philstorm said:Bit unfair to judge Folau in only his first year compared to Lawrence's second.
If people remember back to Lawrence's first year, he was absolutely murdered by Inglis when we played the Tigers to the extent that Sheens made him swap sides and defend on the opposite side.
Based on their achievements in their first year - Folau.
Danos said:Chris Lawrence was still in high school last year, played flegg at the beginning of the season.. and only had what, 2 training sessions with the FG team before his debut.
Danos said:Israel had an entire off season training with the FG squad and played in the trials with Melbourne before making his debut in round 1. And didnt he also play in the trials in 2006?
Danos said:So yes, its very hard to compare their first seasons. Lawrence had far less preperation coming into grade.
Danos said:But at this point in time, they are the same age, played almost the same amount of games in the top grade and I think lawrence has shown more.
Valea said:Aussie backline in a few years.
1. Greg Inglis
2. Israel Folau
3. Michael Jennings
4. Chris Lawrence
5. Jarryd Hayne
god1 said:1. Zillman
2. Inglis
3. Gasnier
4. Hodges
5. Hayne
Dragonwest said:Id take Josh Morris over Folou any day of the week if your trying to compare 'similar' players. Saves 1 or 2 tries a week and would be close to top try scorer if you put him on the outside of a decent backline like melbourne.
philstorm said:Your point? He's still had a year more in the system than Izzie.
Firstly, played a single trial last year in a game where the Storm fielded their young players in a match vs Parramatta to gauge where they were at. Secondly, he also attended school last year before training with us in December last year (after returning from his schoolboys tour).
And you know that for a fact how again?
Try again.
Despite all you may say, Lawrence has had two pre-seasons at the top flight. With last year being Folau's first, we'll see how he fares in his second season, like Lawrence.