I think we are watching the new Australian fullback

[Sports Prophet]

7 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

in the selection queue I would go (if all fit and in top form)

1 edwards

2 walsh

3 tedesco

4 turbo

5 ponga

6 gutherson 

7paps 

8 mitchell

9 v holmes

all 9 would walk in to the eng team without question

I like a FB list. My current Aussies if fully fit are:

1. Walsh

2. Paps

3. Ponga

4. Tedesco

5. Turbo

6. Edwards 

7. Kennedy

8. Gutho 

9. Mitchell

10. Hammer

Pretty good list.

[StandOffHalf]

Teddy is the incumbent captain and had a super game as Melbourne pipped them just last weekend.

I'd still be picking him in the Green and Gold. 

Walsh is a super young talent. His pace really frightens edges and he's not afraid to try things. Origin was his coming-out party and he is going to be a star for many years.

Ponga has so much class and would be my back-up to Teddy. He is head knock-prone and I do worry whether he's going to knock-on at the back sometimes. A silky player and someone who's going to be putting pressure on for that jumper, alongside Walsh.

I don't like the mocking of Welsby. He is a super player and deserves to be held up in the same breath as his contemporaries in the NRL. His strength is his ability to magic things up and try things.

Edited September 24 by StandOffHalf

[DavidM]

14 hours ago, eal said:

Just listing Australian fullbacks shows how far ahead they are of everyone else. 

Its amazing isnt it . Incredible strength across the competition. Its the marquee position nowadays

[DavidM]

14 hours ago, Dunbar said:

Next week will he fascinating.  On the one hand you have the ultra precise Panthers who execute their plan to perfection and on the other side the Broncos who will make mistakes but irresistible when they are on a roll.

I hope the latter win but it be a great game.

Indeed . Brisbane need to play their fast up tempo game with ball movement and offloads . They are a threat in the middle and edges with the strike they have . What they produce comes off a very strong pack , and set of middles especially , and that will be where its won and lost . Penrith can match their forward power and if they  can gain dominance there  its a lot harder for Brisbane to play their game . I dont think thats rocket science , but in between a lot of analysis things pretty much always come down to the basics . Brisbane though need to play , and have , the game to trouble a very methodical machine like Penrith side . Should be a classic , these two are head and shoulders above the rest

[Dunbar]

20 hours ago, Sports Prophet said:

I like a FB list. My current Aussies if fully fit are:

1. Walsh

2. Paps

3. Ponga

4. Tedesco

5. Turbo

6. Edwards 

7. Kennedy

8. Gutho 

9. Mitchell

10. Hammer

Pretty good list.

I don't know how anyone can watch the NRL this year and not include Scott Drinkwater in a list of top fullbacks.

[Sports Prophet]

2 hours ago, Dunbar said:

I don't know how anyone can watch the NRL this year and not include Scott Drinkwater in a list of top fullbacks.

The list could go on. He is a very good fullback as well, but he doesn’t make my top 10 list

[Padge]

Ozzies you have your own forum to bore each other on.

It's here. https://www.totalrl.com/forums/index.php?/forum/66-the-australian-rugby-league-forum/

[Anita Bath]

Wigan fans, you have your own forum to bore each other on, but please continue to post on others because thats the rules, and the rest of us enjoy reading your thoughtful posts.