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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 9:58:11 GMT
With the sad news Sam Burgess is being forced to retire with a shoulder injury surely there is a need for us to offer him a part time pay as you play deal?
I mean Moose arrived with shoulders made out of Digestives and look at the miracles we did for him.
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Post by JJR on Oct 30, 2019 10:19:32 GMT
Think he'll be ok for money on a 1M Aus a year and apparently he's keeping them to his contract, for the next 3 years. Inglis apparently didn't.
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Post by thevulcanone on Oct 30, 2019 15:42:43 GMT
If he signs for someone else they will stop paying him so not a chance.
Plus I think I read he on;y has 25% of bone in one shoulder now?
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Oct 30, 2019 20:43:09 GMT
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Post by chang on Oct 30, 2019 20:43:09 GMT
Sad day. Best British forward in my life time, It’ll upset a few but quite a lot better than Moz. That performance against NZ In the semi in 2013 WC was unbelievable.
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Post by Carnster on Oct 31, 2019 16:21:32 GMT
Sad day. Best British forward in my life time, It’ll upset a few but quite a lot better than Moz. That performance against NZ In the semi in 2013 WC was unbelievable. Morley was an enforcer, and nobody did it better, including Burgess who isn't too bad it either. Australians feared Moz like no other player. However, I feel that as talented players, Burgess was superior. |
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Oct 31, 2019 16:35:19 GMT
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Post by SalfordSlim on Oct 31, 2019 16:35:19 GMT
Sad day. Best British forward in my life time, It’ll upset a few but quite a lot better than Moz. That performance against NZ In the semi in 2013 WC was unbelievable. Morley was an enforcer, and nobody did it better, including Burgess who isn't too bad it either. Australians feared Moz like no other player. However, I feel that as talented players, Burgess was superior. I'll go with this. Hanley is/was the greatest British player I've seen in my lifetime but Sam Burgess is right up there with him. Absolute freak of a player. If only we could produce backs/halfs like we produce forwards we'd be consistently beating the Aussies when it matters. Huge shame that he's had to call it a day but he's a wealthy man and at least he'll have a comfortable retirement unlike a lot of former greats who never really got the financial rewards their talents deserved. |
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Post by Carnster on Oct 31, 2019 17:33:11 GMT
Morley was an enforcer, and nobody did it better, including Burgess who isn't too bad it either. Australians feared Moz like no other player. However, I feel that as talented players, Burgess was superior. I'll go with this. Hanley is/was the greatest British player I've seen in my lifetime but Sam Burgess is right up there with him. Absolute freak of a player. If only we could produce backs/halfs like we produce forwards we'd be consistently beating the Aussies when it matters. Huge shame that he's had to call it a day but he's a wealthy man and at least he'll have a comfortable retirement unlike a lot of former greats who never really got the financial rewards their talents deserved. Agreed. Hanley was special. |
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Post by JJR on Oct 31, 2019 17:59:35 GMT
Of those who 'worked' in Aus. How about a pack of
Moz Hodgson Graham
Ellis Burgess
Hanley
Anything better?x
EDIT!Subs
Cliff Watson
Reilly
Stevo
Dick Huddart, by reputation
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Burgess
Oct 31, 2019 18:09:17 GMT
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Post by SalfordSlim on Oct 31, 2019 18:09:17 GMT
Of those who 'worked' in Aus. How about a pack of Moz Hodgson Graham Ellis Burgess Hanley Anything better? Hodgson is the weird one for me in that list. Every time I watched him in SL and almost every time he's pulled on the England jersey he's been bang average IMO. Yet he's been voted Daily M Hooker of the year in the NRL. So either I can't spot a decent hooker (quite likely😂) or his game is suited to the NRL and he's just struggled to replicate that form in the international arena. Bit like Mike Cooper. By all accounts he was great at St George(?) but he's never stood out in SL. EDIT: just found this list online... rugbyleagueopinions.com/greatest-british-import-players-australian-rugby-league-nrl/Funny how James Graham only squeezes in at #10 yet the writer claims that Hodgson will make the top 5 in a couple of years time...😲 |
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Post by JJR on Oct 31, 2019 18:21:31 GMT
He runs the show in Aus but it must be hard to get the hooker, 2 half backs and full back playing together when you only meet up a couple of times a year.
As against Tonga half backs and hooker looked ordinary (fb dire)
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Oct 31, 2019 19:16:21 GMT
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Post by dixon13 on Oct 31, 2019 19:16:21 GMT
Of those who 'worked' in Aus. How about a pack of Moz Hodgson Graham Ellis Burgess Hanley Anything better? Hodgson is the weird one for me in that list. Every time I watched him in SL and almost every time he's pulled on the England jersey he's been bang average IMO. Yet he's been voted Daily M Hooker of the year in the NRL. So either I can't spot a decent hooker (quite likely😂) or his game is suited to the NRL and he's just struggled to replicate that form in the international arena. Bit like Mike Cooper. By all accounts he was great at St George(?) but he's never stood out in SL. EDIT: just found this list online... rugbyleagueopinions.com/greatest-british-import-players-australian-rugby-league-nrl/Funny how James Graham only squeezes in at #10 yet the writer claims that Hodgson will make the top 5 in a couple of years time...😲 Mal Reilly. |
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Post by Carnster on Nov 1, 2019 8:33:50 GMT
Of those who 'worked' in Aus. How about a pack of Moz Hodgson Graham Ellis Burgess Hanley Anything better? Hodgson is the weird one for me in that list. Every time I watched him in SL and almost every time he's pulled on the England jersey he's been bang average IMO. Yet he's been voted Daily M Hooker of the year in the NRL. So either I can't spot a decent hooker (quite likely😂) or his game is suited to the NRL and he's just struggled to replicate that form in the international arena. Bit like Mike Cooper. By all accounts he was great at St George(?) but he's never stood out in SL. EDIT: just found this list online... rugbyleagueopinions.com/greatest-british-import-players-australian-rugby-league-nrl/Funny how James Graham only squeezes in at #10 yet the writer claims that Hodgson will make the top 5 in a couple of years time...😲 As a Raiders fan I've watched all their games over the last few years and Hodgson is not only consistently good, he's absolutely integral to the team and its success. I've seen a lot of British RL fans questioning Hodgson but it's because they don't see him week in and week out. After Cam Smith, he's probably rated as the best hooker in the world. He plays in the top competition in the world and at the top end of it. Canberra play around Hodgson. He organises, makes calls, and moves them around the pitch. The reason he looks underwhelming Internationally is because GB/England are an inferior side to Canberra as things stand. Sorry if that upsets anyone, but the truth hurts sometimes. GB's problems lie with trying to get a team of individuals to play as a team. Not easy when you have way too many cooks to spoil the broth. GB the other day had Widdop and Hastings operating rigidly to left and right sides with neither able to take control and give the team direction. Coote and Widdop's kicking was awful. Hodgson tried to take the game by the scruff of the neck, but nobody was on the same page as him unfortunately. |
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