Quote Snaggletooth="Snaggletooth"Typical performance of a SL club, plucky and nothing else. Walmsley and Thompson were shining lights, the rest of the forwards were pretty quiet. The fullback was poor.
This game should be played with a couple of weeks break after the seasons finish not as a curtain raiser for the new season.'"
In an ideal world yes, but we don't live in an ideal world. If the SL champions played the NRL champions in Australia when both sides are in peak condition, it would be an absolute blood bath. Walmsley and Thompson (And Lees before he sprinted full speed into that guys shoulder) stood up to them brilliantly and you could tell by JWH's high shot first tackle on Walmsley that he was worried. But can you imagine that game if those two aren't playing? That is what the rest of Super League is like. There's no one in Wigan's pack or Warrington's pack standing up to that.
Super League just needs to look at how the NRL does the basics. They play the ball so cleanly, they run hard and at good angles and they win the floor and repeat. Super League players get up holding the tackler, walking round them, trying to push for an extra few yards they couldn't do before they were tackled. Then they play the ball whilst walking forward and the hooker throws a looped pass to a guy stood still. The crackdown on the play the balls the referees promised needs to actually happen. It's like watching a different sport.
