Leeds Rhinos - southstander.com • Player | Tom Holroyd
rollin thunder wrote:
Yeah he's not crock but think it has taken its toll on him playing at a high level when still physically maturing.
It's tougher in a different way now, players are physically bigger and better developed, and the impacts are faster and harder, the game was more brutal 20-30 years ago, older players stepping back down into A team rugby would think nothing of giving a young upstart a whack to put them in their place.
Yes I agree Holroyd will go well playing a dozen or so games, but it is important to just hold him back a bit and phase his development just like we have done will Oledski, who is probably benefits from controlled exposure.
Oledski has obviously put a shift in this pre-season, he looks fitter this year.
Holroyd might be in a similar position for 2020, hopefully. I really like both players.
We could do with climbing away from the bottom spot so we can better afford to manage Tom and others. It’s nice to see Furner have confidence in the young lads and give them the opportunity. Most of that U19s side will be ambitious to break into the first team this year, which is how you want it.
Statistics: Posted by KaeruJim — Fri Mar 29, 2019 10:36 pm — Replies 11 — Views 897