Quote: moving on... "I think it says more about the brand of rugby that is played other there. Some players suit high completion rate and robotic style Rugby and others like Field thrive more in open and risk taking rugby which is the style employed more in this hemisphere.'"
If ever a post said ' l don't watch NRL', then it's this.
The NRL is absolutely levels above the dross that is Super League. The idea that SL is more open and more risk taking is rot - its just that the quality of play (especially defence) is so poor that it makes guys like Field look world-beaters. In Australia, he simply wouldn't be allowed to run through hole-ridden defences like he presently does.
Anyone questioning the risk taking and flair in the NRL should simply go and see Mitchell Moses's try for Parramatta last weekend - a better quality try you won't ever see in Super League.