Future Focus: Henco van Wyk | The Centre of Attention | Rugby Tribute 2021 

I wish an under 20 comp took place this year. Anyone from the island in this age bracket to keep an eye on?

@@NextGenXV , I was expecting to see more of Etonia Bainivalu in New Zealand’s Aotearoa Under 20 Championship this year.Got a scholarship there at age 16 in 2017, has been in the Crusaders development team since. Somehow he wasn’t named in their under 20s.Another is Inia Tabuavou, now with Racing, both players play center/wing.This two are overseas based players. Will have to wait until the revised Oceania Under 20 takes place to see our local based players, for now, I can only guess. Forwards: Onisimo Yabaki - a big powerful number 8.His school, QVS, won our national school championship in 2019. Full Match is on my channel. Ilikimi Torosi Naruma - A versatile loose forward got a lot of speed. Was part of that RKS winning team at the Sanix Japan in 2018. Backs: Viliame Nakiusa - burst out from nowhere. Was the best center in our recent local club under 20 championship. Michael Ofati - a modern midfielder we been struggling to produce. Has good passing skills. Everoni Korobiau - fly half/fullback. Very agile.

Surely depends on if he is left or right handed ?

and that's the benchmark for talent? lol

Yazeed don't be a dick it's probably just an extrs observation

@@siyabongamaphumla6763 Just stating there is more to it than running good lines. Won’t you agree Siya?

@@yazeedvanwyk1547 he was better than you you fool mountain goat

Absence from it has helped a bit lol

He’s 20 years old, so time to put on a bit of size. I agree to an extent with what you are saying but I feel it’s important to distinguish between core strength and weight - look at Kolbe as a case in point. Running lines, instinct and reading the game on Henco’s level and at his age are unheard of, he is years ahead of his peers., but i would say if he is truly to flourish he needs an inside Centre who will really complement his style of play, someone who isn’t flash and exists purely to take the ball up and help put him into space.

He is already a rounded player - eye for a gap, serious off-loading capabilities, strong on his legs, dont stop in the tackle and heat seeking in defence. Great heart. Although talented, his size counts against him. The Kolbe's of this world are very rare. He has a great rugby future ahead, just dont think it is in the backline. If he can bulk up he would make a great flanker in mould of a Brussouw.

Talent is clear and deserving of a video. Was more curious really about why NextGenXV chose him in particular to make a video over all the other prospects as they don't make these kinds of tribute videos very often. I don't know much about South African rugby but there are some young players players I see who are genetic freaks and have the size thrown in as well with the talent and if they stay fit I think to myself that guy is gonna win world player of the year some day. Like Jan-Hendrik Wessels for example. Just seems to be from a different planet.

@@dalenewton9697 have done a video on Jan-Hendrik and several others, chose to do one on Henco because we wanted to do one years ago but another channel has a bit of a Henco obsession and we couldn’t get a break ... when we realized they wouldn’t stop doing Henco videos we threw caution to the wind and just did it. Other players will be done of course but we need some rugby played firsr

Allende and henshaw are both 6’3 roughly which contributes majorly to their weight. That being said ALB is only 94/95 kg. You’ve got to consider his weight relative to his height (I’m pretty sure he’s around 5’11 or 1.8m tall). If he bulked up just another 2 or 3 kg his weight would be perfect for his height and position. 95kg packed into a 5’11 frame with speed is much harder to deal with that 100kg packed into a 6’3 frame

Lions/Wits

Not really. You could clearly see that he was struggling to get away from some of the players in these clips, but was strong enough to hold them off. It's his overall game which is very impressive.

@@Rafael-xt1nm fair point, I see what you mean. He looks like he could be an 8th man, he's pretty quick for someone his size. His power is out of the question

I agree. Not a Danie Gerber. Too unstable in his running. Falls over his own feet too much.

Jy lyk nou stupid as jy gisteraand se game gekyk het teen Cardiff. Hy staan tog uit tussen die groot manne. Selfs die walliese kan nie genoeg oor hom praat nie.