Darius Boyd played origin last year whilst at the Broncos didn't he ?
All teams have bought big name players recently , it might be tough not to be bitter about it but we all lose players we don't want see go , that's how it goes .
It isnt about buying origin players but more about buying the right players. The sharks picked up guys like Tupou, Matuia and Barrett (all origin players) etc in the offseason and unfortunatly all they where doing was building the best backrow in the comp but with little else. They lack spark out wide (which has been evident all year) but have stayed in gamed due to their pack.
Now the dogs went out and picked up Stagg, Kimmorley, Morris, Ennis, Hannat and Eastwood. They picked up 2 origin players but added alot of spark around the ruck while picking up an experianced head in the halves to allow roberts to improve. The dogs bought smart.
Now parramatta have 3-4 classy outside back, alot of options in the halves in terms of jnrs and a half assed pack with very little in the backrow outside of Hindy and Mateo (playing 5-8). Parramatta went out and bought on of the form props in the comp and then a well performing backrower. Our pack looks much better in terms of depth and starting strength now and it allows us to bring our young halves and classy finishers into the game.
Had we picked up no origin players but 3-4 good solid forwards we would have been in a good position still, but the fact that we were able to pick up two very classy forwards is a bonus... it is all about recruiting smart and Anderson has shown more in 6 months (in terms of recruitment) than Hagen showed in 2 years.
