So what we were saying about players watching and supporting both sports in NZ was true?![]()
Blacks and Blues: Why one of the best-paid rugby players in the world has joined NSW
One of the best-paid rugby players in the world has joined the NSW Blues as the team attempts to plug into the success of the All Blacks.www.smh.com.au
Article said his two older brothers were league players but they wouldn’t let him play itSo what we were saying about players watching and supporting both sports in NZ was true?
Becoming more and more common for All Blacks to do sessions with other sports to help develop their game with a different perspective in a professional environment, a few have done sessions with AFL clubs also as well as NFL clubs etc.
Mounga would make a handy convert as a half, at 30 probably left his run too late though.
Thrived at Super Rugby level but never really shone at internationals sadly
He'd make Johnson look like a defensive dynamo in comparison. DMac would have been a handy convert back in the day, can pretty much do everything Mo does in attack but with the addition of courageous defence.So what we were saying about players watching and supporting both sports in NZ was true?
Becoming more and more common for All Blacks to do sessions with other sports to help develop their game with a different perspective in a professional environment, a few have done sessions with AFL clubs also as well as NFL clubs etc.
Mounga would make a handy convert as a half, at 30 probably left his run too late though.
Thrived at Super Rugby level but never really shone at internationals sadly
Had a chuckle at the article referring to him as an All Black “legend”.He'd make Johnson look like a defensive dynamo in comparison. DMac would have been a handy convert back in the day, can pretty much do everything Mo does in attack but with the addition of courageous defence.
Actually pity he didn't go to league back then, as you say he was a Super, um, superstar but average in the test arena.
Good call on Mackenzie, probably better suited to a 6 as he thrives on the heads up play a bit more than the traditional structures.He'd make Johnson look like a defensive dynamo in comparison. DMac would have been a handy convert back in the day, can pretty much do everything Mo does in attack but with the addition of courageous defence.
Actually pity he didn't go to league back then, as you say he was a Super, um, superstar but average in the test arena.
Yea I’d really like Jordie as a league fullback. Big body for yardage carries, good ball player out the back of shape and that massive boot would be a handy kick option. Be interesting to hear what Bellamy thought of him when he trained with the Storm last year.Good call on Mackenzie, probably better suited to a 6 as he thrives on the heads up play a bit more than the traditional structures.
Always thought the Barrett brothers (not Scott) would have been great league players too, Beauden too old now but Jordie probably still could