Boom recruit Vilikesa Raboiliku confident Wests can break sixteen-year drought
After more than a decade and a half away from the Grand Final, Wests’ Vilikesa Raboiliku believes the whole club is ready to claim another premiership against UQ at Suncorp Stadium.
“For the club, I think last time we won was 2006 and this whole week has been family, members and old boys coming to training to watch us,” Raboiliku told Rugby News.
“We set some goals at the start of the year to reach the final but we never really got too focused on that.”
The Bulldog’s inside centre has been a revelation since making the move from Norths last season.
In just his second season of premier grade football, Raboiliku has proven a major asset throughout Wests’ minor premiership winning season.
“Coming from Norths and straight into the final the next year has been so exciting.”
“The culture and peopled around it are really different, it’s very family orientated.”
Wests’ hulking inside centre has been through his share of adversity during his short