ENGLISH PROPS

[Ando67]

Can anyone tell me who the top props are playing in England at the moment 8)

 

[Deano wire till i die]

stu fielden, mcdermott , lauititi, lima, fozzard,mason,(farrell). cant be bothered naming all the top ones

 

[Rich]

Lauiti'iti is a 2nd row and McDermott is crap

In no particluar order, in my opinion:

Stuart Fielden and Paul Anderson(Bradford), Nick Fozzard (St Helens), Ryan Bailey (Leeds), Andy Coley (Salford), Danny Lima (Warrington), Andy Lynch (Castleford), Paul King (Hull), Danny Sculthorpe and Craig Smith (Wigan), Michael Korkidas and Daryl Griffin (Wakefield).

Some of those haven't hit their best form in 2004 but were excellent in 2003.

Most improved are Leeds' Chris Feather and Saints' Keith Mason.

Two for the future are James Graham from Saints and Nick Scruton from Leeds but currently on loan at Hull. Graham was the England Academy player of the series when they beat the Australian Institute of Sport 2-0 in 2003. Scruton has played a bit more SL and looks real class.

 

[Matt M]

Good to hear Lima is going well, very underated player.

 

[JasonE]

Prior to his injury, Hull prop Gareth Carvell was having a good season.

 

[Gaz_the_bull]

I wouldn't say Anderson is one of the top props in super league anymore, he's been a superb impact player for us over the last 6/7 years but I feel he's a little over the hill now and definately shouldn't be in the GB squad this year.

 

[DrewBeliever]

:lol: Well, I still believe Anderson is one of Britains best props.
Though judging from what Gaz is saying, it's been a tough season at Bradford and the squad hasn't performed to the previous extent due to depatures, but I believe all of the Bulls props have played awesome this season and it's great to know when Paul retires we have the likes of Parker and Moore to take up there ranks.

 

[In-goal]

Fielden, Bailey

 

[Gaz_the_bull]

:lol: Well, I still believe Anderson is one of Britains best props.
Though judging from what Gaz is saying, it's been a tough season at Bradford and the squad hasn't performed to the previous extent due to depatures, but I believe all of the Bulls props have played awesome this season and it's great to know when Paul retires we have the likes of Parker and Moore to take up there ranks.

But he's not the player he was between 1990-2001 when he was knocking down opposition defenders like ten pins, and he's not of the same quality anymore as the likes of Fielden, Bailey, Fozzard etc. Parker is a player I really rate but I see him as more of a second rower and I think he'll go on to play for GB .Richard Moore has the potential but I don't think he'll ever be a top class prop, especially if he doesn't learn to control his agression.

 

[In-goal]

Welcome aboard Gaz

 

[Fairleigh Good!]

The best are Stuart Fielden, Nick Fozzard, Keith Mason and Ryan Bailey.

GB should go with those for the Tri-Nations.

 

[JasonE]

I'd pick 6 props in the Tri Nations squad, they would be Fielden, Morley, Fozzard, Farrell, Coley and Danny Sculthorpe

 

[DrewBeliever]

[quote="DrewBelieverRichard Moore has the potential but I don't think he'll ever be a top class prop, especially if he doesn't learn to control his agression.

Fielden is still going strong :lol: ;-)

 

[kiwi_man]

how is big joe vagana playing

 

[DrewBeliever]

Well, my judgement there Kiwi_Man......

He's been playing strong Footy, though as he's getting on a bit he get's tired very easily good job we have a good set of props to rotate play.

We've just re-signed him for another 2 seasons, so he's been a great buy for Bradford over the past 4 years.

 

[Sheddy]

The top props are;

Stuart Fielden - Bradford
Andy Farrell - Wigan
Andy Coley - Salford
Rob Parker - Bradford
Nick Fozzard - St Helens
Danny Sculthorpe - Wigan
Micheal Korkidas - Wakefield
Ryan Bailey - Leeds
Paul King - Hull FC

Lima had a decent start to the season as he was unpredictable, as the weeks went on teams knew what he was all about and he hasnt mad as big of an impact. Paul Anderson makes a brilliant impact but can last no longer than 10 minutes.
Andy Lynch - Castleford

 

[JasonE]

This time last year Andy Lynch was one of the best, he wasn't too good this year though.

 

[Bullseye]

A lot of Leeds fans I speak to reckon Bailey hasn't been as impressive this year. Sounds like "second season syndrome"

Fielden had an excellent game vs Penrith then his form went really down until about a month ago. He's back to his best now.

 

[DrewBeliever]

Are we getting Lynch in replacement for Anderson, Bullseye, Gaz, or Asim who ever answers first?

Just I can't get on to the official Bulls message Board to here the recent news, because I'm banned and rlfans is down (yet again) :roll: .

 

[Bullseye]

Yeah Lynch will be replacement for Anderson. A good move I reckon.