Why Dominic Young is on course to be declared in coming years the world's greatest winger.

[Bradman Better]

Unbelievable.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/09/05/round-27-what-a-way-to-break-a-record/

One of the world's greatest coaches, Trent Robinson, saw enough of  Dom playing for England at at the 2022 World Cup to offer him a 4 year contract at the Sydney Roosters starting in 2024.

Being coached by Trent Robinson, and playing outside of centre Joey Manu (Golden Boot winner 2022) and long cut out pass prone half back Sam Walker, is only going to make Dom Young a bigger sensation than he has already become playing at the Newcastle Knights.

For comparison's sake Dom Young is 2 inches taller, and much faster, than the well established 32 year old Roosters left winger (and Tonga and State of Origin rep) Daniel Tupou (media nickname "The Giraffe").

Edited September 24, 2023 by Bradman Better

[Click]

He has a lot to work on before getting close to "worlds best winger"

[Bradman Better]

On 25/09/2023 at 06:03, Click said:

He has a lot to work on before getting close to "worlds best winger"

Dom has some work to do, not a lot, "before getting close to world's best winger"

Dom is already on the Dally M nominee shortlist for one of the two best wingers in the NRL in 2023.  My bet is that he will be awarded the title along with Dallin Watene-Zelesniak. We will know in about 12 hours from now.

[Click]

10 hours ago, Bradman Better said:

Dom has some work to do, not a lot, "before getting close to world's best winger"

Dom is already on the Dally M nominee shortlist for one of the two best wingers in the NRL in 2023.  My bet is that he will be awarded the title along with Dallin Watene-Zelesniak. We will know in about 12 hours from now.

And IMO that might make him one of the in form wingers in Rugby League, he still isn't that close to being the world's best. He has a lot to work on, mostly around his defensive positioning, where he finds himself in the wrong position quite often. I imagine it has a lot to do with playing centre most of his career rather than wing.

He has a lot of work to do to get to a point of being secure on the wing, when comparing to Makinson or some other wingers. Or even under the high ball while in defense where he often isn't in the right position to catch the ball on the full and misses when he goes up for it. 

I've watched almost every Newcastle match this year because I enjoy watching Young play, I think he is a very talented RL player, but that is mostly when he has the ball in hand. Positioning has some more work to do, and IMO, his work rate in defence and when trying to follow breaks, etc. He can be quite slow to react at times.

[Futtocks]

14 hours ago, Bradman Better said:

Dom has some work to do, not a lot, "before getting close to world's best winger"

Dom is already on the Dally M nominee shortlist for one of the two best wingers in the NRL in 2023.  My bet is that he will be awarded the title along with Dallin Watene-Zelesniak. We will know in about 12 hours from now.

DWZ got the award, but Young didn't The other wingers' Dally M went to Jamayne Isaako, who's had a very good season.

[graveyard johnny]

19 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

DWZ got the award, but Young didn't The other wingers' Dally M went to Jamayne Isaako, who's had a very good season.

prob due to DY been dropped earlier in the season - prob would have won it if not for that

[Futtocks]

Isaako not only scored 24 tries this season, but he also kicked 73 goals. He was always going to be a contender this season, whether Young was dropped or not.

[Bradman Better]

12 hours ago, Click said:

And IMO that might make him one of the in form wingers in Rugby League, he still isn't that close to being the world's best. He has a lot to work on, mostly around his defensive positioning, where he finds himself in the wrong position quite often. I imagine it has a lot to do with playing centre most of his career rather than wing.

He has a lot of work to do to get to a point of being secure on the wing, when comparing to Makinson or some other wingers. Or even under the high ball while in defense where he often isn't in the right position to catch the ball on the full and misses when he goes up for it. 

I've watched almost every Newcastle match this year because I enjoy watching Young play, I think he is a very talented RL player, but that is mostly when he has the ball in hand. Positioning has some more work to do, and IMO, his work rate in defence and when trying to follow breaks, etc. He can be quite slow to react at times.

Thoughtful observations. I accept your careful and astute criticisms of Dom's performances at Newcastle.

However my main point is that Dom is moving to new playing environment which should accelerate his improvement..

First he will be at a better club than before, where he will get better coaching than he had at Newcastle, via Trent Robinson and his assistants.

Second, he will be playing outside more talented team mates than he has had at Newcastle -- namely Joey Manu, Luke Keary, and Sam Walker.

