Union can come to a stop before the fly half gets the ball out compared to our six agains etc they may struggle with the constant running. My main problem is their acceleration is terrible. Our props are very mobile these days laterally for defence and speed off the mark to take advantage of a strong run/play the ball. Would require a huge off season or two to change their body type.
There's definitely players that can transition between both codes, not as often the Union props/hooker, rarely, maybe from juniors as they need time to adapt, years.
Front rowers are a rare commodity. I would have thought Gus would have wanted longer tenure otherwise other clubs will be able be recruiting early post trials.
I think you’re right. Gus is waiting for the player market dynamics to come into play so that we can snare some further middle coverage ($400 - $600k recruit).
I think we could have got two very good first grade props by now, not top props but very good ones, that would have been a big improvement and not expensive until the right marquee came along. Anyway we need to leave to the experts I think.
Exactly everyone wanted a top 3 prop in the game but what was wrong with two top 20 props!
True. There are 34 starting props plus each team has at least 1-2 props on bench. The tops teams also have some very very good props that not always make the game day squads. I can think of a few of props that don’t always make their club’s game day squads who would make an impact with us
Would love Griffin Neame, but that's a pipe dream.
Out of necessity King did play with injuries I know that for a fact, he needs to add few KGs to his weight, remember he come to us while recovering from bad foot injury that nearly ended his career, none the less he showed courage and determination, I wish I could say the same about the other two, behind Foran they were the biggest waste of cap space.
You're right, signed with the Cowboys until the end of 2025, plus he's a Kiwi so more likely to go to the Warriors to replace AFB.
How do you propose we do that? Do you think there hasnt been any talks behind the scenes.
Agree on the acceleration, not as prominent compared to NRL players but there are exceptions to the rule and having a 10-15m separation, they’re going to have far more room than they do in Union, I still think they would be able to handle the transition - most guys coming through either code are pure athletes nowadays
Wow aggressive little creature aren’t you
You don’t get it
You really don’t get it