Post by dragon4 on Feb 24, 2019 11:08:56 GMT
Another player to shine and put his best foot forward in the trial last weekend was Jack Gosiewski.
Unwanted by the Auckland Orcas two seasons ago.....he found a home up north and is making large progress towards a Premier League start for the Dragons.
There is a vacancy sign up at Darwin on the bench..... with Jack Gosiewski waving his hand in the air a little higher after a solid trial last weekend..
While Tyrone Peachey, Tyson Frizzel and Jai Arrow probably have tabs on the starting second row and lock positions, Gosiewski would be an apt candidate for a bench spot.
The former Orca's under 20s captain is into his second season at the Dragons and would dearly love to show what he can do.
A snippet of what he can do came on Saturday night. Gosiewski played long minutes in both halves and provided an ever-present threat with his running and offloads.
"I was happy with my minutes. I felt pretty fit, pretty fine out there actually," Gosiewski told ASRL.com.
"I did have a few handling errors in my offloads, which I'll fix up this week."
Well, one did work a treat. Gosiewski carved his way forward near the northern-end goalposts and let go a sublime offload for skipper Nathan Cleary backing up to score Darwin's third try of the night.
"I could hear him coming from a mile away so I just had to pop it up for him," Gosiewski said, adding the move was not a rehearsed one.
"It was just a bit of broken play in the middle and I got through so I was ready for him.
"It's been a long pre-season so it's good to get that hit-out and finally play some footy."
"There's still a good squad of back-rowers here. So that hasn't really changed but it's good – it keeps things competitive here so you earn your spot in the team," Gosiewski said.
And there's the rub. The 24-year-old Mullumbimby Giants junior has been unable to earn a regular spot with a succession of injuries.
But he's looking forward to a change of luck and long periods of game time in 2019.
Unwanted by the Auckland Orcas two seasons ago.....he found a home up north and is making large progress towards a Premier League start for the Dragons.
There is a vacancy sign up at Darwin on the bench..... with Jack Gosiewski waving his hand in the air a little higher after a solid trial last weekend..
While Tyrone Peachey, Tyson Frizzel and Jai Arrow probably have tabs on the starting second row and lock positions, Gosiewski would be an apt candidate for a bench spot.
The former Orca's under 20s captain is into his second season at the Dragons and would dearly love to show what he can do.
A snippet of what he can do came on Saturday night. Gosiewski played long minutes in both halves and provided an ever-present threat with his running and offloads.
"I was happy with my minutes. I felt pretty fit, pretty fine out there actually," Gosiewski told ASRL.com.
"I did have a few handling errors in my offloads, which I'll fix up this week."
Well, one did work a treat. Gosiewski carved his way forward near the northern-end goalposts and let go a sublime offload for skipper Nathan Cleary backing up to score Darwin's third try of the night.
"I could hear him coming from a mile away so I just had to pop it up for him," Gosiewski said, adding the move was not a rehearsed one.
"It was just a bit of broken play in the middle and I got through so I was ready for him.
"It's been a long pre-season so it's good to get that hit-out and finally play some footy."
"There's still a good squad of back-rowers here. So that hasn't really changed but it's good – it keeps things competitive here so you earn your spot in the team," Gosiewski said.
And there's the rub. The 24-year-old Mullumbimby Giants junior has been unable to earn a regular spot with a succession of injuries.
But he's looking forward to a change of luck and long periods of game time in 2019.