Parramatta mentor Brad Arthur has hailed Blaize Talagi’s durability in the wake of giving the nearby junior the No.6 shirt for the Easter Monday conflict against Wests Tigers. Talagi made an eye-getting debut in the focuses against Masculine on Sunday, yet will join Dylan Brown in the parts against the Tigers after the Eels lost halfback Mitchell Moses to a foot injury for the following several months.Awaiting Talagi will be his former Westfields Sports High classmate and fellow NRL rookie Lachie Galvin, who impressed for the Tigers in their win over Cronulla. Arthur had Daejarn Asi or rookie Ethan Sanders as options but had no qualms about sticking with Talagi, who played No.6 as a junior.
“He’s a kid learning his trade, he’ll get things wrong, but he’ll move on and keep going with the game, and that’s what I like about him,” Arthur told this masthead.“I also love the fact he’s just tough – Blaize has plenty of good attributes, but for me it’s his toughness and not letting things get to him.
“He also played all his junior reps at five-eighth, and it was only last year we played him in the centres and at fullback to have a look. When I spoke to him today about being at No.6, he was excited and couldn’t get the smile off his face.”Talagi, like Galvin, is tall and powerful, and got the nod to be the Australian Schoolboys’ five-eighth in 2022 ahead of Queensland sensation and South Sydney flyer Jye Gray.
Moses underwent surgery on a foot injury suffered in an innocuous tackle involving Luke Brooks with just over 10 minutes remaining in the loss to the Sea Eagles.
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