Quote: pocket 4's "did you forget about George Burgess or deliberately leave him out. He is every bit as good as the Aussie/Kiwi front-rowers and Tom seems to be picking up too now, although he will need another year I think.
I'd put GB and JG in the top 5 front rowers in the NRL easily and if you count Sam as a prop he would probably be in there too, along with Matt Scott and Aaron Woods.
I don't think the Aussie front rowers are to be feared by our pack at all - its the halves that are just so much better in big games than ours.'"
I didn't forget about him. I think George is still a step below the top Aussie props. Not a big step but still a step. There's no point counting Sam Burgess though is there as he's not available to us. It'd be like counting Kyle Eastmond among our halves.
I also didn't say we had to be fearful of the Aussie front rowers, just that they're slightly better and have more depth.
I also don't think their halves are that much better, or that halfback has been a problem v the Aussies. As usual, we'll do ok v the Aussies if our pack stands up. Unfortunatel, too often, they don't.