Does Canberra's importing of four Poms give them unfair advantage?

[WaznTheGreat]

The Raiders are importing these Poms the same way Chris Waller imports the Pommy horses to win those donkey Sydney staying races

 

[carcharias]

There are more than 4 mate

There are more than 4 good Poms playing in the NRL at the moment

Are there?

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Are there?

Yes;

Sam Burgess
George Burgess
Tom Burgess
Gareth Widdop
James Graham
Josh Hodgson
Elliot Whitehead

 

[carcharias]

Sam
Yeah for a brief moment in time was awesome.

The rest are either average or ordinary compared most of the comp.

 

[Lambretta]

Sam
Yeah for a brief moment in time was awesome.

The rest are either average or ordinary compared most of the comp.

Come on Carch - if the Sharks signed Josh Hodgson, you would squeak with excitement

 

[Bobby DIGital]

It's 'moistened bint', but close enough.

Fight the good fight, believe what is right. Crusader lord of the realm...

We're marching, we're marching, to a land far from home
No one can say who'll return
For Christendom's sake, we'll take our revenge
On the pagans from out of the east

(for you and the invading poms this thread was based on).

 

[carcharias]

Come on Carch - if the Sharks signed Josh Hodgson, you would squeak with excitement

Him and Dugan could watch from the stands together.
Awesome

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Don’t forgot the Brit Chris mcqueen

 

[TheFrog]

Supreme executive power comes from a mandate from the masses, not from some watery tart.

Not from some farcical aquattic ceremony either.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

The Sydney Roosters have only imported one Pom for 2019 (winger Ryan Hall from Leeds) and he is the only Pom on the Roosters' books. The Roosters need another prop badly, and a Pommie prop -- like Kyle Amor, now at St Helens -- would be a good choice.

 

[TDD91]

Amor is past his best, and his best was never very good.

English props who could/should look for NRL moves; Scott Taylor & Liam Watts. That's about it, but Watts comes with off field issues, which is why he left Hull FC this season for Castleford.

Regarding Bateman & Sutton, having watched plenty of them the last few seasons:

Sutton will frustrate you with his spectacular ability to knock on for no reason, particularly as the ability is there, he just loses concentration.

Bateman is essentially a pitbull who will take on anyone regardless of reputation. Wigan's best player this season, single handedly dragging the team through a bunch of games with determination. Absolutely not a centre like Wayne Bennett thinks, but a good back rower.

 

[Saxon]

Fight the good fight, believe what is right. Crusader lord of the realm...

We're marching, we're marching, to a land far from home
No one can say who'll return
For Christendom's sake, we'll take our revenge
On the pagans from out of the east

(for you and the invading poms this thread was based on).

Well played sir.

(And as it happens, one of my favourites songs by the boys)

 

[AJB1102]

Sutton will frustrate you with his spectacular ability to knock on for no reason, particularly as the ability is there, he just loses concentration.

Hasn't slowed the Burgess boys up much, he'll be fine.

 

[nick87]

Sutton will frustrate you with his spectacular ability to knock on for no reason, particularly as the ability is there, he just loses concentration.

It's like he was born to be a Raider!

 

[Rhino_NQ]

It's like he was born to be a Raider!

Needs to back up a cold drop with an immediate penalty

 

[nick87]

Needs to back up a cold drop with an immediate penalty

Only if it’s a stone cold drop, like a regulation spill off a pass from the hooker and then the penalty would have to be for backchat to the official

 

[Walt Flanigan]

It’s called the Dane Tilse effect

 

[Rhino_NQ]

It’s called the Dane Tilse effect

If he manages to do it within a minute of coming on the field it’s the Carl Webb effect

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Ryan Sutton will be fine once he gets adjusted to the balmy Canberra weather.