing out a bit wider next to the centres and half backs majority of the game. Obviously every player on the pitch ends up in different posttion/ places on pitch at times in a game. But saying the term middles is just describing part of the pack

We didnt go back for him only the coaching staff know why. I suspect they thought he wasn't worth the contract he would have expected.

Anyone named King is a winner from birth,

More than likely.ill be interested to see how he goes at the giants this season.

Buderus

I never really thought Buderus hit the heights with us if im honest. Grothe only played 16 games for us and while he was very good Tony Currie was better for Leeds around that time.



All opinions though.