{"id":393932,"date":"2024-05-15T03:54:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T03:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=393932"},"modified":"2024-05-15T04:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T04:04:03","slug":"roosters-dodged-a-bullet-with-under-7s-player-fifita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=393932","title":{"rendered":"Roosters 'dodged a bullet' with 'under 7s' player Fifita"},"content":{"rendered":"

P\ufeffhil Gould<\/a> believes the Sydney Roosters<\/a> have "dodged a bullet" by missing out on David Fifita<\/a>, again questioning the club's interest in signing the star back-rower.<\/p>\n

In a shock twist, the 24-year-old backflipped on his decision to move to Bondi next season, instead recommitting to the Gold Coast Titans for the 2025 and 2026 seasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fifita's decision hasn't gone down well with the Chooks, who had reportedly already begun plans for the likes of Sitili Tupouniua and Angus Crichton in a bid to juggle their salary cap.<\/p>\n

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However, with the Maroons powerhouse opting to stay put and turn his back on a $3.3 million deal at the Roosters, Gould claimed it could work out better in the long-term.<\/p>\n

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"Personally, I think the Roosters have dodged a bullet," he said on Wide World Of Sports' Six Tackles With Gus.<\/em><\/p>\n

"I don't think he was going to suit them and I found it a strange signing for them – I'll stand by that.<\/p>\n

"I'm not saying I don't think David Fifita is a good player. He is a powerful ball-runner, he's obviously an impact player and he can certainly win games for you.<\/p>\n

"I couldn't see him, from what I've seen of his career, fitting into their work ethic \u2026 I don't understand it.\u00a0I just haven't seen it in his career to date."<\/p>\n

Watch the 2024 NRL premiership live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Fifita is one of the most damaging players in the NRL on his day, but has struggled to maintain a consistent level of performance during his time at the Titans.<\/p>\n

\ufeffAnd according to Gould – who previously coached the Tricolours – the defensive issues in Fifita's game wouldn't have suited the Sydney-based club.<\/p>\n

"He doesn't value it – he likes to play when they've got the ball, but he's not so keen on it when they haven't got the ball," Gould said.<\/p>\n

"He's not what I would call a work ethic player, he is a powerful ball-runner. It's like under 7s stuff – even on the weekend watching him defensively, he would have a lot of work to do to fit into the Roosters club that prides itself on fitness, work ethic and defence.<\/p>\n

"He didn't strike me as a Roosters player."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

P\ufeffhil Gould believes the Sydney Roosters have "dodged a bullet" by missing out on David Fifita, again questioning the club's interest in signing the star […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":391216,"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\/393932"}],"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=393932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":393934,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393932\/revisions\/393934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/391216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=393932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=393932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=393932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}