Incidentally, I think Blake Austin said exactly that in the press conference.

Thanks for the info. I can't think of that
Type of player in recent times. Maybe Leon
price on a good day and no glass around

Quote: Sheldon "He's big, quick, powerful and has a step. But he's a running 5/8th, a bit of a ball hogg.'" He seems to back himself and usually scores. Hope he can recreate that here. Interestingly, he showed exactly this promise as a kid. Look at this video from 2001 when he won his parents a car in a National competition... they sold the car to buy a house away from the social housing projects: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... uk%2F&_rdr

Quote: Sheldon "He's big, quick, powerful and has a step. But he's a running 5/8th, a bit of a ball hogg.'" He seems to back himself and usually scores. Hope he can recreate that here. Interestingly, he showed exactly this promise as a kid. Look at this video from 2001 when he won his parents a car in a National competition... they sold the car to buy a house away from the social housing projects: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... uk%2F&_rdr

He’s also a big Parra fan so he likes the blue and yellow shirt combo a lot...

Lol. Classic.

huh?

Was thinking of a playmaker who was big,
strong had a step. First player i could think
Of was Leon Pryce. Who would you compare
Him to RD?

At the moment, it's a signing, with a good reputation.

I won't be getting giddy
I won't be clicking on YouTube links
I'll hold my counsel until Easter next year, providing we get firm pitches
I just hope he's a success. A HUGE ONE

Anyone else see his performance for Canberra last weekend.

Turned the game on it's head in the last fifteen minutes.

In fifteen minutes his stats read something like:-

Carries 7.
Metres gained 95.
Line breaks 5.
Tries 1.

The commentators were out of their seats.

We are due an Aussie signing who actually delivers an I've a feeling that this guy could be the one.........I'm getting a Nat Wood vibe

Fingers crossed!

Welcome to Warrington Blake

You could be right.
If we it our thumbs in enough buckets...eventually we'll come out with a plumb.

We have had too many false dawns for me to get too excited about this. I just hope this will not be another to go alongside Gidley, Sandow and Roberts as aussie halfbacks that have not lived up to expectations for various reasons.
Looking how far the raiders are off the top 8 in the NRL it would be good if we can tempt him over for the last month of the season if nothing else just to get a head start on things but i dont know if that door closed back in about 2006 (or was that just for short term contracts)

Gidley was signed as a fullback. We pressed him into service at 7 when our other halves proved incapable. He did a reasonable job outside of his natural position.

I think we can still sign him at this point in time, I think the start of the 8's is the cut off point these days?

The issue would be I guess we would need to offload Roberts to fit another £175k of salary under the cap, as of 30th June NRL clubs have passed their transfer window, so going back to the NRL early wouldn't be an option for him.