Sea Eagles: How Daly Cherry-Evans helped kickstart Dylan Walker’s career
Daly Cherry-Evans’ role in the revitalisation of teammate Dylan Walker, the Trbojevic brothers beat two Kangaroos and local league team goes into grand final. Read it all here.
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SEA Eagles skipper Daly Cherry-Evans has played a big role in the revitalisation of teammate Dylan Walker, who has emerged as a potent weapon at five-eighth in the countdown to the finals.
While the star halfback is renowned for doing “extras” before and after training to hone his skills, Walker has been joining him - and the benefits from those sessions are there for everyone to see.
“At first he just sort of hung around like an annoying smell,” Cherry-Evans joked.
“Then he started to ask if he could have a kick and can he borrow some of the footys and I begrudgingly gave him some.
“And now we just share them and we kick together.”
Ahead of Sunday’s big game with the Raiders in Canberra Cherry- Evans said spending time in the halves over the past three or four years has helped Walker.
“Along with his experience in the game he is starting to get the five-eighth position,” Cherry-Evans said
“I honestly couldn’t tell you if that is his position long term, but as for right now he is playing really good football.
“He wants to learn, he wants to improve and I feel as though he is contributing to the side really nice
NEW BALL GAME
WALKER revealed five-eighth is a position he has always had his eye on, believing it suited his dominant personality.
“I feel it’s a role you’ve to grow into and I feel like I’ve done that the last couple of years where I understand football a lot more and look at it in a different way,” he said.
“I enjoy my centre time but I feel this is a different challenge for me.
“Me and Chez (Cherry-Evans) are always talking about it and we stay back and practice kicking and even game plans.
“It’s like I’m learning a whole new game.”
THE RORT IS UP
SEA Eagles dynamic duo Jake and Tom Trbojevic scored another victory last weekend over a couple of former Kangaroo forwards on the golf course.
The brothers and some of their mates were in a team called The Fort who took on the long-established group known as The Rort that included well-known northern beaches football identities Max Kriilch and Donny McKinnon, at the Monash club.
In the battle of the old bulls verses the young bulls, The Fort were the winners.
DOGS ARE BARKING
THE Avalon Bulldogs are into the NSW Rugby League Combined Competition grand final after their 26-10 win over the Cromer Kingfishers in their northern beaches major semi-final.
“Our whole forward pack opened them up with our backline chiming in when needed,” said Bulldogs coach Matt Eding.
Minor premiers Cromer now play the Merrylands Rams in Sunday afternoon’s preliminary final at Ferretville