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Now dominating Australia's NRL rugby league competition as a prop for the Melbourne Storm, this giant lock from Wellington New Zealand was perhaps the most sought-after schoolboy talent during his first fifteen stint at Wellington College.
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@Saiyan4eva 3 года назад

Big nasty now playing for The most successful team in the NRL and is an absolute beast one of the most dominant forwards in the game...👊🏽💪🏾✊🏾

@Intergalatikk 3 года назад

💯💯💯

@renegadeone2058 3 года назад

Oath 💪

@turtlescuhh7899 3 года назад

Right now yes, but all time Rabbitohs!! Hands down, most premierships ever won

@Saiyan4eva 3 года назад

@@turtlescuhh7899 The Storm has only been in the NRL since 1998 and won the premiership the following year no one else has won as many titles as them since they were introduced....

@turtlescuhh7899 3 года назад

@@Saiyan4eva fair point, all though I am Rabbitohs fan, the storms are an amazing team & have been dominant since they have joined they have joined the NRL! Still Rabbitohs all the way haha

@vincentlapoublade6239 3 года назад

Made for League . No doubt . Even playing Union he got League skills .

@kobidog4432 3 года назад

He will go back to union that's were his dream's at

@christiantasidaily 3 года назад

No such thing, they’re all transferable skills within footy

@s.2483 Год назад

@@kobidog4432 he resigned with Storm last week

@Apbt-rv7zw 3 года назад

Looks like he really enjoyed playing rugby, he is so gifted and I think rugby probably tested him more with his over all skill set. Rugby Leagues gain, shame we lost him... wonder if he will ever switch back? Have a chat to SBW

@ehhhhh8874 3 года назад

Tested more 🙃 yeh sureeeeee

@vereimirinakama9277 2 года назад

@@ehhhhh8874 what he's basically trying to say is, rugby union is highly technical and you'll need to use more tactics than you do in league

@Trajan2401 Год назад

@@ehhhhh8874 ,league is very one dimensional and repetitive not a lot of intelligence involved

@thvtsydneylyf3th077 Год назад

he should be coming back very soon

@paperboy...8667 11 месяцев назад

@@Trajan2401 Lol 💩👹⛏️😎

@johnwick6423 3 года назад

This is why storm import there forwards from Kiwi land

@tinasherusike7458 3 года назад

There is no one rugby union like Big Nasty. He is a bigger giant right now at over 130kg 6'8 but also his incredible workrate, speed and power for such a massive unit.

@bakivaotuua9120 3 года назад

Will Skelton 6'8, 140kgs Kiwi born Samoan as well. Former Wallaby

@gus-qj2mp 3 года назад

yeah ummm theres plenty

@JTO790 2 года назад

Eben Etzebeth and Will Skelton match him easy

@tinasherusike7458 2 года назад

@@JTO790 They are slow. They don't have the speed that NAS has

@tinasherusike7458 2 года назад

@@JTO790 In fact rugby league coaches advised Skelton to play union because he lacked the mobility to play league

@jamesgreen9611 3 года назад

A special talent, will be a world class talent in the next few years,

@ajmuss856 3 года назад

Watching him play school boy rugby was the same as when i saw Lomu play for Wesley College

@jnic2165 Год назад

Wow ! A league / Union video where the comments haven't decended into a code war. It's good too see 😊 FYI Big Nasty my favourite NRL player to watch. Absolute beast.

@connormaguire8909 3 года назад

he has the perfect build for a rugby league prop, that slightly more athletic build which allows for more speed

@DinkyDiTruBlu Год назад

Big powerful and athletic.. can't doubt his ability or potential

@aliredaaljiboori3011 3 года назад

I met him in person and wow he was huge he towers over everyone

@Nate-on5xm 3 года назад

The best investment by the Mighty Storm

@bFORCe2003 3 года назад

Reckon he'll go good if he folllows RTS to union, hes got the height.

@bernardguynunns5658 Год назад

My son played in the Wgtn College U15s with NAS. Lovely kid with great manners but definitely suited better to league.

