Aaron Woods

[Munky]

Jake Marketo wanted to say hi. He was the only “forward” in NRL history who had a career negative m per run average*.

* May not be factually correct.

Ben Czislowski?

Hard to beat the four metre run to the line and then pushed back seven.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Ben Czislowski?

Hard to beat the four metre run to the line and then pushed back seven.

I remember aaron payne snapping ben in half back in 05. What a pillow

 

[JJ]

Woods probably still better value for money than Blair has been for us

 

[Reflector]

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[Welsh RL & RU watcher]

Can someone explain to me why this bloke is a walk up start for the Blues and Kangaroos?

Serious question.

He's not aggressive.
Doesn't bend the line or break tackles.
He doesn't hit hard in defence.
I don't see any good footwork before the line.
And certainly no good second phase play.

Personally I believe it's the hair. No joke. Dane Laurie's hair had enough people convinced he was more than a park footy player for 2-3 years.

Of course Laurie Daley, Mal Meninga and the selectors know a lot more about footy than me; so can another keen eye inform me of exactly what he does that makes him a walk up start for rep sides and - the horror, the horrorrrr - a Blues captaincy candidate?

He's a good team guy, off the field polite and all that. That's what I think.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Different thread, same question: how is this bloke still playing first grade?

 

[Miller was a legend]

 

[Lemon Squash]

 

[davi]

He's move to the Bulldogs was odd. He moved to a situation that was not much better then the Tigers and then he was offloaded after only 1 year. He received a contract that was way above his market value which is maybe why. I think he was also great mates with David Klemmer as well.

James Tedesco and Mitchell Moses decision to leave the Tigers no doubt has benefited their careers. I wouldn't say that about Woods. He's now more like an afterthought at this stage of his career. There is more interest in Matt Prior in previous years from rep teams at the Sharks then Woods. If he stayed at the Tigers would his career been better off like Chris Sandows decision to leave Souths. Probably not. I don't think it was a sliding doors moment.

 

[AnonymousLurker]

Wow just read this entire thread was great reading . Hindsight is great ... loved the posts on page 2

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

I wasn’t that impressed with him when he was talked up by many in his early days at the tigers, “future origin star” etc.... I remember watching a game at Leichhardt where Shannon Boyd went through him on the tryline to score.

He did go on to play origin... and was much maligned... but I liked him.

What I saw was a big guy who was hard to get to the ground, and if the tacklers could get him down, it was very rare they could get him on his back.... meaning....

He could get quicker play the balls.... he had a great defence mechanism to “the wrestle”...

He’s definitely not the fastest front rower... but he’s one of the fastest in the play the ball which can set up your next play...

It’s easy to take the piss out of players, inherent in these forums and I’ve been guilty of it, but I genuinely think Woods has been a great front rower and gets far more unneccessary fan flak than he deserves.

My only bits of criticism is he should never have dicked the tigers around as part of “the big 4”.... and he should never have cut his hair (the bulldogs haircut especially)...

 

[Tiger5150]

I wasn’t that impressed with him when he was talked up by many in his early days at the tigers, “future origin star” etc.... I remember watching a game at Leichhardt where Shannon Boyd went through him on the tryline to score.

He did go on to play origin... and was much maligned... but I liked him.

What I saw was a big guy who was hard to get to the ground, and if the tacklers could get him down, it was very rare they could get him on his back.... meaning....

He could get quicker play the balls.... he had a great defence mechanism to “the wrestle”...

He’s definitely not the fastest front rower... but he’s one of the fastest in the play the ball which can set up your next play...

It’s easy to take the piss out of players, inherent in these forums and I’ve been guilty of it, but I genuinely think Woods has been a great front rower and gets far more unneccessary fan flak than he deserves.

My only bits of criticism is he should never have dicked the tigers around as part of “the big 4”.... and he should never have cut his hair (the bulldogs haircut especially)...

As someone who watched him all through his Tigers years, you are totally correct that he was hard to get to the ground, hard to get on his back etc....but....this is the problem.

He hits the line like a pillow, usually backwards and then YES he is hard to get to the ground, has great wrestle defences. Trouble is the whole "No, you arent taking me down and Ill fight the wrestle" thing takes twice as long as being tackled on your back and playing the ball. IMO Defences worked him out, stood him up and let him have a long drawn out "win". He is never going to hurt anyone, break a tackle or give an offload so as soon as he engages two defenders, the defensive line turn their back and jog back into position in the 17minutes it takes Woods to stop his judo lesson and play the ball.

 

[Apey]

Sadly I thought this bump might be about what's become of Klemmer

 

[Sphagnum]

Sadly I thought this bump might be about what's become of Klemmer

Who?

 

[Hutty1986]

Didn't this bloke retire in 2015?

 

[Pistol_Pete]

A rich man’s Chris Paterson

 

[Perth Tiger]

As someone who watched him all through his Tigers years, you are totally correct that he was hard to get to the ground, hard to get on his back etc....but....this is the problem.

He hits the line like a pillow, usually backwards and then YES he is hard to get to the ground, has great wrestle defences. Trouble is the whole "No, you arent taking me down and Ill fight the wrestle" thing takes twice as long as being tackled on your back and playing the ball. IMO Defences worked him out, stood him up and let him have a long drawn out "win". He is never going to hurt anyone, break a tackle or give an offload so as soon as he engages two defenders, the defensive line turn their back and jog back into position in the 17minutes it takes Woods to stop his judo lesson and play the ball.

Yep, and then once he made rep teams he had this belief that every time he got tackled he should get a penalty so when he finally got around to playing the ball he would stare at the Ref for any few seconds pleading for a penalty.

 

[AJB1102]

MILKING!