Edited September 27, 2023 by Bradman Better

[Sports Prophet]

Dom Young’s march to fulfilling the forecast on this thread has taken a hit, being dropped from the Roosters this weekend and replaced by his Wallaby convert Mark Nawaqanitawase who moves from the centre to the wing.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2025-round-8-team-lists-ins-and-outs-selections-team-news-lachlan-galvin-returns-tigers-latrell-mitchell-rabbitohs-dominic-young-dropped-news-videos-highlights/news-story/7ace591d51310aaf6575439b27451036

[Coggo]

Can’t defend for ######, sadly. Thick. 

[graveyard johnny]

10 hours ago, Coggo said:

Can’t defend for ######, sadly. Thick. 

other criticism from fans down under - he runs sideways - panics in open play - cant be trusted under the high ball and is prone to brain farts with the ball - can imagine he will be coining it in in the England RU line up before too long though 

Edited April 24 by graveyard johnny

[SUPERSTUD]

Certainly didn’t miss him did they? His obvious deficiencies have always been present. However done well for himself and will come out financially on top. Alex McKinnon did really well for him. Dom is a very limited RL player who loves a gallop. Hates RL related physical contact and is a very loose player. However got brass in pockets to retire back to sunny Wakefield or a dull bondi beach. He has got England RU wrote all over him. Stand on wing and run.

 

 

[DoubleD]

I hope Dom knuckles down and comes back to prove some people wrong on here. 

Daniel Tupou has had a similar spell of form in the past and come back strong.

The union convert and Toia have both been exposed defensively this year, Young is not alone. It’s very early to write him off and even more harsh to suggest he should go to kick and clap

[Futtocks]

It has been a pretty long wait for the people eager to see a dip in Dom Young's fortunes (for various reasons). The crowing is pretty much as expected.

[Wellsy4HullFC]

Bit sad that a young English player out of form is being criticised to the point of directed to play rugby union.

Rugby league fans are their worst.

[JohnM]

From which direction is the criticism coming, I wonder? 

(Asking for a marsupial.)

[JM2010]

13 hours ago, SUPERSTUD said:

Certainly didn’t miss him did they? His obvious deficiencies have always been present. However done well for himself and will come out financially on top. Alex McKinnon did really well for him. Dom is a very limited RL player who loves a gallop. Hates RL related physical contact and is a very loose player. However got brass in pockets to retire back to sunny Wakefield or a dull bondi beach. He has got England RU wrote all over him. Stand on wing and run.

 

 

Bloody hell mate. Has he been sleeping with your missus or something?

[JohnM]

On 24/04/2025 at 06:52, Coggo said:

Can’t defend for ######, sadly. Thick. 

Like Offiah, then.

As for "thick" , enlighten us, do.

[OMEGA]

He’s got something like 70 try’s in 85 NRL games so he’s hardly a disaster is he?

Hes still only 23 years old and his experience is growing every game.

as for being thick, whoever said that hasn’t met him, doesn’t know him, he was a brilliant academic and way above average. (Wait for the “I meant RL thick” excuse)

[graveyard johnny]

lets not forget he was dropped by the knights for a spell too and came back a better player, lets hope the roosters coaching team are putting some work in to the areas of his game where he is lacking - is brett morris a roosters coach? if so there could be no one better to learn from

[SUPERSTUD]

On 26/04/2025 at 08:39, JM2010 said:

Bloody hell mate. Has he been sleeping with your missus or something?

Not as far as I know but if so then that would go a long way to explain why he may be out of form. He probably got the shock of his life and is struggling to recover from it

[Coggo]

Wants to be a centre now (!) https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/rugby-league-news-dom-young-real-reason-sydney-roosters-exit-england-implications-104235/

A wise man knows his limitations and a fool does not. 

[JohnM]

Whatever limitation you're struggling with, know that you can break through it.

[Coggo]

12 minutes ago, JohnM said:

Whatever limitation you're struggling with, know that you can break through it.

Even if you can’t defend to save your life and want to play in a position that’s harder to defend?

[Click]

15 hours ago, Coggo said:

Wants to be a centre now (!) https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/rugby-league-news-dom-young-real-reason-sydney-roosters-exit-england-implications-104235/

A wise man knows his limitations and a fool does not. 

From what I recall he came up in the centres rather thean on the wing.

Defending at centre is a different and difficult job, but once he gets used to it, he could flourish.