Good interview on Leeds Live today from Koni. Talks about how he loves it here so does his Mrs. Wants a new deal and is hoping to come into the season 10kg lighter, very honest saying he was carrying too much after lockdown last season. Should have a good season by the looks of it. https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/rugb ... t-19936083

Good interview on Leeds Live today from Koni. Talks about how he loves it here so does his Mrs. Wants a new deal and is hoping to come into the season 10kg lighter, very honest saying he was carrying too much after lockdown last season. Should have a good season by the looks of it. https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/rugb ... t-19936083

Personally i hope he gets another deal, albeit not a ‘marquee’ one.

I go to games to be entertained and he is all entertainment, we have some great talent coming through in the centres but theres Koni still has plenty to offer, it’s also great to see an OS player settle in after Ava snd Merrin leaving the way they did.

He seems to be good for dressing room moral too

Quote ="Trebor1"Good interview on Leeds Live today from Koni. Talks about how he loves it here so does his Mrs. Wants a new deal and is hoping to come into the season 10kg lighter, very honest saying he was carrying too much after lockdown last season. Should have a good season by the looks of it. https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/rugb ... t-19936083'" He certainly seems to have the right attitude.10kg or in old money 22lbs thats got to be a plus for the side.

Quote ="Trebor1"Good interview on Leeds Live today from Koni. Talks about how he loves it here so does his Mrs. Wants a new deal and is hoping to come into the season 10kg lighter, very honest saying he was carrying too much after lockdown last season. Should have a good season by the looks of it. https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/rugb ... t-19936083'" He certainly seems to have the right attitude.10kg or in old money 22lbs thats got to be a plus for the side.

He wants to drop 10kg so he can play at 110kg! That is bigger than ava and holroyd!

Yeah, I'm a fan. His physique means he'll never be able to tick every box on the field but there are some aspects he does devastatingly well. And he makes folk laugh which is no bad thing.

Bit of a modern day Steve pitchford

Totally agree. Unique specimen and genuinely good lad.i did think he looked over weight but I didnt think he was touching 120kg.

For me next year is stand off year and i want a truly top class 6. If Koni is willing to take a cut to stay to enable that to happen i would happily give him a new deal. Hes our biggest threat but he needs to cut out the errors.

A top class stand off wouldnt come cheap but would set the team up nicely with Gale in the halves.

Eh lets worry about this season first tho.

Absolutely. Great attitude. Hopefully he’ll have a really good season this year!

The lad is a unit!!

Think we have 7/8 out of contract at the end of this year so there will probably be some cash to splash. Hopefully the recovery from covid will create a bit more cash also.

Hope so. Only time will tell.

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What do our S&C coaches do? He was overweight when he first came here and he's never lost that. Similar to Lolohea, now look at him since he's gone to Salford. Lost a lot of weight and looks a better player. Before I get jumped on, I know Hurrell has lost his mother and that's tragic as I understand he's a big family man. But to be at this stage where we are coming into a key part of pre-season, to be 10Kg over the weight he want's to be is just mind boggling.

I like the spirit of Hurrell, but sometimes it's like he wants to act about and clown around to make the crowd and camera's laugh rather than get his head down. When the team really need to muck in he sometimes goes missing.

Whoa that's simply not true. Puts his body on the line every week, carries like a prop when they are tired....
Just likes a McDonald's but too much...

Agree with that. He's being playing prop come centre for two years now. Makes tonnes of metres scores lots of tries and sets plenty up. He did drop a lot of ball in his first season, but when you are teams main /only attacking threat there is tendency to try too hard. When he moved to the right last year he looked great. Dream Team two years in a row as well.

He's also really cut out the mistakes (especially defensive ones) since moving to the right centre position.

Hasn't he made the dream team for the last two years?

Lolohea did lose weight when he first went to Salford but he soon put it back on.Did you see the size of him in the CC final?

It amazes me that some fans think that the weight of an individual player is somehow the sole responsibility of the coaching staff. Yes, they can provide guidance on what players should be eating and how they should be training, but at the end of the day some players are just bad trainers. Of course, they should be more professional as individuals. But this has to be balanced against the positive contribution they can bring to the team.

For example, it is alleged (I think in Frank Endacott's autobiography) that David Solomona was a bad trainer - and it used to show in some of his UK appearances. That said, even carrying a few extra pounds (or stone!), no-one would doubt that Solomona had the ability to single-handedly win a game for his team, on a regular basis. Like it or not, Hurrell is probably in this category, even though Leeds could probably use him a bit more effectively.

Well said. Nail on head.

Hurrell is looking pretty lean in the vids hes posting so i guess he's taking all on board what the coaching staff are telling him which is good news all round.Hurrell said after the first lock down he came back over weight wants to fix that for the start of this season.

The coaching staff told Koni, Rhyse and Lui at the end of last season that they wasnt in shape and all 3 was on the same edge at end of last year.

I agree that certain players can get away with carrying a bit of blubber. I dont mind hurrell carrying a few extra pounds and possibly holroyd as well but the fact that hurrell said he wants to lose 10kg is obviously not a good sign.
I take your point about individual responsibility but the club should be having harsh words with players who take the p#$#.It effects performances ,results and sets a bad example. It often seems to be our foreign contingent also.

If you're overweight but still making a significant contribution to the side, your weight can be overlooked. No one cares what you weight or look like if you're playing well.

Having a season like Rob Lui did last year and looking like he did. Just not a good look for a professional sportsman at all.