In another life, Leilani Latu wouldve been just another big dog.But ahead of Sundays NRL elimination final against Canterbury, Latu will be Penriths biggest cat in a Moore Park cage full of the baddest canines out of Belmore.Ahead of his first game against his former club, the Panthers prop credits the Bulldogs for a breakout season that finally showed why many rated Latu a better prospect than David Klemmer.So impressive has the 23-year-old been at the foot of the mountains this year that he became just one of five players across the league to be handed a contract until the end of the 2020 season.And he owes most of it down to his old coaches.Everything that you see me do for Penrith, Ive learnt from the Bulldogs, especially from Jim Dymock as well, being a former ball-playing forward, Latu told AAP.Its just a credit to the program and the system theyre doing over there.Theres some big bodies over there but with the help of (assistant coach) Kelly Egan and Dymock that are training them over there, theyre very skilful as well.Latu came through a stacked Bulldogs juniors side that a string of NRL graduates, including current Bulldogs Klemmer and halfback Moses Mbye.We were all part of the originals from Harold Matts and SG Ball, Latu said.However a series of injuries, including major foot, knee and shoulder surgery, stunted Latus development and it appeared as though he would be another prospect to fall through the cracks.He played no more than a dozen games in the under-20s, and remembered thinking his career was over before it began when he was told he was free to sniff offers outside the kennel at Canterbury.At the time, no clubs were interested in me, he recalled.But then I got a phone call from Phil Gould one day and he just said I see the potential in you and I want you to come play for us.NMD Online . After a first half in which he thought "the lid was on the basket," the Toronto Raptors coach watched his squad mount a second half surge to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-91. NMD On Sale . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season. https://www.cheapnmdoutlet.com/ . Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday. George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up. NMD For Sale . William Carrier opened the scoring for Cape Breton (6-4-2), but Andrew Ryan tied the game and Brent Andrews put the Mooseheads (8-6-0) in front for good with a short-handed goal at 13:49 of the second period. NMD China . The 27-year-old Scrivens will be joining his third NHL club since signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2010. The move also reunites with him with head coach Dallas Eakins from their time together with the American Hockey Leagues Toronto Marlies.New Silver Ferns coach Janine Southby has unveiled a group of trialists for two international series this year.Twenty-eight players will undergo two days of trials in Auckland from August 15, with a squad of 12 named on August 17 to contest the inaugural Netball Quad Series. The series involves Tests against England, South Africa and Australia on both sides of the Tasman from August 27.Southby will also name a squad to face Jamaica in a three-Test series in September.There are six players each from the trans-Tasman leagues New Zealand conference champions Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic and the runners-up, the Southern Steel.Veteran centre Laura Langman, who represented the NSW Swifts this season, is the only offshore-based trialist.Two players have been pickked from the second-tier national netball league.ddddddddddddNZ trialists:Kayla Cullen, Anna Harrison, Faamu Ioane, Cathrine Tuivaiti, Maria Tutaia (Northern Mystics), Leana de Bruin, Ellen Halpenny, Kelly Jury, Jamie-Lee Price, Grace Rasmussen, Samantha Sinclair (Waikato BOP Magic), Ameliaranne Ekenasio, Katrina Grant, Phoenix Karaka, Maia Wilson (Central Pulse), Bailey Mes, Jess Moulds, Erikana Pedersen, Zoe Walker (Mainland Tactix), Gina Crampton, Shannon Francois, Jamie Hume, Storm Purvis, Te Paea Selby-Rickit, Jane Watson (Southern Steel), Laura Langman (NSW Swifts), Karin Burger, Monica Falkner (national netball league). ' ' '