@richo1967 3 года назад

He'll be back 4 black don't fret Go hard young bro ✊😎

@hartleypike162 3 года назад

I think you mean "lost to rugby league" ? He now plays for the melbourne storm

@finn54123 3 года назад

Did they change it?

@hartleypike162 3 года назад

@@finn54123 yeah now updated

@terryevans2265 Год назад

St Paul’s College was once the top rugby school in Auckland, with the likes of Bernie Fraser, Colin Farrell and Mark Graham in their first XV. Then they stepped up a gear and became a rugby league conveyer belt.

@Colinthediver 3 года назад

Could be the next brad Thorne brad came to union in his 30s late 20s Nelson got plenty of time he’s only 25 so I wouldn’t say he’s lost he can be brought back in and be nice to see him in a hurricanes jersey

@fletmok3548 3 года назад

What a gain that would be

@Tongandingo1 2 года назад

Hurricanes couldn't afford the bloke to be honest

@SilentHotdog28 2 года назад

Na, I'm happy that he's at Storm haha. Keep him in League, he is an absolute unit.

@JohnyTuff1 3 года назад

Amazing

@thouia4660 3 года назад

The mic man says he looks like he likes running with the ball in hand, and he talks about how his team gives him quality ball to do so... What a man, talks his team up, not himself. Impressive

@SilentHotdog28 2 года назад

He is very humble, even though he has had off field issues.

@warriorsfan1602 3 года назад

Big Nas....one of my fav players along with RTS

@RedTerrorist13 3 года назад

@Deon Botes are you sure about that

@kevinyowait2463 2 года назад

All NZ rugby players are hard to tackle, seriously. He is just like the great legend, Johnna Lomu. Kevin Papua New Guinea

@mkg5048 Год назад

He doesnt look as massive as he does in rugby as he does in league, this guy an absolute boss league player tho forsure

@haydnlovie3855 Год назад

He was always a league man

@SilentHotdog28 2 года назад

At 15 he was bigger and taller than an average grown man, that is ridiculous. His team just had to pass him the ball and it was gg.

@dxfifa Год назад

Most pro rugby players are lmao, especially polynesians. The average fit grown man is like 5'10" and 80kg

@DinkyDiTruBlu Год назад

Seen him throwing hands on his little bali shindig..bloke can throw em proper

@PK-bh2sr 3 года назад

This guy is beast!!!

@dallasmaru8703 2 года назад

Best forward in nrl

@avebac1 3 года назад

Deep inside the ultimate dream is always to be an All black

@amilund5121 3 года назад

Every kiwis dream

@KwisBwown 3 года назад

kiwis dream bro. All Blacks best in the world. Best sporting team. all the Kiwi women dreaming of you.

@mcsmooth69 3 года назад

Hopefully 🤞

@mobobrien2628 Год назад

@@KwisBwown Ah if you only had foresight.

@KwisBwown Год назад

@@mobobrien2628 wish i was an All Black bro - they re losers now but Kiwi girls still wont to have there babies. far out man.

@8weapons Год назад

he was a way more rounded player back then...now he's just a battering ram for the storm...what a shame

@npd6225 3 года назад

Still probably better than the wallaby locks even though he hasn’t played Union in years 😂

@boloking7717 3 года назад

Probably not

@GR-bl1yq 3 года назад

yeah looks probably doubt that considering nelson was moved around weekly his set piece work wasn't great, also wallabies have some decent locks...If nelson played union professionally it would be at 6 or 8.

