The Hunt for talent spreads in a new direction

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The Hunt for talent spreads in a new direction

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Wednesday, July 29 2009 @ 10:59 pm ACST

From a WFN point of view, we should probably also add that he makes another of the growing number of Pacific islanders in the AFL, having one parent from Samoa and one from the Cook Islands.

Added to that, he was born in New Zealand.

The Hunt for talent spreads in a new direction

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, July 30 2009 @ 10:24 am ACST

I supect the number of people of Polynesian heritage in western Sydney would be much greater than on the Gold Coast in QLD, so I would guess that the new Sydney club will be looking to do a very similar thing. Whereas in QLD I think it gets some publicity and obviously they hope he becomes a good player and helps sway some elite kids to commit to Aussie Rules over Rugby League, in NSW I think a similar signing would be a significant drawcard to local Polynesian communities to have a serious look at the sport.

Hunt's "defection" has been a major story nation-wide and some respected Rugby League people are saying the gloves are off, the NRL should go to war. The NRL boss has pointed out the sky isn't falling in. Certainly there is no love lost with other Gold Coast teams - the Rugby League club has labelled it desperate because they can't sign an AFL star from another club (which ignores the fact they don't debut in the AFL until 2011) and points out that Rugby League has promoted locals (which ignores the fact that many of GC's signings are locals). Seems they have something to fear.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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