More Englishmen in the NRL?

[nick87]

Ricky Stuart, for some reason, seems to bring out the best in English players. Take a look at Adrian Morley, even though he was brought over here by Graham Murray, he struggled under Murray but thrived under Stuart.
Might be more than just luck there, who knows.

That's a fair point actually.

That said Jordan Turner can't get a f**king look in at #14 and is behind Adam Clydesdale despite being solid for Mounties
Though I'm told Turner was never anything but an average ESL player

 

[adamkungl]

Tomkins would have excelled at a professional club imo

 

[Travitoh]

Ryan Hall is one of the five best wingers in the world and Jermain McGilvary is one of the top 10. The way that England put Samoa to bed, despite Samoa's NRL stars shows that England has a lot of talent waiting to be claimed by NRL teams..

I've always felt that the best wingers don't spend their career on the wing. They move infield

 

[roughyedspud]

There's a lot of valve to be had by signings England squad players..

I went on the west's messageboard when aaron woods wanted $800k a season,I told them to get rid of woods and sign Alex walmsley,Scott Taylor & daz Clarke for the same money what Aaron woods wants..if not less...and that's a quality front row too

 

[POPEYE]

There must be more Poms like Whitehead and Hodgson who can play better in better teams

 

[Chimp]

There's a good handful of players in a super league that wouldn make very handy players in the NRL, and with the difference in the salary cap, plus the exchange rate, they'd come pretty cheap. $300k would get you one of super leagues top earners.

 

[roughyedspud]

There must be more Poms like Whitehead and Hodgson who can play better in better teams

Mike mcmeeken...he's "the new" Elliot Whitehead...he's bigger and has better hands that Whitehead...problem is he plays 12 like Elliot so he got shunted to 11 against Samoa the other day...he played well but was out of position

 

[roughyedspud]

There's a good handful of players in a super league that wouldn make very handy players in the NRL, and with the difference in the salary cap, plus the exchange rate, they'd come pretty cheap. $300k would get you one of super leagues top earners.

This...

$300k is $187k after tax,that's a little over £105k in real money...

There's not many,like 1or2, Englishmen in ESL on £100k a year..

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Mike McMeeken...he's "the new" Elliot Whitehead...he's bigger and has better hands that Whitehead...

Mike McMeeken (Castleford) is a London Broncos product, like Tony "one kidney" Clubb (Wigan), and Dan Sarginson (former Wigan, now Gold Coast Titans)

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

That's a fair point actually.

That said Jordan Turner can't get a f**king look in at #14 and is behind Adam Clydesdale despite being solid for Mounties
Though I'm told Turner was never anything but an average ESL player

Jordan Turner is probably going to go down as one of Ricky Stuart's mistakes, because he was not a star of Super League or even St Helens. Joe Greenwood, now at the Titans, was a pick of Phil Gould as "likely to succeed in the NRL" when Greenwood played for St. Helens.

 

[roughyedspud]

Mike McMeeken (Castleford) is a London Broncos product, like Tony "one kidney" Clubb (Wigan), and Dan Sarginson (former Wigan, now Gold Coast Titans)

You think I don't know that?

 

[Clifferd]

Ryan Hall looks like he would kill it in NRL

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

You think I don't know that?

I know that you know that. I wrote it because the other parochial readers from Australia wouldn't know that, and so I wanted to inform them.

 

[dogz08]

Joe Greenwood has actually been quite good, but sarginson on the other hand..

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Chris Heighington and Steve McQueen are as Pommy as a bag of bad apples.

Wasn't a bad actor after his famous debut in the Original "The Blob" billed as Steven McQueen.

You're self-proclaimed knowledge of Rugby League is sadly lacking.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Wasn't a bad actor after his famous debut in the Original "The Blob" billed as Steven McQueen.

You're self-proclaimed knowledge of Rugby League is sadly lacking.

You are confusing the actor with the rugby league player.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

You are confusing the actor with the rugby league player.

The Rugby League player is CHRIS McQueen you goose!

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

The Rugby League player is CHRIS McQueen you goose!

Oh really? I thought he was the actor and Steve McQueen was the rugby league player. Are you sure? I had better check with Ray Warren, Phil Gould, Peter Sterling, Paul Vautin, Wally Lewis, Andrew Johns and Brad Fittler and get back to you on that.