Wiki and Price- an outrageous comment

[Skinner]

League fans in Australia have Foxtel, so they get to see every game.

What a broad and completely incorrect statement :roll:

 

[Brad Joyce]

There we go, the poll is up. Let's see what the league community think. I am happy to be proved wrong.

 

[Brad Joyce]

What a broad and completely incorrect statement :roll:

Australians have as much access to every NRL game each week (more in fact) as we do in NZ (if you can afford it), is the point I was trying to make.

 

[Skinner]

Australians have as much access to every NRL game each week (more in fact) as we do in NZ (if you can afford it), is the point I was trying to make.

There are many that cannot afford it.

We have more live games in this country than they do.

 

[Brad Joyce]

There are many that cannot afford it.

We have more live games in this country than they do.

Not free to air ones.

 

[ToiletDuck]

Wiki needs to step up. I thought he was outshone by Tuimavave yesterday.

 

[Sanchez]

wiki should be an impact player off the bench

 

[Dr Crane]

Not free to air ones.

Whats your point?

For the most part, league fans in NZ that use this forum have Pay Tv.

League fans in Oz that use this forum are a mix of pay TV viewers and FTA viewers.

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

I have noticed Wiki has devloped a handbrake so far this year. Runs it hard and slows down to the defence.

 

[Brad Joyce]

Whats your point?

For the most part, league fans in NZ that use this forum have Pay Tv.

League fans in Oz that use this forum are a mix of pay TV viewers and FTA viewers.

My point is. Mr Henry was trying to use the fact that Australian public won't judge Steve Price as the No. 1 front rower in the world because he's never on channel 9 (free to air). Well if he uses that theory, we can't judge the likes of Asotasi, Bailey etc, because they're not on free to air tv in NZ.

 

[Fast Eddie]

Wiki's defensive work has been great as always but his hit ups have been average.

 

[kiwi_man]

8. Tuimivave
10.Price
13.Wiki

IMO

 

[Jesbass]

The Australian selectors decided not to pick him through a combination of ignorance, and a decision to look to the future, I thought that much was obvious.

It actually had a lot to do with the 2005 Tri-Nations loss. Price was the individual most responsible for convincing Stacey Jones to wear the black and white. I don't think the powers-that-be ever forgave him for that.

 

[JJ]

in the NRL IMO

1. Price
2. Asotasi
3. Bailey
4. Civo
5. Daylight

Wiki not in the top 10.

As for the Australian selectors not picking Price - who knows, and who cares really. If they seriously think O'Meley , mason, and Ryles are better props then good for them :crazy:

For the Warriors

1. Price
2. Daylight

Honourable mention Seuseu

It's very easy for Warriors supporters to suggest that he's 'the best prop in the world'. Why doesn't someone stick a pole up in the NRL forum, and we'll get a more balanced assesment.

If you put up a poll with options on the best prop in the world (rather than yes/no for Price) you'd probably get Mick Weyman winning it or at least going close :lol: would that be 'balanced'?

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

in the NRL IMO

1. Price
2. Asotasi
3. Bailey
4. Civo
5. Daylight

Wiki not in the top 10.

As for the Australian selectors not picking Price - who knows, and who cares really. If they seriously think O'Meley , mason, and Ryles are better props then good for them :crazy:

For the Warriors

1. Price
2. Daylight

Honourable mention Seuseu

Indeed, indeed.

Frankly I've always been a huge Asotasi fan, yet all the fanfare has thrown me a bit.

I'd probably rank Civo and Price top, because they do the frontrowers primary job best- they take hit up after hit up, always making good metres and rarely if ever getting dominated by their opposite. I don't think Asotasi has quite the same workrate.

 

[Martli]

Whe I was a league n00b in 2004 I started watching Bulldogs games to see what Price was like after we signed him. After watching a few games I was like "this asotasi guy is the man" and the rest is history :lol:

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Whe I was a league n00b in 2004 I started watching Bulldogs games to see what Price was like after we signed him. After watching a few games I was like "this asotasi guy is the man" and the rest is history :lol:

But a league n00b would think that... A lot of what Price does (the constant pressure on opposition kickers, the on-feild leadership) isn't as obvious as Asotasi's hit-ups.

 

[Waitakere Warrior Fan]

I rate Price right up there in terms of current props and I definitely agree that he's the best prop to play for the Warriors. It isn't just down to the quality of the work he puts in on the field either, but the quantity as well. The amount of time he can spend on the field means that our less fit props are much more free to be used for impact rather than staying on the park for an extended period of time.

Unfortunately I think that Wiki is mostly past his best as a ball runner, although he still seems to be strong on defense and serves as an inspiration to the other players. He's still a very worthwhile player, but really not on the same level as Price for the Warriors IMHO.

 

[byrne_rovelli_fan82]

Sometimes it's not the obvious things he does...it's the little thing. Keep an eye out.

 

[ozbash]

Sometimes it's not the obvious things he does...it's the little thing. Keep an eye out.

what ?