A player you thought was a diamond but ended up a rock

[Rhyno]

Tim Smith

 

[Pete Cash]

That's just under 20s for you. It's pretty tricky to play under 20s but to be good enough to play a couple of first grade games is magnitudes higher and then to be a good first grader is even harder still.

Josh Dugan was absurdly good in under 20s to the degree it became pointless to play him there. He got moved to souths Logan and he was too good for that level. He's a good first grader mind but he was snapping adults when he was a kid in the qlc and he was a pretty small bloke. Teams had to try and dogshot him lol.

It's not like he's anything more than a fringe rep player and the guy was a cheat player in under 20s in his final year.

 

[Rhyno]

Dan Mortimer looked good in 09 and in 2010 there was a bidding war between the Eels and Dogs for him

 

[Drew-Sta]

That's just under 20s for you. It's pretty tricky to play under 20s but to be good enough to play a couple of first grade games is magnitudes higher and then to be a good first grader is even harder still.

Josh Dugan was absurdly good in under 20s to the degree it became pointless to play him there. He got moved to souths Logan and he was too good for that level. He's a good first grader mind but he was snapping adults when he was a kid in the qlc and he was a pretty small bloke. Teams had to try and dogshot him lol.

It's not like he's anything more than a fringe rep player and the guy was a cheat player in under 20s in his final year.

I can only assume you're blind and your guide dog is writing this if you are serious about Dugan..?

 

[Pete Cash]

I can only assume you're blind and your guide dog is writing this if you are serious about Dugan..?

No dugan is a very good player im using him as an example of the gap between nrl football and all other levels (in particular under 20s)

Dugan is one of the best under 20s players ive seen. Certainly the best canberra has produced (one could argue milford but he was playing first grade pretty early into his under 20s career)

And he will have a good first grade career but hes going to struggle not to have his rep spot usurped by tedesco. Its absurdly hard to make the step from under 20s to nrl

 

[Usain Bolt]

Kalyn Ponga will be in this thread in 2020

 

[Warriorsoul]

Shaun Johnson had been found out. Seriously, 4 runs for 20 odd metre in 80 minutes, has there EVER been a more gutless performance by a supposed star in a game of football?

 

[Jimmy-o]

Rick Stone

 

[thorson1987]

Shaun Johnson had been found out. Seriously, 4 runs for 20 odd metre in 80 minutes, has there EVER been a more gutless performance by a supposed star in a game of football?

Cam Newton in this years Superbowl.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Kalyn Ponga will be in this thread in 2020

Sounds like a girl's name.

 

[THE CHAMP]

Sounds like a girl's name.

Hahahaha that's a good one.
You should tell him that

 

[roostersrule2]

Hahahaha that's a good one.
You should tell him that

Kayln Ponga is a skinny 17 year old kid.

Why would he be intimidating?

 

[mackdadday]

I am a bit worried about Sione Mata'utia. Played for Australia after 7 games and now looks like a spud lost in a pumpkin patch.

 

[POPEYE]

Shaun Johnson had been found out. Seriously, 4 runs for 20 odd metre in 80 minutes, has there EVER been a more gutless performance by a supposed star in a game of football?

Bit hard on a bloke who has been brainwashed to imagine he is playing in the right position . . . he'd make a better fullback than RTS with only a little more tackling practice

 

[Cloud]

Alex McKinnon.

 

[butchmcdick]

Shaun Johnson had been found out. Seriously, 4 runs for 20 odd metre in 80 minutes, has there EVER been a more gutless performance by a supposed star in a game of football?

Adam Blair

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...n/news-story/8a2b941c17db344a133855409f1cdcd1

One run for 8 metres in 41 minutes as a starting prop takes the cake

 

[Cloud]

Adam Blair

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...n/news-story/8a2b941c17db344a133855409f1cdcd1

One run for 8 metres in 41 minutes as a starting prop takes the cake

But his decoy running and kick pressures were world class.

 

[butchmcdick]

I guess it's the 1%ers nobody notices

 

[JJ]

Shaun Johnson had been found out. Seriously, 4 runs for 20 odd metre in 80 minutes, has there EVER been a more gutless performance by a supposed star in a game of football?

Hmmm, he's lowering the bar each week though

 

[The Enforcer]

Hmmm, he's lowering the bar each week though

Inglis is giving him a run for his money.