Race to the premiership? I thought we were talking bout the Dally M Medal. I'll go along with your F1 example. Soward has been very good for large parts of this season, including during Origin time. Its not like Soward simply played great for the first 6 or 7 rounds, then simple tailed off. As i said there is a reason his team is in with a shot to win the minor premiership while Hayne's side had to rely on an amazing hot streak to barely make the 8.
One of the main reasons i started this thread is that its annoyed me how much of the Parra streak has been attributed to Hayne, yet a guy like Fui Fui, who is in sensational form and is the guy who is setting the platform for Hayne to weave his magic, hardly gets any main-stream recognition.
We are talking about the medal, but the games they play - they are en route to the Premiership, yes? And since the race to the title is a marathon, my point is that you'll seldom see a player come out at 100% from the get-go and keep it up all season long.
I don't disagree with you. At all. I think the real success behind our surge was our foward pack - they collectively stood up.
But the reason - the real reason - why Jarryd is getting so much kudos lies in our 6 and 7. When you look at them, you see two blokes who, combined, probably have about 30 Frist Grade games' worth of experience. Mortimer has the raw talent, sure. But Robson has been attacked by all and sundry. And so Anderson asked Hayne to take the reigns and be more instrumental in attack to let our 'rookies' develop at a better pace. And since then he has been pretty good.
As I said, I, personally, don't buy into this whole "Jarryd Hayne is the best" talk. He's great, no argument. But what about Grothe, who runs as hard as a forward and makes a tonne of metres every time he plays? Luke Burt, who has scored 99 points in 7 weeks? Fui and Hindmarsh?
