Brits in the NRL: 2024 Edition

[JM2010]

5 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

what on earth was he doing when the titans 2 scored the 1st try? 

They broke through two players inside of Young. Didn’t seem to be his fault 

[graveyard johnny]

9 minutes ago, JM2010 said:

They broke through two players inside of Young. Didn’t seem to be his fault 

sorry - meant the other try - looked like he had lead in his boots then zoomed forward to make a pat a cake attempt on his opposite number - then try time for the titans no2

[JM2010]

1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:

sorry - meant the other try - looked like he had lead in his boots then zoomed forward to make a pat a cake attempt on his opposite number - then try time for the titans no2

He could have done better but it was Manu who let him through in the first place

[JonNgog]

2 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

sorry - meant the other try - looked like he had lead in his boots then zoomed forward to make a pat a cake attempt on his opposite number - then try time for the titans no2

Dreadful effort. He’s running the risk of being dropped at this rate.

[OMEGA]

7 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

dom young scores his customary easy touchdown this morning - but lets in 2 tries to his opposite winger the 1st one again in bizarre fashion 

A ridiculous assessment of who was at fault for the try’s, Young was no more at fault than anyone else and probably less so than the inside defenders

[JM2010]

1 hour ago, OMEGA said:

A ridiculous assessment of who was at fault for the try’s, Young was no more at fault than anyone else and probably less so than the inside defenders

I agree. I watched the highlights expecting big blunders from Young but none of the tries were as a result of an error from him. The tackles were missed inside him

Edited August 25 by JM2010

[graveyard johnny]

1 hour ago, JM2010 said:

I agree. I watched the highlights expecting big blunders from Young but none of the tries were as a result of an error from him. The tackles were missed inside him

that side is becoming a turnstile which ever way you look at it

[StandOffHalf]

The spread from right to left brought Young up and he looked awfully leaden-footed getting back to chase Khan-Pereira. Perhaps it was the heat? It seemed to take him 10 to 15 yards to get into gear and then he was brushed off by the winger. 

Not great optics on three levels - that he rushes up and misses, gets stuck in the mud turning to chase, and then gets waltzed through so dismissively.

Roosters do look pretty good though.

[JF1]

Surprised nobody has mentioned Herbie Farnworth's brilliant performance yesterday against the Broncos. 

Scored 2 tries,offloads galore as usual,and powerful in attack and defence. Great to watch.

[fenster]

8 minutes ago, JF1 said:

Surprised nobody has mentioned Herbie Farnworth's brilliant performance yesterday against the Broncos. 

Scored 2 tries,offloads galore as usual,and powerful in attack and defence. Great to watch.

He was immense. Great signing and massive coup by Bennett.

could be instrumental in making the dolphins a powerhouse club so early into their NRL existence. 

[fenster]

Hopefully not a season ending injury for victor radley.

[JonNgog]

Strange game for Canberra this morning, Whitehead sin binned twice but also involved in both tries in a gutsy win.

[Dunbar]

51 minutes ago, JF1 said:

Surprised nobody has mentioned Herbie Farnworth's brilliant performance yesterday against the Broncos. 

Scored 2 tries,offloads galore as usual,and powerful in attack and defence. Great to watch.

Going to catch up with that game later today - looking forward to seeing Farnworth's performance.

[ghost crayfish]

Farnworth is outstanding. As a Broncos supporter, absolutely gutted we let him walk and put our faith in Cobbo.

[fenster]

8 minutes ago, ghost crayfish said:

Farnworth is outstanding. As a Broncos supporter, absolutely gutted we let him walk and put our faith in Cobbo.

Do the broncos play cobbo out of position in the centre every week ?

[fenster]

Confirmed Victor Radley’s season is over having a fracture to his left scapula.

[ghost crayfish]

13 minutes ago, fenster said:

Do the broncos play cobbo out of position in the centre every week ?

I think Cobbo's best position is (or should be) centre and the Broncos obviously made the decision to invest an upgraded contract in him instead of Farnworth believing that - and to be fair, it did make sense at the time given Cobbo's obvious talent (along with having Mariner coming through). Sadly, Cobbo has been a massive disappointment this year, as has Mariner, and Farnworth is showing all his great qualities that the Broncos now lack - fitness, enthusiasm, energy, effort. His agility makes Cobbo looks terribly cumbersome, and he's got the size and strength that Mariner can only dream of. Great player and it now really feels like we backed the wrong horse in putting Cobbo above him.

