People who are from other clubs seem to rate Hurrell highly. Just tonight a mate of mine, who knows his league, said he couldn't believe Hurrell was missing from first grade for so long.
Point is, Hurrell is rated. Just not by a lot us it seems. Although, it would be fair to say that most of us want him to do well, and have a cracker on Monday night.
I suspect many of these people only saw Hurrell's try total in his rookie season and a few highlight reel runs from him and haven't actually watched him glacially attempt to move sideways or show his inability to tackle.
All of the "experts" on the TV shows rave about how great he is as well, but these are the same people that think we are loaded with this huge polynesian forward pack that should stomp on everyone.
If you watch without paying much attention or only watch him on attack then Hurrell looks great, when you watch him as a fan of the team who he is a glaring weakness on defence for it's a different story.
That said I have been a huge fan of Hurrell before he cracked the 1st grade and continue to be, even though I advocated him getting dropped. The reason he was missing from first grade for so long should be pretty obvious to anyone who has watched much of him.
