Re: Hauraki confirmed : Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:11 am  

dan20rhino wrote:

He could well be one of our star performers next season. He reminds me a bit of Wille Manu. He is a big lad with a bit of aggression I think that is what we lack up front.

He's a wide running back rower, thats where the similarity ends

Re: Hauraki confirmed : Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:58 am  

It's just my opinion but I think he is a dreadful player from what I've seen, no better than those playing for Lock Lane. He's all that is wrong with average overseas players getting undeserved contracts IMHO.

However different coach and club who knows, he certainly looks the part though I seriously doubt he is the new Willie Manu. Who knows, trust your coach I suppose.

Re: Hauraki confirmed : Thu Sep 13, 2012 12:05 pm  

vastman wrote:

It's just my opinion but I think he is a dreadful player from what I've seen, no better than those playing for Lock Lane. He's all that is wrong with average overseas players getting undeserved contracts IMHO.

However different coach and club who knows, he certainly looks the part though I seriously doubt he is the new Willie Manu. Who knows, trust your coach I suppose.

When did you watch Lock Lane? I thought Hauraki was a good player at Crusaders, perhaps its the "Big fish, little pond" kind of thing and thats why it didn't work for him at Leeds

Re: Hauraki confirmed : Thu Sep 13, 2012 12:09 pm  

oh dear.....more of the same fron Castleford next season then.......

[tb]

Re: Hauraki confirmed : Thu Sep 13, 2012 12:41 pm  

I'm truly shocked that Vasty doesn't rate a Cas signing. Shocked beyond words.

Re: Hauraki confirmed : Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:07 pm  

casman2 wrote:

Decent signing, was good for Crusaders but not had much game time at Leeds, was he injured??

Tackle busts looks good for this season, although i wouldnt be surprised if they were all against us

Errors, missed tackles and penalties are a cause for concern but should improve with more game time

No not injured just not very good. On his best day he is average.

Dropped ball and errors at key stages, and resembles a turnstile in defence. On the plus side packs a good punch.
So happy we have managed to off load him

Re: Hauraki confirmed : Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:17 pm  

tb wrote:

I'm truly shocked that Vasty doesn't rate a Cas signing. Shocked beyond words.

To be fair to Vasty though, Hauraki is woeful.

Re: Hauraki confirmed : Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:07 pm  

Thanks Cas! Was worried we were going to sign him

Re: Hauraki confirmed : Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:13 pm  

Notice how when Cas sign a good player all Wakefield fans are quick to pounce to say he's sh*t when he is 1 million times better than the sh*te likes of Mariano and Southern

Re: Hauraki confirmed : Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:43 pm  

He is better than some of the dross that has left thats for sure.

Sometimes a player doesn't fit a particular club (think Tim Smith at Wigan for example), it didn't work out for him at Leeds and when he did play his confidence was down...he played alot better with regular game time at Crusaders.