Edited September 2 by ghost crayfish

[fenster]

35 minutes ago, ghost crayfish said:

I think Cobbo's best position is (or should be) centre and the Broncos obviously made the decision to invest an upgraded contract in him instead of Farnworth believing that - and to be fair, it did make sense at the time given Cobbo's obvious talent (along with having Mariner coming through). Sadly, Cobbo has been a massive disappointment this year, as has Mariner, and Farnworth is showing all his great qualities that the Broncos now lack - fitness, enthusiasm, energy, effort. His agility makes Cobbo looks terribly cumbersome, and he's got the size and strength that Mariner can only dream of. Great player and it now really feels like we backed the wrong horse in putting Cobbo above him.

I think mariner we be a quality centre for the broncos given time as he’s only played 20+ 1st grade games in his NRL career.

[AB90]

43 minutes ago, fenster said:

Confirmed Victor Radley’s season is over having a fracture to his left scapula.

Big loss for England for the Samoa series albeit we do have some decent depth to cover 13 in Knowles, Smithies & Minchella.

[ghost crayfish]

3 minutes ago, fenster said:

I think mariner we be a quality centre for the broncos given time as he’s only played 20+ 1st grade games in his NRL career.

That's true of course, but there's no way he's ready for it now, physically. The point I'm making is Farnworth is a much better player than either Cobbo or Mariner right now. Of course they both have lots of talent too, and like I said, I understand why the Broncos made the call they did - but right now, I'd take Farnworth over either of them easily. He offers so much more value. 

[DoubleD]

15 hours ago, ghost crayfish said:

I think Cobbo's best position is (or should be) centre and the Broncos obviously made the decision to invest an upgraded contract in him instead of Farnworth believing that - and to be fair, it did make sense at the time given Cobbo's obvious talent (along with having Mariner coming through). Sadly, Cobbo has been a massive disappointment this year, as has Mariner, and Farnworth is showing all his great qualities that the Broncos now lack - fitness, enthusiasm, energy, effort. His agility makes Cobbo looks terribly cumbersome, and he's got the size and strength that Mariner can only dream of. Great player and it now really feels like we backed the wrong horse in putting Cobbo above him.

Farnworth has always been streets ahead of either of those players.

Cobbo has been built up ridiculously by the press, reminds me of Cotric when he came through. So overrated.

Mariner has potential but currently he’s a better wing than centre 

[ghost crayfish]

2 hours ago, DoubleD said:

Farnworth has always been streets ahead of either of those players.

Cobbo has been built up ridiculously by the press, reminds me of Cotric when he came through. So overrated.

Mariner has potential but currently he’s a better wing than centre 

Yep, although Cobbo oozes potential and could be another Inglis if he wanted it. When they were both 19, he looked like he'd go past Farnworth before long, but it has never happened. Indeed, 4 years later, Farnworth is so far in front that there's no real comparison.

[DoubleD]

7 hours ago, ghost crayfish said:

Yep, although Cobbo oozes potential and could be another Inglis if he wanted it. When they were both 19, he looked like he'd go past Farnworth before long, but it has never happened. Indeed, 4 years later, Farnworth is so far in front that there's no real comparison.

I disagree, massively overhyped. The comparisons with Inglis do him no favours. He’s just one of those big kids with pace who destroyed peers in the age groups but plateaus at open age. He’s got more about him than Cotric so could still be a good rep player but he’ll have to work hard to achieve it, rather than it coming easy to him like through the age grades

[graveyard johnny]

with Sam Walker injured again and contract talks up in the air it can only be a matter of time before the roosters come calling for Mikey Lewis 

[ghost crayfish]

20 hours ago, DoubleD said:

I disagree, massively overhyped. The comparisons with Inglis do him no favours. He’s just one of those big kids with pace who destroyed peers in the age groups but plateaus at open age. He’s got more about him than Cotric so could still be a good rep player but he’ll have to work hard to achieve it, rather than it coming easy to him like through the age grades

He can be both massively overhyped (which I agree with) and oozing potential. Unfortunately it looks like it's gonna be unrealised potential because he clearly isn't working as hard as he needs to on his fitness/speed/agility, and looks cumbersome. Compare it with Farnworth, who clearly works hard at his game, and the proof is there for all to see.