@enemyofthestate357 2 года назад

he's barely a top 20 prop in the nrl even though he was a very average rugby player 🙂👍

@chickennugget6985 3 года назад

Go Melbourne Storm 🏆

@bizzybeebs2200 Год назад

Abz need him.. cracking number 8 for 2024 world cup

@niwapurkis6072 3 года назад

He played for my school

@smoovegaming7340 3 года назад

Haha Good on yah Nelson , beast today but man..you were a scrub growing up in Upper Hutt lol ..I remember Pride slapping you around..nothing but the best kid 💪🏽

@RaneetaFailua15 Год назад

He can always come back like Joe Suaalii

@cooperhaynes2691 Год назад

Suaalii played league than went to a private school that plays union that’s why he has a union background

@jackweta 3 года назад

monsters all over nz 👏

@Changedagain 3 года назад

@Deon Botes poor deon lost his job....mrs....dog and cat 2 a kiwi. Pray for deon botes.....botes lol da faaahk

@bozenamaciejewska7205 2 года назад

What a grubby Kent

@johnbroadbelt 3 года назад

Codec for both versions of the game

@AntzTKO13 3 года назад

3:27 swinging arm

@SexAndChocolateRnB 2 года назад

BOY....did the ABS lost out on this missed opportunity he wouldve been a beast at number 8 or Blindside Flank......even occasional LOCK Rugby League has been better for it and the STORM as well.........absolute beast and a rare talent that doesnt come along everyday....... good luck in JAPAN bro......ur choice ur body......Japan dont have mandates and your making a lucrative move that what will financially support you and your family for life bless

@MichaeldeSousaCruz 3 года назад

He wasn’t lost... he was found... always has been

@thedappercook 3 года назад

You have to leave NZ ultimately if you're not All Black material or switch codes. People wonder why NZ produces and breeds such consistently good players it's because we are born bred and corn fed rugby.

@sionepahulu7806 Год назад

He'll be back to play in the all blacks plus more perks playing for the all blacks

@stupippel4190 Год назад

NZ needs to lure this dude back

@thvtsydneylyf3th077 Год назад

nas might be on his way back to rugby

@garethdavies996 Год назад

Can he tackle now?

@granvilleheights3411 3 года назад

Could be ABs answer at 6.

@priehowell8825 Год назад

Rugby leagues gain Would have been wasted in union

@tykat7327 2 года назад

Best League prop in the World as of this date!

@JP-rv6hg Год назад

That happens everyday in Oz!

@iomaalo5596 2 года назад

This game from 2009 I think

@kidkay2042 Год назад

Its like he was playing rugby league from the get go.

@Albertouy 3 года назад

For a guy that tall he gets a lot of high tacklee

@MrAhuapai Год назад

I think he would be a 6 or 8 in Union

@jackfry 2 года назад

they really goofed up whoever thought putting him at lock was his ideal position. He is the perfect number 8

@dxfifa Год назад

How many number 8s are 2m tall?

@jgus4312 Год назад

4 more years at storm

@gregoryleroy5646 3 года назад

Nah...just watching these videos it seems he was made for rugby league.

@pdaddy4898 3 года назад

title should say rugby league

@Tom-lm2tc 2 года назад

Bloody tall for a number 8

@ItsMattMax Год назад

NZ Schoolboys Rugby>>>>

@tv2671 3 года назад

Could have replaced Read

@isaiahonesi3987 3 года назад

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@ItzCoopzFtw Год назад

And now, Eddie Jones is reportedly looking to poach him from league to play in the Wallabies.

@karlsamuels-richmond1770 Год назад

Stop playing the background music. The story gets lost

@JrRyder44 2 года назад

Not so much of a big loss. We have so much talents back home that turn out to be All Blacks

@MusMasi 3 года назад

15 looks 30 lol damn thats a bit unfair but I am guessing he was playing 17-18 year olds in this video and still dwarfing them :P.

@r3dwulfbeats13 3 года назад

Lost to rugby league?? Like it isn't good enough 🤣 or I'm I overthinking it? More like rugby lost. Rugby league gain

@paulmitchell6485 3 года назад

Wow. Just wow

@superhoriguy3164 3 года назад

Overthinking it. massive gain for league hes still got time to be an all black

@Sulu-sw3zo 3 года назад

Yeah, as a union follower the video of this title is appalling. It's not 1952. Have some respect about another code. A better headline for this video would have been, "College rugby highlights of Melbourne Storm rugby league star, Nelson Asofa-Solomona".

