Brutal vision of a young Payne Haas shows why NSW enforcer was destined to be famous from a young age: ‘Bro needed five people to take on him’
- Images of Haas as a teenager surface
- The opponent needed five players to tackle him
- NSW forward emulated Glenn Lazarus
Footage has surfaced of a teenage Haas terrorizing football teams in his younger years before being signed to the NRL by the Brisbane Broncos.
The rampaging attacker cuts through the line at his leisure, and at one point the opposing team must push up to five players against him to stop his damaging runs.
“Bro needed 5 people to tackle him,” one commenter on TikTok said
“They thought they had him but he was tackled to the side, they went flying but he didn’t,” added another.
“Nothing scarier than a super strong guy with speed,” said another.
“That just shows me that even if it’s a brick wall, Haas makes it run straight. Such a beast then and now,” posted another.
Haas will be more than a handful for Queensland in the second State of Origin game next Wednesday in Brisbane
The Broncos star has become the game’s best prop – and showed that promise from an early age
Since making his NRL debut for the Brisbane Broncos in 2018, Haas has consistently proven himself to be a formidable force on the pitch.
In 2021 he made no less than 5042 running meters, an average of 168 running meters per game.
This season, the raging Broncos prop is averaging 192 yards per game, including 72 post-contact yards and has a tackle efficiency of nearly 98 percent.
He will be the lynchpin of the NSW forward next week and Suncorp Stadium will have no qualms after playing there for the Broncos for five years.
Haas also shows off a new weapon, his offload, which he developed by channeling his idol Glenn ‘Brick With Eyes’ Lazarus.
The raging Brisbane Broncos forward has mimed his game on the great Glenn Lazarus, pictured right with Alfie Langer
‘Yes, Lazo’ is the man. He’s one of the greatest props of all time,” Haas said.
“It’s hard to replicate what he did, but I know how dominant he was.
“I feel like I put a release in my game and that’s coming for me this year. ‘
Former Keebra Park coach Glen Campbell said he could always see traits of Lazarus in Haas, even at a young age.
“Lazarus had a big body, a big engine and played big minutes, just like Payne is now.
“We had big boys, but some of them could only play at their best for six minutes. Payne did it all game.
Payne can run for days. He once lined up for the 800 meters at a district carnival and won it. We’d never seen anything like it before… a front row attacker beating specialist 800m runners.”