Official Braden Hamlin-Uele

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At some point last year he realised he actually had to worry about diet and other things if he wanted to push on with his career.
Hopefully he sticks with the changes he made because he’s clearly much better for it
 
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It's a good length, he's improved so much this season who knows what his ceiling is, if it was only a two year deal we might find he's commanding more and other clubs can talk to him sooner before we know it.

At least this way the ball is in our court to determine how good he gets and to keep him long term.
 

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i saw something the other day and it made my jaw drop

jerome hughes, kalyn ponga, viliame kikau, brandon smith and braden uele were all told by paul green they wouldnt make it.

imagine the team they would have had
 
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I hope we do get him for 3, i find it hard to believe he hasn't made other clubs not interested in him with his performances.
 

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i saw something the other day and it made my jaw drop

jerome hughes, kalyn ponga, viliame kikau, brandon smith and braden uele were all told by paul green they wouldnt make it.

imagine the team they would have had

Hahahahaha. Haven't heard too much about Green the wonder coach the last year or so.
 

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Cronulla bench forward Braden Hamlin-Uele has now played five straight NRL games and had a major impact in two injury-hit wins.

That's impressive for a man who wasn't expecting to play a single match in 2019.

He was biding his time in Canterbury Cup for the Newtown Jets having played just one NRL game in both 2017 (when at North Queensland) and 2018 for Cronulla.

The long-term absences of Aaron Woods (foot) and Wade Graham (knee) plus the departure of Ava Seumanufagai to England have resulted in the Sharks having an increased reliance on the likes of Hamlin-Uele and Jack Williams.

Both Hamlin-Uele and Williams played an even bigger role in the Magic Round win over the Titans when starting props Andrew Fifita (hamstring) and Matt Prior (neck) were rubbed out for the game inside the opening 20 minutes.

"I didn't even think I'd be [playing first grade] in 2019, I was happy biding my time in Newtown and just seeing what the year brings me but to play five games in a row, it's a blessing really and I'm so honoured to be doing it," Hamlin-Uele said.

Formerly known as Braden Uele, the 115-kilogram 24-year-old added Hamlin to his surname in honour of his maternal grandfather, who passed away in 2018 without someone to carry on the family name.
I guess this is the reason for the name change. Rest of the story @ https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/05/13/hamlin-uele-i-didnt-think-id-even-be-playing-this-year/
 
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i saw something the other day and it made my jaw drop

jerome hughes, kalyn ponga, viliame kikau, brandon smith and braden uele were all told by paul green they wouldnt make it.

imagine the team they would have had

I'd be surprised by Ponga since he has had wraps on him since he was a twinkle in his daddy's eyes but considering the others he didn't rate you never know.
 

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i saw something the other day and it made my jaw drop

jerome hughes, kalyn ponga, viliame kikau, brandon smith and braden uele were all told by paul green they wouldnt make it.

imagine the team they would have had

Was there actually any evidence to back this up? Or is it just based on not retaining them?
Be surprised if he actually stated something like he didn't think these players would play NRL.

Hard to retain Hughes when you have JT and Morgan, not surprised they'd let him go
Potentially hard to retain Kikau behind million dollar other JT & Gavin having a spot locked up
Uele was fat and lazy
Ponga was bad timing with a lot of money tied up other places and Newcastle swooped in

Just like we have done on here it's easy to look at everyone who has been at a club and moved on.
 

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It's easy to coach when you have someone like Thurston in your team.

Still waiting to see how Bellamy goes when Smith retires.

I think Bellamy has well and truly earnt his title as the best coach in the game. With or without Smith/the other superstars.
 
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i saw something the other day and it made my jaw drop

jerome hughes, kalyn ponga, viliame kikau, brandon smith and braden uele were all told by paul green they wouldnt make it.

imagine the team they would have had

And Val by the previous coaching staff.
Somethings just not right in the water up there!
 
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