@nathanfotualii2676 3 года назад

Your comment doesn't make sense . The title means rugby lost him to rugby league that's all my bro

@nathanfotualii2676 3 года назад

Overthinking it bro. But to answer your question rugby union is the most popular game by far worldwide . Fact: rugby league is only a national sport in one country, Papua new guinea

@clivecartwright5116 3 года назад

He just went to a game that would bring him on further than union would ever do. He'll probably go back when he's ready to retire.

@aaronweastell9984 2 года назад

Na. He wanted to be lazy so play league. Only have to play a few minutes a game

@clivecartwright5116 2 года назад

@@aaronweastell9984 lazy 😂 a prop in league can make more running meters than a whole union team over 80 mins.

@aaronweastell9984 2 года назад

@@clivecartwright5116 keep dreaming son... on a global scale rugby dominates league... and to be honest league is a bit boring to watch... so very predictable.. run it up..go to ground... go back roughly 10 metres and do the same thing again. Not much action in that!

@clivecartwright5116 2 года назад

@@aaronweastell9984 boring 😂 football is more popular than rugby. Doesn't mean it's a better sport. You stick to the slow game and I'll stick to the faster more athletically challenging one.

@aaronweastell9984 2 года назад

@@clivecartwright5116 no worries mate ... i will stick to the guys that have all the skills.... i thought you were talking about league not soccer

@hanlens_on_hiatus 3 года назад

What an All Black he could have been

@enemyofthestate357 2 года назад

could have been one of the best super rugby reserves ever no doubt 🙂👍

@jennytalls402 3 года назад

Jeeepers he huge

@Teddy_Jones0323 3 года назад

😲😱💪🔥🤜💯🤛

@elonmusk2.031 3 года назад

Pisses me off that he went to the storm

@batiannolte Год назад

the guy is at least in his mid 20's... definitely not 15 😂

@paulthomson2288 Год назад

well that was disappointing expecting some sort of discussion but just highlight package of some dude who went to league and will never be in a lineout

@maverick4177 3 года назад

Head high tackles on a man that big? When will people ever learn They need Folding in half a cupla times in a game, they stop doing then 👍🏻

@rhodrijenkins102 3 года назад

Tackling so poor throughout the video

@roadrunner7746 3 года назад

True Giant Play for the next All blacks World cup ?? Next Jonah for All blacks !!!

@merlin5420 Год назад

Just what the All Blacks need some no fkn around go forward

@vailevi7869 Месяц назад

Good tight end for american football, make millions too

@aaronweastell9984 3 года назад

Rugby league was only made for players that couldnt cut it in rugby. True story.

@abc-ke2yq 3 года назад

Just like you could not cut it

@jake567100 3 года назад

Rugby league players would eat you alive. Also didn’t Laumape play for the all blacks after struggling to play for the warriors who are a bottom of the ladder team? Different skills for different codes

@aaronweastell9984 3 года назад

@@jake567100 i am just the messenger. League was invented for the people that just didn't have the required skill level to reach the top. Sorry. Just the way it is.

@aaronweastell9984 3 года назад

@@abc-ke2yq was not talking about me. i broke my knee so league or rugby wasn't for me. He is a great athlete but not a great rugby player

@jake567100 3 года назад

@@aaronweastell9984 league was actually invented so the best union players could be paid. Israel Falou was the 5th best player in his domestic league club, never played union before and became the best fullback in the game after 1 year lol

@freelancerconverse4413 3 года назад

Should’ve stayed with Union make more $ and travel the world. Now you travel to UK and PNG 😩

@bennadrala4255 3 года назад

Couldn't be more right

@amatmc8319 3 года назад

Can only make more money in union if he went to england, france or japan. In the nrl he is making double what he would make playing union in nz

@freelancerconverse4413 3 года назад

@@amatmc8319 I highly doubt Solomona would be on the average $200k NZ super rugby contract. Of his caliber playing the way he is he would be the higher pay bracket making the same and more.

@docgonzales 3 года назад

He makes more money playing league, also league players in Australia are way more famous in their community than any union player is in the UK , europe or Australia.