Tyler Moriarty

[The Brain]

Ok..so last year saw the kid play in a few games and a few before he got injured. One game recently when he came back.Not sure how he ended up in good form or not.
My own view this kid is another Harry Grant plus some.
Talk of bags smith getting the flick and us trying to get Robson from Cowboys.
Who knows more about his progress?He was supposed to debut this year in first but injury screwed that.
Is he the goods?

["gaz"]

I believe he is right on the verge of making his debut,
He has been identified as a major player for us going forward and I agree his potential as a rake could be better than Harry Grant
I would not be surprised if he wore No9 or 14 in round one

Going forward our 6 7 and 9 on Robbo's current plan
6 S Smith
7 Walker
9 Moriarty

[takethe 2]

I don’t watch as much lower grades as I’d like to. So I’m not sure how good this kid is but he seems to be talked about in high regards.

I hope he gets to first grade this year and shows us what he can do. This year more than most in recent history for our club requires our young stars to come through. Looking forward to seeing them shine!!

["gaz"]

We have a number of very talented players coming through our Pathways and Academy systems.
Some are now ready for first grade.

Maybe its use them or lose them

["gaz"]

https://www.zerotackle.com/tyler-mor...jersey-207130/

Ethan Lee Chalk
April 2, 2024 - 12:41pm

The Sydney Roosters will enter a new generation at the end of the season, with multiple players deciding to leave Bondi.

However, this allows a new breed of players to enter the ranks and cement a spot in the first-grade side.

Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (retirement) and Joseph Suaalii (rugby union) have confirmed they won't play at the club next season, while all reports indicate that the trio of Angus Crichton (rugby union), Joseph Manu

(rugby union) and Daniel Tupou (retirement) will follow them out of the door.

The departures of several key players are always difficult for teams, but the Roosters pose one of the best academies in the NRL. One of these players to successfully come out of the Sydney Roosters Academy is hooker Tyler Moriarty.

The Roosters have so much faith in Moriarty that they extended his contract at the backend of 2023 for a further two years and promoted him to the Top 30 roster, despite being injured for most of last season.

"It's given me a lot of confidence and faith. I'm grateful for the faith they've put in me (and) to re-sign me while I was injured," Moriarty told Zero Tackle.

Originally a junior from the Central Coast, Moriarty began playing for the Central Coast Roosters in 2019, where he was used in the halves as a five-eighth and halfback.

He would then compete in the SG Ball Cup and Jersey Flegg Cup for the Sydney Roosters on his way to earning Under-19s NSW honours.

However, in the middle of last season, he sustained an acute intervertebral disc and underwent back surgery. This would see him ruled out of the remainder of the 2023 NSW Cup.

"It hit me pretty hard and I just sort of stuck at it [the rehabilitation]. It was a lot of rehab, but coming through the other side feels really good," he said.

"I'd like to play as many games as I can and just try to stay injury-free and then hopefully (earn my) NRL debut.

"It would be pretty surreal. I've been with the Roosters since Under-15s on the Central Coast, so it'd be a hell of a feeling if I did."

Growing up, Moriarty was a Sydney Roosters fan but idolised former Melbourne Storm and representative dummy-half Cameron Smith.

In speaking about his past, he admitted he wouldn't be where he is now without Jake Friend's guidance and the help of his family.

"I've had a lot to do with Friendy coming through the academy. Friendy's my guy," Moriarty added.

"We would do heaps of video every week after every game, and now, going up training with the NRL, we've grinded a lot."

"They [my family] come to all my games," he added.

"When I finished school I pretty much moved into the Roosters academy house but they're still checking on me every day.

"Dad rings me, tells me what he thinks of my games, all that sort of stuff."

As he attempts to adapt to the speed of the NRL level, he has appeared in the opening four games of the NSW Cup this season for the Roosters - three of them starting from hooker.

Throughout these matches, he has made an impressive 146 tackles at a 98 per cent efficiency, 153 running metres, 181 passes, and played anywhere from 42 to 64 minutes, which haven't gone unnoticed by his

Roosters teammates.

"Tyler's been good. He's another Central Coast kid...he went to the same school that I went to (and) Sandon went to," Roosters utility Connor Watson said on the young hooker.

"He's good. He's young, but he works hard, (and) he's got a great work ethic and a good motor, but I think he's got that personality of like just continuing to work and gives his all for the team.

"I'm excited to see where his future lies."

["gaz"]

He played in one of the two trial games at the start of the year - here is a link to the try he scored on NRL.com

https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/02/12/...-for-moriarty/

[BTRD]

IMO, if he is a ' real ' hooker he starts.

Watson, Brandon S and even Sandon Smith are not hookers.

May as well start the rebuild asap.

[Easts75]

He won the fitness test for all forwards in the club last pre season so has a big motor

[Steggles]

IMO, if he is a ' real ' hooker he starts.

Watson, Brandon S and even Sandon Smith are not hookers.

May as well start the rebuild asap.

Gotta agree with this.

[DP1990]

Not sure what the heck the club recruitment and coaching committee are thinking these days because instead of blooding some talented young guns like Tyler (based off potential), we're targeting the likes of Reece Robson for 2026 and beyond (according to rumours) ?

Give this kid a crack in 2025 and see how he goes (if he is fit physically and looks good from a team culture perspective) then pick and stick, if he's not up to it then target someone else. Reece would demand big money (the same probably as Brandon Smith) but we could spend less + promote and back our own and then put that leftover money elsewhere. All these short-term fixes will not address our issues long-term.

Have we not seen the upside and positives of how the Panthers and Storm have been doing this and having success in recent times FFS !!!

[Rooster_Mark]

You are dreaming if you think the club is planning for Moriarty to be our long term dummy half, with the club reportedly chasing Reece Robson.

[mightyrooster]

I said a while ago this young guy is coming through and the club have been bringing him along nicely and earmarking him as a future NRL dummy half.

["gaz"]

Not sure what the heck the club recruitment and coaching committee are thinking these days because instead of blooding some talented young guns like Tyler (based off potential), we're targeting the likes of Reece Robson for 2026 and beyond (according to rumours) ?

Give this kid a crack in 2025 and see how he goes (if he is fit physically and looks good from a team culture perspective) then pick and stick, if he's not up to it then target someone else. Reece would demand big money (the same probably as Brandon Smith) but we could spend less + promote and back our own and then put that leftover money elsewhere. All these short-term fixes will not address our issues long-term.

Have we not seen the upside and positives of how the Panthers and Storm have been doing this and having success in recent times FFS !!!

I am with you on that
I expect that to happen too.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

Whoever the team ends up with in the spine next season, I hope that if these young guys are selected that they pick and stick with them. We only started to see Sammy's best last year. It'll take Sandon and Moriarty at least a few seasons to build up the experience and combos required to topple heavyweight teams. Penrith didn't win four straight overnight.

[Steggles]

Whoever the team ends up with in the spine next season, I hope that if these young guys are selected that they pick and stick with them. We only started to see Sammy's best last year. It'll take Sandon and Moriarty at least a few seasons to build up the experience and combos required to topple heavyweight teams. Penrith didn't win four straight overnight.

I agree. We need to be prepared to accept a year or two of frustration before it all clicks and we reap the benefits. Is the Chookpen prepared to wait that long?