Re: BMM : Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:37 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

OK the days are gone when we can get a Meninga, Ettinghausen, Miles, Lyons etc but there is a lot more on the next shelf down.

The players you list only came over in the Aus off-season, none of them actually signed for a UK team as their primary employer even without a salary cap. The move to summer rugby stopped these type of signings.

Re: BMM : Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:54 pm  

Paul Youane wrote:

The players you list only came over in the Aus off-season, none of them actually signed for a UK team as their primary employer even without a salary cap. The move to summer rugby stopped these type of signings.

Not in Warrington's case.
Blake, Davidson and a drop goal sealed that fate.

Re: BMM : Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:24 am  

Paul Youane wrote:

The players you list only came over in the Aus off-season, none of them actually signed for a UK team as their primary employer even without a salary cap. The move to summer rugby stopped these type of signings.

Yeah I know (with the exception of Jamie Lyons). My point still stands though - we can lose the expectation of having the NRL super stars in SL but there are some superb players in the next tier down.

Re: BMM : Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:56 am  

Wires71 wrote:

Yeah I know (with the exception of Jamie Lyons). My point still stands though - we can lose the expectation of having the NRL super stars in SL but there are some superb players in the next tier down.

When you said Lyons I thought you meant Cliffy Lyons rather than Jamie Lyon.

I think Roberts falls into the superb player from the tier below the elite of the NRL. Potentially the stand-out player in Super League.

Re: BMM : Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:55 am  

Paul Youane wrote:

When you said Lyons I thought you meant Cliffy Lyons rather than Jamie Lyon.

I think Roberts falls into the superb player from the tier below the elite of the NRL. Potentially the stand-out player in Super League.

Yes I agree with you.

Re: BMM : Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:42 am  

Price has confirmed he will play on Saturday - be good to see him out there.

Price also unsure whether he sees him as an edge second rower, or a loose.

I see Ben playing an edge back-row role, but also a tight role.

“I don’t have a set agenda for him at the moment. I just want him to get some minutes under his belt and see where it takes him

Re: BMM : Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:59 am  

Also he would like a better song than chicken tikka masala lol.