O'Connor was League. He played League as a Jnr but slipped through the net. Was told he was too small to make 1st grade. The new franchise in Brisbane say his a player they would want to sign if they get an NRL license. His favourite player is Andrew Johns and has worked with him now his moving to number 10.



The rules do give the union side an advantage.

Playing for a team who lacked enthusiasm, ideas and seemingly the most basic skills, largely ignored by his teamates and still manages a try. Well done Sam Tomkins.

He's been wasted on the wing if you ask me. Why invite one of the top players from the other code over only to play him in a position where he has no positional sense about anyway (even in RL) and where he will only get 7 or 8 touches in the whole game? You could hear the crowd noise raise every time time the ball was shipped his way just through the anticipation of what might happen. He couldn't have done any worse at FB than what the Barbarians 15 did.

Rugby Union - for when entertainment just isn't your thing.

Gotta say I'm well pleased for him to get that. I cant say whether it's a good exercise or not as we can't judge the perceptions of ALL league and union fans and administrators, but he's done himself proud.

you can tell him has the skills of league and knowledge of union.

id like to see 40/40 not them hybrid rules. but they wont miss tackles like that and pass to the floor more than some ones hand no chance. if paul gallen played they would think he was superman.

well done sam could of very well had a hat trick

Yeah, im honestly not surprised. He has the basic skill set that makes you look very good in Union and on top of that is a very good player. I hope he does come back to league one day. I reckon he'd do very well.

It say's everything when the two stand out players for Oz (O'Connor and Ioane) both have rugby league back grounds.

I don't think anyone will be making an animated Lego version of that game.

Tompkins looked good in attack, but struggled in defence. At least he knows the downsides as well as the upsides of the other code.

Post of the week by a mile.