: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:37 pm  

he actually got about 5 minutes. came on whilst they stitched pearce back up

made a few tackles, didn't see the ball in attack (roosters only have 1 n half sets tho whilst he was on)

guess roosters where hoping for a better game, so that he could come on whilst they were winning comfortably. shows he's not far making the team at least, in a competition "thousands times better"

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:07 am  

The NRl obviously isn't 'thousands of times' better than SL - else how would you explain the likes of Sibbitt, Thorman, Mathers and now Tansey even getting a game? It is better, but not by as much as some would like everyone to believe.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:37 am  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

The NRl obviously isn't 'thousands of times' better than SL - else how would you explain the likes of Sibbitt, Thorman, Mathers and now Tansey even getting a game? It is better, but not by as much as some would like everyone to believe.

right, you've named four 'average' sl players who have played in the NRL. now do the reverse I.e name all the average nrl players who have played in England in the same period!

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:46 am  

christopher wrote:

right, you've named four 'average' sl players who have played in the NRL. now do the reverse I.e name all the average nrl players who have played in England in the same period!

He has named four below average english players who have played in the NRL.
There have been hundreds of average SL players who have played in the NRL, both before and after their SL stint.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:29 pm  

Swarcliffe Rhino wrote:

Obsessed is having to write down all your clubs achievments in your sig.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:46 pm  

christopher - I'm no SL apologist. The gap between SL and NRL is very large. The gap looks even bigger when you take a look at standards in 'second tier' compas such as the Queensland Cup. But the gap is not as big as that gbetween say the NBA and any other domestic basketball comp in the world.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:33 pm  

Just signed upto that AussieSportTV (all games for £7.50 a month online! Better than that scam Setanta are pulling) and watched Tanseys 6 minutes. He missed a block that led to a try and then was one of the players in an offside position that led to the equalising penalty.

Also watched the Wests - Storm game! What a cracker that was. Ellis was outstanding apart from his early missed oportunity when he came back inside as a try was begging. Hit hard and ran harder. Only Wests 10 was a better forward IMO.

As for the standard of the 2 leagues. The NRL has improved a lot this year and speed of the game has overtaken us with the 2 refs. Much better than what I watched last season (although there were a few decent ones). IMO it is £7.50 well spent.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:49 pm  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

The NRl obviously isn't 'thousands of times' better than SL - else how would you explain the likes of Sibbitt, Thorman, Mathers and now Tansey even getting a game? It is better, but not by as much as some would like everyone to believe.

Don't forget Gareth Ellis getting into the 'team of the week' or whatever it's called twice in a row!

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:02 pm  

Hollywood Harrigan wrote:

Just signed upto that AussieSportTV (all games for £7.50 a month online! Better than that scam Setanta are pulling) and watched Tanseys 6 minutes. He missed a block that led to a try and then was one of the players in an offside position that led to the equalising penalty.

I'd say that's dubious, I don't think Tansey is the sort of player that would be caught offside. Ask the Bulls fans

: Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:42 am  

Well done Jordan on getting your name up in lights on last night's Footy Show.

You've already overachieved on this season's expectations for me.