no it didnt

Two years after he signed for Warrington. So not remotely comparable to six games....



Yes, I'm sure they were pressured into playing a league FORWARD at inside centre. Hard to imagine that anyone at union would be any better.

He was even considered to play fly-half which considering his last league position was prop is quite something. When a union forward (particularly a prop) is ever considered for the fly-half position of an international team then I'll agree that Farrel was a flop.



Anyone with two arms and two legs can play for Wales. They had some class players but a tiny squad.

Wiki is wrong mate if you looked at that.!!

Ellis played for Bridgend in the Schweppes cup final in MAY 1990 and signed for Wire the next season Sept 90 and was in GB tour of summer of 91 so by my calculations thats the first GB tour he could of been on.?

The wales team that nearly beat england WC.? and its the same comparison to the farrel story he would never get anywhere near a lions RU team with the welsh and irish backs..lol

So what?

He didn't play six games and then get drafted into internationals so what's your point?

Nobody ever made it to the international team as quickly as the "failure" Farrell.



Well I suspect that even Farrell might have had to play the game more than a dozen times to be better than the Welsh or Irish backs.

Are you real.... henson(at the time) and darcy where way in front of him and by the lions tour roberts, flutley and hook where far better options. even alfie did the job against england at 12 in 2007.

Just becuase england picked him doesnt make him a great player in union that is.!

I didn't say he was great, I said it was absurd to dismiss him as a failure, particularly when he was thrown in at the deep end.

OK we agree to disagree, maybe he was good by englands standards of back line play.!

On his Twitter this morning, 1st post in over a weekHi dudes.123 im back in the room.Been making some future plans so needed some Alfie time.Hoping your all ok.Off training.Chat later.x[/i"

Hopefully he will make the move and play a couple of games for the South Wales Scorpions first to familiarise himself. Then the move would have a massive benefit for them as well.

According to an article in The Sun he's extremely keen to learn the game of RL. Gonna have to be a f*****g fast learner isn't he.

For the record I have a lot of respect for Thomas and would rate him as one of the most exciting RU players I've watched, but to try and learn a professional sport (and play at a pro level) at 36 is crazy IMO.

Great publicity for Crusaders though eh.

Cant the Crusaders follow this up with a bid for the leg waxing, self pruning mega star married to Charlotte Church?

First thing he should do is read Inga the Winga's book... if that doesn't put him off, then good luck to him