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Reuben William: Slowly building fitness base after a groin injury pushed the start of his pre-season back. Has a great attitude, shown by completing a voluntary session at the club on his 18th birthday over the Christmas break. Will join in with skills this week.
Reuben played as a high forward. His smash in pressure and tackle pressure around the contest was fantastic. He’s still learning the role as a first year player, but adds a lot of bite and speed for us around our half forward line.
Reub’s smash in and tackle pressure was his big focus and area of strength which he wants to really build on his game. He kicked two opportunists goals which is his role. He’s been working on his patterns when in general play as a high forward. That’s his area of improvement going into next week’s game. What he’s doing as a high forward when he’s up the ground and his ability to get back has him certainly putting pressure on the high forwards in the 1’s. He’s an exciting talent.
Reuben played high forward/mid. He is still learning the role of what’s expected as a high forward. He continues to smash in. He’s running at the intensity we need and did a couple of really good defensive acts. He got hurt late and we didn’t see much of him after that, but he should be fine for next week.
Reub played more as a high forward this week. He probably would have been playing a bit more as a fifth but with the help of Keaysey we had Reuben playing more as a forward rather than come up through midfield. He had the 10 touches, again impacted the scoreboard really well. He kicked 1.1 but could have kicked more. We’re focusing with Reuben on his smash in, getting ground balls inside forward 50, his inside 50 possessions which he was able to complete. He didn’t get his 6 tackles, he only had 3 for the day but we’ve certainly seen more impact forward of centre from Reuben at the moment. He’s still got to work on his patterns when we have the ball.
I can't like this post enough.I'm not too sure about him playing as a forward. Would prefer him breaking the lines off half back like he did in the under 18 chanpionship.
Reserves is about development so playing him forward will help add strings to his bow in any case.
Not a great day for Reub. He hit the scoreboard in the first quarter which was good for him, it’s been one of his goals to have an inside-50 impact. He only had it the seven times and the three tackles we’re asking for a bit more of an input from Reuben in this area. Probably what hurt him on the day was a bit of fumbling, he’ll need to do a bit more work on that in the coming weeks.
A new role this week – we pushed him down back. He gave us a lot of ping off half back, particularly early in the game but probably faded away as the game wore on due to fatigue. He was certainly lively there for us with ball in hand and gave us a lot of run off half back and created a lot of opportunities for us. It’s something for him to continue to work on and find the balance of what he does defensively as well.
BRISBANE Lions rookie Reuben William will make his debut on Saturday against Gold Coast.
William, 18, is of South Sudanese origin and was taken by the Lions in last year's NAB Rookie Draft at pick no.20.
The running defender has spent the season in the NEAFL and was upgraded to the senior list in place of injured star Dayne Beams.
He is a product of the Lions Academy and is quick, evasive, loves to take the game on and is a strong tackler.
William was part of Queensland's successful under-18 team last year and was given the news of his debut by Lions captain Tom Rockliff on Thursday.
"I really don't know what to say. I wasn't really expecting this so it's caught me a bit off guard," he said.
"I'll go out there and put on the jumper with pride."
His Mum should be number one member..unbelievable and so brave .I am so happy to see Reuben is making his debut this weekend! His life journey is a terrific story and it is a credit to him for making it to where he is now. Seems like a great kid and he will hopefully be a great long term player for us so this weekend will hopefully be the first of many quality games for William in Lions colours!!!