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Message: [QUOTE="Super Freak, post: 2920930, member: 8536"] [SIZE=6][B][ATTACH=full]2678[/ATTACH] [/B] [B]Broncos rookie Jamayne Isaako reveals how All Blacks legend Dan Carter inspired his matchwinning penalty[/B][/SIZE] March 24, 2018 BRONCOS young gun Jamayne Isaako has revealed how studying the goalkicking style of All Blacks legend Dan Carter helped him become a golden-point hero. Five years ago Isaako didn’t know the rules of rugby league but the Kiwi rugby product underlined why he can become a long-term NRL star after coolly clinching Brisbane’s 9-7 defeat of Wests Tigers on Friday night. In just his fourth NRL game, Isaako the Iceman scored all of Brisbane’s nine points — including the 87th-minute penalty goa that broke the Tigers’ hearts in an extra-time Campbelltown slugfest. But it was his 77th-minute penalty goal that levelled the scores at 6-all and kept Brisbane alive that illustrated Isaako’s character, confidence and composure. When the Broncos were awarded a penalty near the touchline 30 metres out, skipper Darius Boyd walked over to Isaako and asked: “Can you kick it?” The 21-year-old simply nodded, then produced three magical plays. He landed the penalty, kicked a field-goal 60 seconds later and with the match in the balance in golden-point, Isaako broke the deadlock. Nicknamed “Hollywood” because of his slick looks, Isaako is a sweet striker of the ball and his goalkicking is Carter, the All Blacks wizard who kicked 574 goals in his 112-Test career. “I come from a rugby background and growing up I idolised Dan Carter,” said the Christchurch-born Isaako. “Being here in Brisbane, in my spare time I get out and practise my goalkicking. “I kick for my (Intrust Super) Cup team at Souths Logan and with ‘Jordy’ (Broncos winger Jordan Kahu) out at the moment with injury, I’ve been privileged enough to get the kicking duties.” Of his extra-time heroics, Isaako said: “It’s probably the most nervous I have been. I was pretty nervous, it was a little way out but I thought just take one for the team. I was grateful to knock it over and get the win.” Isaako’s journey to the NRL is remarkable. Five years ago, he went along to watch a friend trial for Cronulla at a Sharks development day in Christchurch. After a spate of on-field injuries, Isaako put his hand up to bump up the numbers and blew the Sharks’ scouts away with his speed and explosive stepping. At 16, he moved to Sydney and lived in a Sharks house with Valentine Holmes but felt he needed a change. In 2015, his manager Jim Banaghan picked up the phone and called Broncos coach Wayne Bennett. ''He wanted to play at the Broncos,” Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett said. ''I got a telephone call and he wanted to play for the Broncos. The Sharks did recruit him but I got a phone call that he wanted to come. I had just come back [from the World Cup] and we grabbed him.'' Isaako admits he wasn't happy at Cronulla, asking his manager to try and find him a spot in an already talented roster at the Broncos. ''I was signed at Cronulla and I just wasn't happy with how things were going down there,'' Isaako said. ''The way footy was going for me at the time, one lunch time I met up with my manager and spoke to him about trying to get up to Brissy. He got in contact with Wayne and managed to get something going. Isaako once dreamt of becoming an All Black but is now relishing being a Bronco. ''I didn't know much about rugby league when I got here, but I knew the Broncos had a history of being a good club and being a real professional club. My manager had links to the Broncos and I saw that as an opportunity to get up here.'' Source: [url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/broncos/broncos-rookie-jamayne-isaako-reveals-how-all-blacks-legend-dan-carter-inspired-his-matchwinning-penalty/news-story/4eafb5ec3fb57c18b2021517371db6e0]Courier Mail[/url] [/QUOTE]

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