NRL 2021: Newcastle Knights superstar Kalyn Ponga on comebacks, Joseph Suaalii and alternate sporting options

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As a teenager, he was a prodigy in at least half a dozen sports with contract offers from the AFL and Super Rugby, while he was also equally adept at soccer, hockey, touch football and golf in his formative years | proshenks

If Kalyn Ponga had to choose a sporting vocation, and rugby league megastar wasn’t among the options, what would he do?

“I like team sports, that’s probably the main thing,” he said. “That camaraderie and being around the boys, that’s one of my favourite things about team sport.“Rugby league gave me an opportunity when I had to make a decision when I was 16. I’m someone who likes connection, I don’t like being on my own.”

“I’ve been running with the team a lot more the last couple of weeks, which has been good. I’m going through the progressions, I’m ticking boxes.” “Everything I do on 257 and on the field is basically my image. I’m a pretty chilled dude who is relaxed and enjoys being around my mates.” “It would be pretty cool to have a collection of jerseys of other players, be able to hang them up on your wall or whatever,” he said. “I reckon that would be cool.”

“He’s in a system that will look after him too, so he’s got no worries there. He looks like he’s up to it.”Ponga was reluctant to offer Suaalii any advice other than “just be confident”, but is adamant he wouldn’t have been ready for the rigours of NRL before his own 18th birthday.“I weighed about 80 kilos, so I wasn’t physically ready. I think I was mentally ready, but looking back, physically I wasn’t.

 

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proshenks Yet he chooses a thugs game with the worst reputation.

proshenks Shoulda gone with Golf.

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