KFC SuperCoach prodigy Sebastian Rennie after Tom Sangster
He’s the little KFC SuperCoach prodigy from the suburbs with a big goal for the upcoming NRL season and a game guru in his sights.
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He’s the KFC SuperCoach NRL whiz kid from Baulkham Hills with a warning for game guru Tom Sangster - get ready to be beaten, again.
Sebastian Rennie, almost eight, is gearing up for his fourth season of SuperCoach after watching his dad Kane play and discovering he had a real knack for it.
The mathematical gun, who plays soccer at school, touch with the Hills Hornets and a bit of rugby league in the backyard with his dad, has high hopes of beating KFC SuperCoach gun Sangster in season 2020.
“I’m coming after him,” said Sebastian, who finished in the top eight per cent of the players last year.
“I play a lot of sport. I love soccer the best. I like scoring.
“I practice rugby league at home and I do touch football. We made the grand final last year but we lost.”
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The student from William Clark College at Kellyville has a real talent for stats and facts about the NRL, its teams and players.
“Last year I collected football cards and collected their stats and every morning I would check them,” Sebastian said.
“I would watch all the early games before bed and then the highlights on the phone the next day.
“At the start I looked at my dad’s phone a lot and saw how they (his players) went. I could see what the scores were and then I asked dad when there were trades and I just started to get quite good.”
And while his home is deep in Parramatta Eels territory and his dad supports the Penrith Panthers, Sebastian remains a staunch fan of the Queensland Cowboys.
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“I used to like Jonathan Thurston a lot, then he retired so I like Jason Taumalolo,” he said.
Closer to home, Sebastian has selected Mitchell Moses as a player to watch this season from the Eels.
“I think Mitchell Moses is the one we should watch. I like how he plays really well,” Sebastian said.
“I had him last year he got the top try assists and top five goals. He does kick and chase really well. He is really fast.”
He also likes Viliame Kikau from the Panthers “because no one has been able to stop him because he’s big and really strong” and Tom Trbojevic from Manly.
“I don’t have him yet but I’ll get him later one when I make more money,’’ Sebastian said.
“He is really fast and some people call him a bunny he’s so fast.’’
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