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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2756848, member: 1899"] I remember his NYC debut. I had been sick all week with the flu and it just so happened to be the hottest Autumn day I can remember. Still, I was amped for the start of the season and couldn't wait to see what the club would be like under Wayne. So I get there before the gates are opened and I'm expecting to see the likes of Taylor, Nikorima, Ofahengaue, Arrow etc. to tear up. I was excited to see Su'A since I had read so much about him, but I wasn't expecting big things. I thought he was one of the best players on the park. His foot-work, acceleration, ability to offload and the odd big-hit made me an instant fan. I don't like to jump on new faces too early since it can just bite you in the arse (thanks a lot Roberts) but even then I thought Su'A was a can't miss. Stuff happens, Su'A ends up missing half the season due to some arrangement with Churchie and GPS Rugby so the hype sort of died down. By the time he came back, all of the good Broncos players were injured and Brisbane were getting blown off the park every week. I was at the Melbourne Storm game where Nicholl-Klokstead absolutely slayed us. Jaydn was playing centre that game and just wasn't the same player he had been earlier in the season. Obviously the break had hurt him, and he just didn't have the players around him to ease him into it. I thought maybe we wouldn't see him until 2017. Then I saw the Bundaberg Trial and the guy just looked like a first grader. I thought the pre-season had a few bolters for Brisbane - Arrow, Timu, Eden, Opacic but Su'A was the big surprise of the lot for me. He went from somebody who may get a look in pending on Origin to a guy that should be starting. Wayne thought the same way as well, but he took it a step further. I didn't expect Su'A to play 80 minutes, but he did so, twice and seemingly got better as each game wore on. It's still clear that at times he's only 18 and he's making poor decisions with his defence (eg. shoulder charging Reynolds a few minutes in, instead of wrapping him up) but he's shown plenty of heart as well. It used to bug me when people would ask if some NYC flavour of the month could play Origin. How would I know? But when it comes to Su'A, he'll play for Queensland for sure. It's like Jack Bird, there's just some players you know will be stars at that level. Fortunately Brisbane are lucky to have one. Unfortunately for the NYC side, he's so good he's playing NRL at the moment. The NYC side is built around his work on the left-edge, without him, they often look rudderless. [/QUOTE]

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