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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2263138, member: 1764"] Exactly right schmix and Matt, that's been my point of view all along with B Hunt and others. I think a few people saw teenage Darren Lockyer take to first grade like a duck to water and become the biggest champion the game has produced in a long time. However, think also to the same time, in fact, the very same game in which Lockyer debuted. Another talented teenage half with huge potential made his debut as well. He got regular game time but struggled to really snatch the opportunities and cement himself in first grade. Even when Allan Langer retired he was only average and he's best known for some pressure goals kicked during that horror season in 1999 to snatch a draw and a win. He was given more chances at the start of 2000 but just wasn't up to speed, and in the end precipitated Ben Ikin shifting in from the centres to play five-eighth and let Kevin Walters play halfback. Ben Walker was his name. He went on to have a very unsuccessful stint with Souths, then disappeared to England and last I heard runs a pub in Esk... Not every kid makes it. The fact is, at 20 years old, Walker wasn't ready to be thrown into Allan Langer's boots and it killed his career. [/QUOTE]

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