Foran has been outstanding this season... he's had the likes of Wally Lewis, Phil Gould, Peter Sterling, Andrew Johns, Brad Fittler, Warren Ryan etc... give him massive raps over how he's been playing this season.
Because hes performing extremely well in a much tougher competition than Chase & Leuluai. and hes performing better than Nathan Fien.
and you blame Foran for that?? he's played 4 tests... 2 of which were in the halves... both of those games in the halves were in the ANZAC test. which is just a stitch up. and in the ANZAC test this season he certainly didn't disgrace himself. infact he did some very special things in that game.
yet somehow you can write off Forans test aspirations on the back of that limited exposure to test football??
if we followed your logic... Benji Marshall wouldn't be playing for NZ at the moment because his first few tests were even worse than Forans.
and should we judge Rangi Chase on his rep games?? because he's been terrible every time he plays for the Maori.
seriously dude... you either haven't been watching much of the NRL this season... or your just plain geniused.
Apart from all the plaudits he's earned from the legends in our game.. The fact that he's in the running for the Dally M should be an indication of how well he's been going this season.
you deadset sound like a Pommy Castleford fan... who's trying to talk up Rangi Chase.
I sound like a Wests Tigers fan who thought Chase was an over rated glory hog who didn't want to do the hard work to become what he should have been and wanted him gone.
Now, I sound like someone who has actually watched him. He's first class. Really, really good.
As mentioned, those are the same guys who rated Mortimer as the next Aussie half. The only one I really trust is Gould, and he's said he won't come good for a while yet.
If we followed my logic, Benji would have been held back from club and international football til he was ready. Just as Foran should be.
I agree the Anzac test is a harder test, but it was laughable sitting at Melbourne a few years back watching him. He had time and space and could only keep kicking the ball back to Slater. He, so far, doesn't suit what the Kiwis do. I think he's calmer style of play may be useful down the track, but only when he's REALLY good at it.
Tell me, is Foran going to outpoint Lockyer and Thurston in a war of attrition like he does at Manly? I'd be surprised if you thought yes.
The Kiwis take the game to the Aussies... that just isn't Foran's style of play.
Tell me, have you watched Chase go around?
Pat Richards is probably the best Winger in the world at the moment, apart from Vatuvei when he's on song. He was devastating in winning an NRL premiership with one leg. He's a thousand times better at the moment.
