I've been banging on for two months about them. It's not as if the unconventional style of Ipswich suited their skill sets. They are old school. They were the rocks with Kieron lander that enabled the walker boys to weave their magic.
I think most fans are looking forward to these guys. The QLD cup has been proved to be a higher standard then the NSW cup for a while now. Look at what a guy like Jake Graville did in his first full year of NRL. There's plenty of talent running around.
After the walker Bros started getting some media half way through the year I watched ipswitch when they were on fox.
To me Griffin is pretty close to a sure thing. His stats from the QLD cup finals series are insane. Averaged 19 hit ups for 199ms. He is now 28, fittest he has ever been and seems very settled off the field. This is his 4th shot at the NRL and would release its his last. He won't be an Aaron Woods style player but more like an Aiden Tolman. Will do the tough work and hopefully play lots of NRL.
McConnachie could go either way IMO. In a fulltime environment you would expect his game to improve. To me there's no reason he shouldn't be in the side over a guy like Joel Edwards. He can be just as effective in defence but add more in attack. Discipline and fitness are the things that might hold him back.
The signing of these two guys are why I'm not excited about the (supposed) Tim Grant signing. We know what we will get with Grant but given the opportunity I think both these guys could be better and would likely be on a third of Grants wage.
