Dylan Walker

[Eagleman]

Still way too early to be making a call on Wright. Maybe 2019 he may be ready if he kicks along this year. Still a very big 'Maybe' though.

 

[MWSE]

The extent to which people overvalue prospect players is a touch scary. Very rarely do talents such as Tom Turbo come along where they are clear out and out weapon players at a young age. Most need a couple of years to develop and understand the speed of first grade. Everyone needs to cool their jets when it comes to hypothesising how every promising player we have will fit into our future team lists.

 

[Rex]

I love the enthusiasm for young players coming through. Dream on. Dream big. Without big, ridiculous, and even impractical dreamers Apple would never have been a startup. Tesla would be unheard of.

"Realism" is all well and good and has its place. And it can also be depressiveness, disempowerment and negativity dressed up to give them false credibility.

 

[Brothers manly]

Asked you before "Brookvale 2015" how many times have you seen Tom Wright play?
You make so may sweeping statements here and most are over the top like your list of reserve backs for Manly, could be's at the moment.....not that talented. Brown a proven centre. BS.

 

[robbiea]

Demetriou Is no certainty for 17 .

 

[Hgbcds]

Asked you before "Brookvale 2015" how many times have you seen Tom Wright play?
You make so may sweeping statements here and most are over the top like your list of reserve backs for Manly, could be's at the moment.....not that talented. Brown a proven centre. BS.

Nicho hynes training full time with first grade I'd say at this point a much better prospect than wright.ps wright not even training .

 

[manlyfan76]

Nicho has got some great potential in my opinion.

 

[HappilyManly]

Nicho has got some great potential in my opinion.

I love Nicho, he reminds me of Chez when he was coming through.

Backs himself and does not beat himself up when he fails - just looks at the next play

I am still worried about the new NYC Comp from 2017, when they get the NSW Cup treatment

 

[Loobs]

Demetriou Is no certainty for 17 .

17 stone maybe

 

[Not Paul Kent]

Nicho hynes training full time with first grade I'd say at this point a much better prospect than wright.ps wright not even training .

Tom is still recovering from a knee injury

 

[Not Paul Kent]

I like this idea, wright is a gun and needs to be our future 5/8 probably by 2017 because he was carving up in juniors in Union and was too good for everyone else. After 2016 in under 20s he will be ready to go! We gonna need another centre though Backline could look like this in the future.

1.Turbo
2.Tafua
3.Walker
4.?
5.?
6.Wright
7.DCE

I always had Hiku and Gutherson as our long term centres, disappointing to see them both leave.

I agree with the others that Nicho Hynes is probably the player to watch and will gel nicely with DCE, he also has the size to handle the big time.

I wouldn't be surprised to see us sign one of Elgey, Keary, Nikorima, Bird or Hastings.

Also think Charlie Taylor will be back.

Expecting Stewart to stick around in 2017 probably Matai too!

 

[tookey]

Interesting that Bird still hasn't re-signed with the sharks and no more mention of his imminent signing by Flanagan.

Some sharks supporters are saying that he gone to us in 2017

Hope so.

 

[Bearfax]

Interesting that Bird still hasn't re-signed with the sharks and no more mention of his imminent signing by Flanagan.

Some sharks supporters are saying that he gone to us in 2017

Hope so.

Their coach is trying hard to keep him. He's training in one of his two favourite positions, full back.

 

[tookey]

Demetriou Is no certainty for 17 .

Yes he is. NSW cup

 

[Shoe1]

Interesting that Bird still hasn't re-signed with the sharks and no more mention of his imminent signing by Flanagan.

Some sharks supporters are saying that he gone to us in 2017

Hope so.

I'm sure cronulla will "lock up their prize half before Christmas" like we did last year

 

[The Who]

Walker and Grey have been fined 5% of their contracts after the painkiller incident.

I believe they plan to claim this back through Medicare.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Danny " the worm " Weidler saying on Twittter that Walker has been released from Souths.

 

[Budgie]

Walker and Grey have been fined 5% of their contracts after the painkiller incident.

Is there an amount reported? Be good to know what he was on.

 

[anthonyb1965]

Never been in a position to get "mail" before but I hear it is a done deal for Mr Walker.

 

[Budgie]

South Sydney Rabbitohs fine Dylan Walker and Aaron Gray over prescription drug overdose
Tom Decent

An investigation by the South Sydney Rabbitohs into players Dylan Walker and Aaron Gray found the pair sourced additional pain-killing medication from their own GPs on the day they overdosed on prescription drugs and as a result they have been fined five per cent of their contracts for bringing the club and NRL into "serious disrepute".

Souths released a statement saying they had finalised their investigation into the pair, who were rushed to hospital in the early hours of September 22 after their former teammate Jake O'Sullivan called triple-0 when he heard Walker vomiting in his sleep.
The board determined that:

• There was no evidence that either player had illicit substances or alcohol in their bodies;

• Both players had nonetheless sourced additional pain-killing medication from their own GPs on the day of the incident, clearly beyond that which was prescribed by their specialists following their respective surgeries;

• By their actions and their consequent hospitalisation, the players had brought the club and the NRL into serious disrepute.

Souths announced the players would suffer the following punishment:

• Attend educational sessions to better understand how to correctly use medicines;
• Undertake a minimum of 20 hours of community service (in addition to normal club obligations) including speaking to groups about their experiences and learnings;
• Make themselves available for ongoing regular testing for drugs including prescription drugs;
• Each be penalised 5 per cent of their 2015 contract value, with a further 5 per cent to be suspended pending successful completion of points 1 and 2 and their co-operation with point 3 above.

The club has decided to give the players' fines to charities including St Vincent's Hospital's Alcohol and Drug Service.

Walker and Gray were released from hospital three days after overdosing on what is believed to be an combination of tramadol and oxycodone and there are fears the pair could have died if their friend was not there to save them.

Rabbitohs CEO John Lee said there were new procedures in place to make sure there was no repeat.

"We will work closely with all of our players to ensure an incident like this doesn't happen again," Lee said. "It was harrowing for the players' families, friends and club mates; and it impacted the reputation of our club which does so much good work. The review was comprehensive and a proactive step to modernise our medications policy."

The board has also made a commitment to: "increase its level of education to players of all levels around the correct use of prescription medication, and the consequences of their misuse".



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