'Next Suaalii'' makes call after NRL bidding frenzy

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The Dolphins person yet won a conflict against rugby league's large boys - implicit the contention to motion the champion 14-year-old successful the country.

Half the clubs successful the NRL, including the Broncos, Titans, Rabbitohs and Tigers, were hopeless to motion Kingston Seve - a youngster regarded by bully judges arsenic the adjacent Joseph Suaalii.

Souths and the Tigers adjacent flew the youngster to Sydney from his Gold Coast location to amusement him astir their facilities.

But successful the end, the teen and his parents decided his aboriginal laic with Wayne Bennett and the NRL's caller chums.

"He's an astonishing endowment and astatine 14 is already arsenic large arsenic Latrell Mitchell," Seve's manager Mario Tartak told Wide World of Sports.

"I've ne'er had a kid connected my books who was successful truthful overmuch demand.

"In Queensland, they respect him arsenic the champion young endowment successful the state, and Wayne and (Dolphins recruitment manager) Peter O'Sullivan were ace keen to motion him, and that clinched it."

Seve has been awarded a afloat assistance to Southport School connected the Gold Coast - to play rugby union.

But his aboriginal lies successful league and, erstwhile helium completes his schooling, helium volition articulation the Dolphins successful the anticipation of pursuing successful Roosters star's Suaalii's footsteps.

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