I'm not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world.
I had to prove everything because I was coming from Milan, and nobody knew me. I was a young talent who hadn't done anything, so I had it all to prove and all to do.
There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.
The NRL is not an easy gig, but they have some good talent, some good youngsters coming through.
The only way to learn writing is by writing. Talent, as charming as it sounds, amounts to no more than 12 per cent of the process. Work is 80 per cent. The remaining 8 per cent is 'luck' or 'zeitgeist' - in short, things that are not in our hands.
