They have to crash and pound into 700 + lbs of roided fuelled flesh consistently. Think about that.Just 10 carries per game can leave you sore and battered. I have seen De Marco Murray and Emmitt Smith carry the rock over 30 times in games that's a lot..... with casts on their broken hand/metatarsal bones. After most tackles they came up looking in pain and obviously hurting but they survived. Hunt should be ready to go next game the thumb should be solidified by The Easts game so why are they holding him back?? The Crisps if successful v Easts could catch fire so it should be all hands on deck..
I guess my point is, it's ludicrous to continually compare situations at Souths with those in the NFL.
Even if Emmit Smith ran for 30 runs in a game, on those runs there was notwhere near the level of wrestle in his tackles as you see in the NRL. On most of these runs he either gets bumped or runs into touch. and on the majority of the re st he gets taken to the turf and the play is completed. In the NRL, every team, including us, target injuries to opposition players, and with the wrestle that our game has , unlike the NFL players grab fingers, bend wrists and tread on hands whenever they can.
Then there's defense, which running backs don't even have to think about. In the NRL, if you have a known hand injury you will be subjected to all the attention I mentioned above.
Comparing NFL running backs to NRL centres is ridiculous.
To exemplify the way that comparing different codes is silly, I'll use some of your words.
No Sam B is NO great leader!!! Just compare him at British Rugby compared to Ben Te'o!! Te'o has made EVERY representative team at INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. Sam B...... failed at that!!! Te'o by contrast played SOO England Rugby and now the British Lions tour of New Zealand. That is very very impressive. Did you see Ben BODY SLAM Sonny Bill W like a tent peg last week??? Further John Sutton is a better leader than Sam B will ever be. Who CAPTAINED The Crisps when they saluted against Hasler in that walkover GF and then again in the 39-0 World Club Challenge Romp??? Sutton has played in excess of 300 Games - repeat 300 games... man that is LEADERSHIP AND HEART at the Top Shelf level.
You stated that Teo has made every rep team and then named the lions,QLD and England. sam made England , he's not eligible for SOO, and the Lions didn't play a single game during Sam's time in rugby. Do you expect him to make rep sides he's either ineligible for, or aren't even playing. Harsh!
I'll gladly admit that Teo has more quickly adjusted to rugby than Sam, If I was managing a rugby club, I'd take him over Sam any day of the week, as I'm sure most others would on here.
However, if I'm managing a rugby League club. I take Sam every day of the week.
As further proof, if Teo is so good. Why hasn't Bill Bellicheck signed him up. I'm guessing that it's because Bill understands they're all different sports.
I hope you reply Greg. I appreciate a lot of your content on here, particularly regarding salary cap management. I just think some of your comparisons to other sports are pointless.
