{"id":149296,"date":"2021-10-24T20:59:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T20:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=149296"},"modified":"2021-10-25T00:59:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T00:59:35","slug":"eels-grab-boom-rookie-from-rival-nrl-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=149296","title":{"rendered":"Eels grab boom rookie from rival NRL club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/parramatta-eels\" title=\"Eels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eels<\/a> have snatched a promising halfback from the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/st-george-illawarra-dragons\" title=\"Dragons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dragons<\/a> who they believe will develop into the heir apparent for <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/mitchell-moses\" title=\"Mitchell Moses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Moses<\/a>&#x27; number seven jumper in coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Dantoray Lui, a 19-year-old from Cairns, was a standout in the Flegg Cup for the Dragons this year after a brief stint with <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/cronulla-sharks\" title=\"Cronulla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cronulla<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Both seasons were shortened by COVID &#8211; but Lui showed enough to earn approaches from several rival clubs.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, he chose the Eels, who offered him the best pathway to the top grade.<\/p>\n<p>The former Queensland under-19 halfback is expected to play in the NSW Cup next season before moving into the NRL squad in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"1be7a8f7-03bb-487c-88ef-94cda229110b\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/1be7a8f7-03bb-487c-88ef-94cda229110b\" alt=\"Mitch Moses\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moses turned 27 recently and still has several good years at the top ahead of him.<\/p>\n<p>But when he was missing from the top side last season, the Eels struggled for direction and Lui, a crafty halfback with plenty of pace, will hopefully fix that problem in coming seasons.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Eels have snatched a promising halfback from the Dragons who they believe will develop into the heir apparent for Mitchell Moses&#x27; number seven jumper <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=149296\" title=\"Eels grab boom rookie from rival NRL club\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149298,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149296\/revisions\/149298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}