Rock Lobster
Larry Dwyer (12)
You guys need to relax about Colby's 1 year deal. I can tell you he is down there this week with his girlfriend looking for a house to buy (not rent). read the following from an article at this site http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/story/186165.html
The Rebels deal is only for the one year, but that shouldn't be read as a sign that Fainga'a plans to return home as soon as the contract is up. Rather - and it seems almost unheard of in this day and age - it was as long a deal as Fainga'a felt comfortable signing given how little rugby he'd played over the past three seasons.
"The reasoning behind that is just that I haven't played that much rugby over the past two years. Last year I had nothing, and this year I was only going to be playing five or ten minutes, if that, off the bench. I just felt that if I locked myself into a two- or three-year contract that it wouldn't really be a fair deal. Whereas I feel like I can really back myself to have a good year, and then other opportunities [to extend] will arise. I'm definitely not going to the Rebels on the thought that I'm just going to stay there for the one year and then go somewhere else. I feel as though they're a club on the rise, and there's a lot of good opportunities for myself and the club to go forward, and I think in another couple of years, we'll be a really good side."
Of course, earning a starting berth in Melbourne will be no simple task either, with New Zealand import Scott Fuglistaller impressing this year, and Jarrod Saffy and young Jordy Reid still in the mix. Fainga'a acknowledges the challenge, but plans to tackle it head on. "You don't really want to go somewhere where you're going to have an easy ride into the team; you want to prove your worth and make the position your own. I just felt had I stayed here in Canberra there was no real opportunity to make No.7 my own with Pocock here until 2015."
The Rebels deal is only for the one year, but that shouldn't be read as a sign that Fainga'a plans to return home as soon as the contract is up. Rather - and it seems almost unheard of in this day and age - it was as long a deal as Fainga'a felt comfortable signing given how little rugby he'd played over the past three seasons.
"The reasoning behind that is just that I haven't played that much rugby over the past two years. Last year I had nothing, and this year I was only going to be playing five or ten minutes, if that, off the bench. I just felt that if I locked myself into a two- or three-year contract that it wouldn't really be a fair deal. Whereas I feel like I can really back myself to have a good year, and then other opportunities [to extend] will arise. I'm definitely not going to the Rebels on the thought that I'm just going to stay there for the one year and then go somewhere else. I feel as though they're a club on the rise, and there's a lot of good opportunities for myself and the club to go forward, and I think in another couple of years, we'll be a really good side."
Of course, earning a starting berth in Melbourne will be no simple task either, with New Zealand import Scott Fuglistaller impressing this year, and Jarrod Saffy and young Jordy Reid still in the mix. Fainga'a acknowledges the challenge, but plans to tackle it head on. "You don't really want to go somewhere where you're going to have an easy ride into the team; you want to prove your worth and make the position your own. I just felt had I stayed here in Canberra there was no real opportunity to make No.7 my own with Pocock here until 2015."
