good to see youve avoided the term pure.

this was the problem i had with your post.

heres the definition of it
free from anything that taints, impairs, infects, etc.; clear pure water or air
simple; mere pure luck
utter; absolute; sheer pure lunacy
free from defects; perfect; faultless
free from sin or guilt; blameless
virgin or chaste
of unmixed stock; purebred
restricted to the abstract or theoretical aspects pure physics
BIBLE ceremonially undefiled
PHONET. articulated without any change in quality and with virtually no movement of the vocal organs; monophthongal (e) is a pure vowel


when you combine any of those definitions with a nationality the result isnt good.

it appears you are backing off from that description which proves my point

it was a very poor choice of words.

Just like you have avoided the whole arguement in an attempt to deflect the attention away from you idiotic rantings.

My definition of a pure Australian is as follows - a person whose family through various generations have originated in Australia. That excludes all the first generation players whose parents have emigrated from the various Polynesian islands to Australia.

Is that simple enough for you - I would hate there to be an ambiguity

Complete rubbish - all this is a smokescreen an attempt to cover up the rantings of fool

made my point perfectly.

Jamal Idris named in the NRL team of the week

The Herald's team of experts pick the best 13 from round one of the National Rugby League.

1. Billy Slater (Storm)
2. Nathan Merritt (Rabbitohs)
3. Jamal Idris (Bulldogs)
4. Michael Jennings (Panthers)
5. Hazem El Masri (Bulldogs)
6. Greg Inglis (Storm)
7. Chris Sandow (Rabbitohs)
8. Steve Price (Warriors)
9. Nathan Friend (Titans)
10. Adam Blair (Storm)
11. Gareth Ellis (Tigers)
12. Sam Thaiday (Broncos)
13. Paul Gallen (Sharks)

Ellis had an excellent debut.

Thats because he is a good player.

Leon Pryce, Sean Long, Jamie Peacock, Rob Burrow, Danny Mcguire etc... would all play well in the NRL.

Players like Mathers, Mason, Edmondson and Sibbit where all crap in Super League its not that they could'nt hack the NRL.

I just don't get how they got NRL contracts... of all the players they could take and already produce

experiments

He played pretty good for his first game.
Whether he can sustain it week in week out as he gets targeted by the other teams hit merchants will decide how he is judged over a season.

The other players you mention would have to back themselves to be judged on how they would go.
Several have talked about testing their arm in the NRL McGuire in particular without doing anything about it and signing long term SL contracts.

Pryce is average in my opinion. (brittle and goes missing entire games)
Long and Peacock are on the way down.

The players mentioned above should have had a go when they were at the top of their game, they showed bugger all in last years World Cup.
Gleeson is a current Test centre and wanted a move to the NRL but got no offers.
"Mason, Edmondson and Sibbit " did these players move to the NRL? I have never heard of them, did they get any game time.
Mathers was an up and comer supposedly when he joined the Titans and played 5 games before injury. (then he quit)

Next you will be saying Wellens is "World Class"

I hope he does.
Its a credit to him that he backed himself and signed with one of the underdog Clubs
He spoke well after the game, I hope he does really well.

Lets hope Ellis can continue to do the business - it will hopefully show the way for other better british players that there is a life outside SL and if you want to know how good you really are then a test against the best is the way