To say that the list gives a choice on the "best" imports says it all.
I think the thread is a fair indication as to the quality in SL, a very average crop and maybe we should include the imports that are already over here like Pauli Pauli, Dave Fifita and Bill Toupu, all three are better than the names on Jeans list

Coote and Austin by a country mile

Didn't think much to Coote the first couple of games I saw of Saints but now he is looking really good. Hes the pick of the bunch for me.

Does Ratu Naulago count? He clearly isn't the best player, but he is probably the best bit of scouting. Holding down a first team place, making positive contributions every week, and will be on a fraction of the money that everyone else mentioned in this thread will be getting. Oh, and because of him serving in the British Army he doesn't even count on the quota.

Him serving in the Army has NOTHING to do with his quota status.

Jean (bazza), can you explain why certain folk can't vote? Is it designed so that those who can't vote reveal who they really choose in their post? because that defeats the whole object the vote. This is not the first time this as happened with you is it?

Being in the army doesn't get you off quota but he has a British passport due to serving in the army doesn't he? Which means the same thing in a roundabout way.

You are correct. And for the record I discovered that I cannot vote either. Nor can Judder Man and I am sure many other members of this forum.

You need to raise this problem with the site Admin. I will too

I will leave it to you Bazza, seeing it's you who keeps coming up with this balderdash.

No, he wont have a British Passport for serving in the Army, the law doesn't work like that.

Austin closely followed by Coote. The rest are dog poop

Yes, I knew that.
It's just that the list was so utterly uninspiring and not really worthy of a new thread.
As you say Austin is comfortably the best of that bunch but, as far as Aussie imports go, 2019 must be one of the worst years on record.
Some of those are literally stealing a living and preventing certain clubs from playing their "own" players.

I got some stick for suggesting that he looked unfit and uninterested, albeit in a pre season game but, Uate at Huddersfield has been bloody awful.
Maybe he will improve when he's in better shape but, you have to wonder how he "stole" a contract.

Let’s hope not. Not making excuses but a lot of Aussies do struggle with the weather so we tend not to see the best at first. That said I agree this intake is poor.

What surprises me is people’s surprise. I keep saying this but it breaks no ice with the Aussie groupies on here. There is a reason why most NRL stars go to SL, it’s because they have lost their shine.

There are odd exceptions like Austin but let’s not forget that he’s in an already very able team making him look good.

Worse still is Hurrell who to me is a never was, he’s big and occasionally eye catching but he’s a band average player in truth who’s image has been over egged by Leeds fans and a sycophantic media.

The best long term Aussies are and always have been the point to prove second chance brigade and boy Trinity have done well with those