Quote: kevl84 "The thing with briers for me is that he is a really good playmaker, and yes I can see what Wire Ste is saying. When he plays well Warrington play well.
But as said above he's like a little kid on the pitch. Always around the referee like Sinfield does at Leeds, and always trying to "milk" a penalty.
Diving on the floor when no one has touched you to get a penalty in Rugby is worse than a footballer diving in the box to trick the ref. You're playing rugby, get up and play the ball and stop acting!!'"
I understand your point about milking penalties. But thats the nature of the game these days, the best players/teams are the one's that can slow down other teams and 'win' rucks and 'win' penalties. Langer was one of the best at taking a tumble after a kick, and got plaudits for it time after time.
He is a fast thinking character that you want on your side because he annoys the opposition, then they go to take him out, resulting in another penalty.
Class act behind a class pack, wish we had Morley/Carvell et al 10 years ago when Briers was a bit quicker!