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HH#7 wrote:1. Myles 2. Hannant 3. Civoneceiva 4. Mason 5. Antonio Kaufusi 6. Laffranchi 7. Luck (no name but works very hard and has size) 8. Asotasi 9. Prince 10. Campese 11. Brett Stewart 12. Glenn Stewart 13. Hodges 14. Folau 15. Kurt Gidley
Good choice in Luck and Gidley it FB great choice also. Glen Stewart at 12 thou???
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Hendo Maroon wrote:
Good choice in Luck and Gidley it FB great choice also. Glen Stewart at 12 thou???
well i wanted a ball playing backrower at 12 coz they have a bit of size. can break tackles and playmake he was the only 1 i could think of
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HH#7 wrote:
well i wanted a ball playing backrower at 12 coz they have a bit of size. can break tackles and playmake he was the only 1 i could think of
oh ok fair enough, I jst recon he wud lack a bit too much pace to be in the backline
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Hendo Maroon wrote:
oh ok fair enough, I jst recon he wud lack a bit too much pace to be in the backline
an alternative would be campese at 12 and Thurston at 10. or, setamaita sa, greg bird or steve menzies could do it.
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bateman wrote:
well he's 36 now... and still playing league 1st grade so....
He'll be 35 in December...obviously wouldn't bring him across now, but I'm sure he would have done a good job in his time.
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phat joe wrote:
He'll be 35 in December...obviously wouldn't bring him across now, but I'm sure he would have done a good job in his time.
Precisely what I, and others have said on previous pages. At his age though, he is making an impact off the interchange bench.
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Hendo Maroon wrote:
THURSTON Height 179 cm : Weight 83 kg
GITEAU Height 178 cm : Weight 85 kg
Very similar in size, whats a couple of kgs.
PETERO Height 193 cm
HAYMAN Height 193 cm
Hayman one of the best props of the last decade and is the same height as Petero, just because the general Aussie prop is short and fat aka Matt Dunning doesnt mean all props are.
and I stand by me reasoning with having O'meley at hooker...and ur suggestions are extremely weak, Bird and Gallen can both get out of my life and Johnson would get killed in scrum time
hayman also had a good deal of weight on petro, the man was a giant! but actually that is beside the point, the props in union are arguably some of the most gifted, committed and skilled player on the field! Sounds weird i know, and no, i'm not a prop, but the hours they spend in the scrum machines, or doing wrestling training and general core work is the equivalent of the time DC spend practicing kicking. NOBODY, i don't care how big they are, could possibly expect to pack into a S14 scrum, let alone a against someone of Hayman's calibre, without years of training and practice, and expect to come out in one piece. As for guys like thurston converting/being to small, clearly according to your stats he's not and we here so often how guys are to small they'll never make it. I reckon if your good enough you are big enough, the issue is whether your body is prepared/in the right shape for the situations a new game puts you in! Giteau has been smashed in the bottom of rucks all his life, he's used to it as a small guy! Thurston though might not position himself correctly etc, and when you are 30 odd kg smaller than the bloke who is about to smash you you really do need to know what you are doing. Anyway thats my rant for this week.
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HH#7 wrote:
an alternative would be campese at 12 and Thurston at 10. or, setamaita sa, greg bird or steve menzies could do it.
can't see bird receiving to many contracts now, least of all from the ARU!
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vinno wrote:
can't see bird receiving to many contracts now, least of all from the ARU!
if he is cleared most league clubs would come knocking for him.
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vinno wrote:
can't see bird receiving to many contracts now, least of all from the ARU!
if he is cleared most league clubs would come knocking for him.
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HH#7 wrote:
if he is cleared most league clubs would come knocking for him.
maybe, but sponsors and fans remember things like that! kinda like hunt and his behavior. certainly the ARU won't be looking for any more possible "wendalls"
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when i was watching the league finals i was thinking ....you could make Crocker into a pretty good tight-head...right body shape...similar to summerville
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bateman wrote:when i was watching the league finals i was thinking ....you could make Crocker into a pretty good tight-head...right body shape...similar to summerville hows he compare in terms of weight, going out on a limb here but he looks a bit slimmer to me. Not that it necessarily means he couldn't do it but it'd be interesting.
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bateman wrote:when i was watching the league finals i was thinking ....you could make Crocker into a pretty good tight-head...right body shape...similar to summerville are you drunk mate? theyre the same height but sommerville has 16kg on Crocker!
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HH#7 wrote:
are you drunk mate? theyre the same height but sommerville has 16kg on Crocker!
that's a given jackass.. of course he'd have to bulk up.. but i see potential in him...plus he's a lot smarter than the average league forward....eg bird....webb...mason
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vinno wrote: , i don't care how big they are, could possibly expect to pack into a S14 scrum, let alone a against someone of Hayman's calibre, without years of training and practice, and expect to come out in one piece.
agree 100%
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mitchell pearce would be a gun. hes a good defender and apparently one of the fastest at the roosters. Be a good halfback/flyhalf/inside.
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zanzibar wrote:mitchell pearce would be a gun. hes a good defender and apparently one of the fastest at the roosters. Be a good halfback/flyhalf/inside. way too small for inside
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bateman wrote:when i was watching the league finals i was thinking ....you could make Crocker into a pretty good tight-head...right body shape...similar to summerville league forwards would have to be massive to prop in union and unfortunately crocker isn't it. Hes a gun player though
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jameshunter1 wrote:
way too small for inside
I guess your right to some extent but he could play as a secondary playmaker, like matt giteau used to. he wouldn't be a crash centre as he is too small
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