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I'm sceptical on this one, size doesn't matter in league, sometimes the biggest players get smashed the most. Is he the player with the dodgy carrying technique? I apologise for my ignorance, but i'd rather cut a toe off than watch half an hour of yawnion.
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| Quote: Scorpions for SL "Its ridiculous you are trying to claim it would be a bad signing. The only reason you are saying this is because he is currently a union player ![]()
When you have put as many km's on the clock in this forum as Barry 'The Dalai Lama of footy' McKenzie has you will realise that unless you believe that people that play Rugby Un*on are all the spawn of lucifer himself with the sole motive of undermining the 13 man code like some 'fifth columnists' in world war 2 anything you mention on here will be total and utter garbage, your opinions will be worthless and everyone will think you are going to steal their children.
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| Quote: crucrucrusaders "Yes he's big and in my opinion would have to slim down. He's an inch shorter and 1.5 stone heavier than Jamie Peacock. He's also a stone or so heavier than James Graham. That shows he has some way to go just to hit the right fitness levels.'"
Not a fair comparison, Peacock and Graham both put in big minutes hence they are more lightweight. He is a stone lighter than Paleasena and he will already have very high fitness levels being a full time professional athlete  |
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I'm not going to pan a player I havn't seen, but could he lose weight, get fit, learn the rules and get up to speed without having a pre-season? Remember Tuiga'mala? It took him nearly 2 years to get up to speed.
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| Quote: jonny the leyther "I'm not going to pan a player I havn't seen, but could he lose weight, get fit, learn the rules and get up to speed without having a pre-season?'"
Hes a professional athlete so will already be fit, hes over a stone lighter than current super league props and played RL as a kid so will already know all the rules |
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I didn't know he'd played the game before. That makes a big difference, will he be able to cope without a pre-season. He'd be playing Rugby non-stop for nearly 18 months.
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| Quote: Scorpions for SL "Hes a professional athlete so will already be fit, hes over a stone lighter than current super league props and played RL as a kid so will already know all the rules ![]()
Where did he play RL when he was a kid. 
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| Quote: jonny the leyther " He'd be playing Rugby non-stop for nearly 18 months.'"
Except he wouldn't |
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He would. full 2009 season, 2009 tour to South Africa and a full 2010 season of Rugby Union.
Nice one Barry, glad you came. Why do you bother?
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| Quote: jonny the leyther "He would. full 2009 season, 2009 tour to South Africa and a full 2010 season of Rugby Union.
Nice one Barry, glad you came. Why do you bother?'"
So you think a game of Rugby lasts for 24 hours a day and there is one played every day of the week for 18 months? |
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rlhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8714606.stmrl
Whether this is a really injury or not I'm not sure
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| Quote: Scorpions for SL "Not a fair comparison, Peacock and Graham both put in big minutes hence they are more lightweight. He is a stone lighter than Paleasena and he will already have very high fitness levels being a full time professional athlete ![]()
If we're paying a fair wedge for Powell then I'd expect a lot of minutes out of him. A lot more than Paleaaesina that's for sure. You've also compared him to one of the props with the least time on the field in Super League and one of the most out of shape in the modern game. I think my comparisons are better and expect people to want a Peacock or a Graham type player than a quarter of the game Paleaaesina if we pay that much to sign him.
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| Quote: Barry_McKenzie "So you think a game of Rugby lasts for 24 hours a day and there is one played every day of the week for 18 months?'"
No Barry, you ignorant get, of course not. But he has been training non-stop for all that time, the body needs rest. I'm not calling the lad, i've never seen him play. All i'm saying is he has had hardly any recovery time for his body to rest. From what people are saying now, he's had an injury, which is good if he makes the switch as the rest of his body has rested. |
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