Former Wigan forward Quentin Pongia has signed as a
Rehabilitation officer for 2009 for the Green Machine, and will also double as the Toyota Cup Strength and Conditioning Coach
Pongia returns to Canberra with plenty of credentials, and has spent the past few years under the tutelage of Frank Endacott at English club Widnes, studying long and hard to obtain his goal of returning to the NRL.
Raiders CEO Don Furner said it was great for the culture of the club to have Pongia on board from next year, and the club was definitely moving in the right direction.
"To have Quentin on the coaching staff next year gives the Raiders another experienced member of what is shaping up as a great coaching team," Furner said. "There's no doubt he will be brining fresh and new ideas to the club which will be encouraging for the players going forward."
shawcross da warrior wrote:normally see him on ashfield park doing his private conditioning work with people...
good luck to him he knows what hes on about...
Wish we'd have got him
Anyone can support a team when it is winning, that takes no courage.
But to stand behind a team, to defend a team when it is down and really needs you,
that takes a lot of courage. #18thMan
Given that IL stated Mike Forshaw has too much to do on his own, surely we are looking to strengthen that department. This begs the question, why didn't we get him?
He was at the Wakefield game last week, and the thought crossed my mind then that maybe he was going to join the backroom team.
“Usually the fans that abuse players like Sam have never done anything of any note themselves. They’re nobodies, whose greatest claim to fame is abusing someone who has, and these so-called ‘Eddie the Experts’ pretend to their mates that they have."
