{"id":332060,"date":"2023-09-18T10:12:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T10:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=332060"},"modified":"2023-09-18T14:01:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:01:24","slug":"how-warriors-helped-build-haas-into-nrl-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=332060","title":{"rendered":"How Warriors helped build Haas into NRL beast"},"content":{"rendered":"

B\ufeffroncos<\/a> star Payne Haas<\/a> has opened up on his time with the Warriors<\/a>, crediting the short stint for helping him learn what it took to be a professional.<\/p>\n

Haas could've easily been lining up for the NRL's surprise packets against the Broncos this weekend after trialling with the New Zealand-based club in 2016 as a teenager.<\/p>\n

\ufeffDespite the trial, the Warriors lost out on Haas, who signed a three-year deal with the Broncos in September 2016 before making his NRL debut in 2018.<\/p>\n

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"It was a good learning curve for me," he said on 9news.<\/p>\n

"It was my first taste of what NRL players do on a day-to-day (basis) and I was about 15 years old, going in there and did a few weeks of pre-season with them.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

"It was pretty cool and just opened my eyes on how to be a professional and lots of credit to them, they opened my eyes and it was pretty cool to see.<\/p>\n

"It was a bit of an opportunity at our school at that time and Andrew McFadden was a coach then and he was a pretty good dude and helped me out a lot being a young kid over there in Auckland."\ufeff<\/p>\n

Stream the NRL premiership 2023 live and free on<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Haas is committed to Brisbane despite some contract drama earlier in the year, having signed a two-year extension, and said he's thrilled to see the club's progress.<\/p>\n

\ufeff"I knew we could go this far into the comp, especially this year as well and (with) how we're playing," Haas said.<\/p>\n

"It's pretty cool to see now it's coming to life and I have to pinch myself sometimes."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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