the only problem graham will have is that not all the players on hes team will want a nickname ending in SY, for example jamal idrisy if he is staying at the doggies or micheal ennissy. but other than that he will do good but i cant see him making as many meters in the nrl.

i honestly think he'll be back at st helens after a year.........good luck to him though

It depends on how they use him. If they spot his robotic workload and herculean effort tbey will use him for 70 minutes a game and he'll do just as well as he does in SL.

If they reduce his game time it might increase his impact. It will be interesting to see how he goes, but he's clearly the best player from SL that has ever gone to the NRL. He's far better than either Burgess was or is and they've done well.

he's not better than burgess.........

The OP is the worst troll ever.

OK England didn't play well in the final, but to clarify how good Graham's game is, watch the first England/Australia game from this years four nations. Whilst Graham was on the pitch England were completely dominant, this was partly due to the tempo Graham plays at.

He's not got to smash players with raw aggression like Burgess or Morley, and I honestly don't think he has the same attritional qualities as Peacock. On the other hand he's very quick, for a prop, always makes metres, always gets a quick play the ball and is natural rugby player. He would have fitted into NSW team that played so well in the second SoO game this year, and improved it.

When comparing League to Union I used to say league was the purist form of Rugby; doing the physical aspects of rugby better, without haing to worry about where your forwards are. I wouldn't disagree with that, but Graham shows how important it is for a player to get their technique right and play at a high tempo. In that respect he's very similar to Paul Gallen. Though, I really hate the whinging.

Different players. Burgess, on a day when everything clicks, could destroy most teams in the world, but he would need players like Graham around him to make that happen!!

In the game against the Austrlians he took the first drive off our line in the second half, why the hell would he set off running and then give the worst pass ever out to no one. In my days you hit the line as hard as you could to get the ball away from your own line.

Given the tackling technique displayed by the Aussies in the 4 nations , I would suggest you are right , smashing people in the face will batter him

Not better than Ellis either, as good but not better.

Paul Gallen in the Four Nations final:
ran 141m
43 tackles
21 hit ups

Graham:
134m
19 hit ups
35 tackles

To put things into perspective:
peacock ran for 62m
ellis 64m
matt scott 46m

Hardly a bad game, was it?

Jammer will go fine in the NRL,tough bugger who can take anything thrown at him,his team mates and coach will think he is a godsend IMO.

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