Willie Peters

Not the one who's going to steal the headlines, but gets through his work, doesn't put a foot wrong.

And So Willie Peters needs those kind of players, particularly you've got to remember the Chiefs are going to be in this environment, pretty hostile for opposing clubs, but they're also going to be traveling a lot.

They're going to need switched on guys who have their head on their shoulders and that butcher is one of those.

Yeah.

yeah it was great to actually look and see it with my own eyes because I didn't really have any preconceived ideas and I sort of wanted to do a piece from the perspective of if I'm a potential rugby league player or staffer thinking about heading over there, what's it like? So while I was on the plane, before I'd even arrived, I put a whole lot of questions down on a bit of paper like, you know, what's the accommodation like? Is it easy to move around? How much does it cost to go get groceries? What's the temperature like? All of those sorts of things.

I've tried to give a bit of a perspective and also talking, of course, to guys like Willie Peters and Michael Chamis, what you're signing up for, because we know that they're a tax-free dollar, but there's a reason why they're being offered.

It's a very, very different lifestyle.

Camp NRL, is it close to being finished? Or when you're talking about accommodation, did you have a look at where it's being built and what are they up to in terms of the buildings?

And some of them are going back and forth.

Not all of them are there full-time.

You've got to remember that Willie Peters only arrived in the country... he'd taken the job sight unseen.

He'd only arrived the Friday before the jersey presentation and unveiling.

Interestingly, the team, the Kangaroos team to play the Cook Islands came out this afternoon and Walker has lost out in the halfback battle with Tom Dearden for that match.

So could this whole contract saga have been a factor? I guess we'll have to find out later through coach Kevin Walters.

We'll get the latest shortly with Sydney Morning Herald reporter Christian Nicolucci.

Now, the Walker News even blew away the Hudson Young story at the Raiders, which we spoke about on last night's program.

I was going to say respected, then I thought I better not.

Hey, I want to get your take on the Sam Walker situation.

Firstly, though, I want to play some audio from his roosters coach, Trent Robinson, who appeared on Channel 7's Agenda Setters program last night, just before the news broke.

These things aren't difficult.

He has reported from the coalface a very honest account.

And I must say, the people he's spoken to, very honest from Willie Peters and co, and indeed from Michael Shamus, that this is not going to be for everyone.

This is what Adrian Projenko said about living arrangement and how P&G are trying to sell what they have to the players.

Have a listen.

20 years.

But the fact that that sentiment is still...

Even by their coach, Willie Peters has said, this will not be for everyone.

Michael Shemmes has put, this will not be for everyone.

He has reported from the coalface a very honest account.

And I must say, the people he's spoken to, very honest from Willie Peters and co, and indeed from Michael Shamus, that this is not going to be for everyone.

This is what Adrian Projenko said about living arrangement and how P&G are trying to sell what they have to the players.

Have a

LAUGHTER Actually, I might ring my mate.

Surely Willie Peters will get some tickets.

Papua New Guinea, wouldn't he? He's the king over there now.

We'll see how we go.

LAUGHTER Actually, I might ring my mate.

Surely Willie Peters will get some tickets.

Papua New Guinea, wouldn't he? He's the king over there now.

We'll see how we go.