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Watch: Ex-NRL cult hero scores a try on Japan Rugby League One debut

Valynce Te Whare scores on debut for Blue Revs

Former Dolphins NRL center Valynce Te Whare has scored a try on debut for the Shizuoka Blue Revs in the Japan Rugby League One.

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The 24-year-old New Zealand-born player starred off the bench in a close 15-13 victory over the Brodie Retallick-led Kobelco Kobe Steelers in Iwata, Japan.

Te Whare replaced Damian Markus in the 60th minute, scoring within three minutes of coming onto the field.

The replacement utility back received a short inside ball from reserve hooker Richmond Tongatama that put Te Whare through the Steeler’s defence, before stepping an oncoming defender and then beating the fullback for pace on the outside.

The game was hanging in the balance after 109-Test All Black Brodie Retallick crossed the line in the first half to give the Steelers the lead.

Te Whare’s second-half try turned the tables for the Blue Revs, getting them back in the game with less than 20 minutes to go in the round one match.

The Shizuoka Blue Revs substitutions early in the second half proved to be a pivotal moment in the game, providing the impact needed to overcome a strong Steelers side.

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The transition back to Rugby Union seems to have started smoothly for Te Whare, who spent most of his life playing the sport before playing a couple of years for the Dolphins in the NRL.

His Rugby League career started strongly, bursting onto the NRL scene with a double against the Cronulla Sharks at the 2023 Magic Round in Brisbane. Although the talent Te Whare holds has always been clear, he has never really staked a claim to play consistently in the NRL.

After playing 13 times for the Dolphins in 2023, he never really put consistent games together in 2024 to get into Wayne Bennett’s top team.

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Te Whare has constantly fought back and tried to get back into playing after Bennett called for him to get “fitter” in order to be back in contention for a starting place.

Heading into the 2024 NRL season, Te Whare was sent by Dolphins staff to a personal boot camp in order to get his weight under control, that was key to Wayne Bennett’s decision to send him away before the season starts.

Bennett told media ahead of the season that Te Whare wasn’t up to NRL fitness standards.

‘I’ve sent Val away to get fitter – that’s the situation,’ Bennett told News Corp in late 2023.

In a new journey in rugby union, Te Whare will be hoping to regain confidence, look for constant game time and showcase his skillset in a new professional pathway for Te Whare.

 

 


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Like everywhere in Europe, seasons run August to May and it’s all club driven. School sports don’t really exist like in NZ or the UK. Even the U7s and us oldies playing walking rugby play a full season. We just have more weeks off because of school holidays, or when the pitch is frozen. Like elsewhere in Europe, the league is a pyramid, so every club can make it to the top tier. Top clubs are semi-pro. Some clubs are part of the development programmes of French pro clubs, next to the six academies (for boys and girls) the union runs. It won’t surprise you that of the Dutch rep teams, about half of those groups play in France. It raised the bar. Players that don’t make it improve the level of the local league when they come back and the ones that do improve the national team. They beat Chile last November and are still in with a chance to make it to the WC in Australia. Women are in the WXV. Still tough because other REC countries, like Spain, Portugal and Belgium are getting better because they have similar setups as Holland does. Look up the REC game highlights on youtube, the level is pretty good.

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Where is the new breed of All Black 10?

These kids have been playing in leagues comparable to SR, not the NPC. The NPC is not even comparable to the ProD2. It’s too short, not as competitive and there are (usually) no test players in that comp. The Euro Cup is not a level up for top French sides and Leinster, it’s just a different comp. The SA sides that moved over to the URC all got eliminated from the Euro Cup by the way.


The evidence the NPC is not on par is in the U20 WC. SH sides haven’t won it since 2017. Our U20s got blown away by France when it mattered. Guys like Attisogbe, Gazzotti and Louis BB were in those sides. They were Top14 regulars at the time and are test players now. Many of the others play in the ProD2. In the Top 14 they play against teams that, looking at their roster, are test teams when at full strength. You don’t get that anywhere in NZ. Our players aren’t less talented, they just need to play at a level that really challenges them. The NPC is not it and SR is too short a comp.


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