I see the junior rep Summer squads are out, no Heamasi Makasini named but still hopeful he'll stick with league and us, we'll see. There are plenty of young players worth keeping an eye on and no doubt others will put their names forward as strong prospects for the future. Thought I'd just mention a few of those I'm keen to see again next year, besides the obvious ones who have had some media already.
Callum McMenemy (Flegg). A solidly built centre who I think could convert to the back row in time. Had some nice touches this year in the Laurie Daley and SG Ball teams.
Kian Edmed : (Flegg) A prop I saw him get 20 minutes in a Flegg game this year, just a taste at this stage, but is a big young fella who rips in. Needs a bit of weight on him but he's worth watching to see if he can continue to develop.
There are others like Godinet and Tapau-Moors who most of us are already aware of from the Wests Matts team this year who will obviously be worth watching in that Flegg squad.
A couple in the Wests SG ball squad who I'm keen to see again are Riley Oitmann and PJ French. I only saw one game of Oitmann but you could see he is a good little mover. He played fullback in the Laurie Daley team this year but was injured in about rd 3 I think and didn't play again. I see he's been spending some time at the Zurich Centre so that's a promising sign. And I saw PJ play about 7 games in the Matts side, a big young prop who did a fine job coming off the bench mainly.
In the Wests Matts squad I'm keen to see how Tom Goodfield and Jhevon Lele progress. Tom is a good winger and Jhevon a five eighth. Both played in the recent Cubs game at the Gold Coast.
There are others, obviously Ashton Large (Wests Matts) And Lucyannah Luamanu, Paige Attard, Ellie Barnett, and Angel Schaafhausen-Mino (Tarsha Gale) who are also ones to watch.
