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| Quote: Judder Man "No derision from me he's a cracking player, I like how he finds space. Should be a future England half back in a few years, something we desperately need.'"
Unless he's not that type of person I expect he'll be in the NRL pretty soon. They are desperately trying to recruit good halves from abroad and you can bet they'll offer Williams (and anyone else) a king's ransom.
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| My favourite moment was in the 1st half when he went to ground a grubberkick for a try and the the saints player palmed the ball out, but on multiple video reviews all the referees and commentators ignored the fact that he was blantantly tackled off the ball.
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| Kimmorley?? Not in the same league as the ones I mentioned in my view.
I've never been Pearce's biggest fan, to be fair, but the slagging he has got from some NSW fans (is it his dad's fault?) during Origin, is crazy and way OTT as far as I'm concerned when by any reasonable standards he is a very good half indeed. Maloney is just about my favourite player in the comp. A class act in every aspect of his game, who, crucially, is a much better player now than he was at the Warriors.
And in my book, and I suspect many people's, JT stands head and shoulders above them all.
I don't rate Hodkinson much at all, though, I'll give you that.
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| In the build up to the Cowboys game they called JT the 2nd best player of all time.
Wonder who they regard as #1? Johns? Lockyer? Wally Lewis?
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| I'd say a year or so ago the NRL crop looked poor, but Ben Hunt has developed superbly for the Broncos (and Milford is as a 6 alongside him), and you've inexplicably missed Johnson off the list as well. Morgan at the Cowboys and Blake Austin at the Raiders have also come along in leaps and bounds. There are some weaker teams for halfback around, but the current batch is looking pretty good albeit without a dominant figure like Johns.
I seriously doubt that NRL clubs will look seriously at SL halfbacks. I'd argue it would be the very last position they'd look at importing, as its where the gap in standards between NRL and SL is most obvious. The most likely route for a SL halfback into the NRL would be via reserve grade at a club willing to give them a chance. There's no way on earth an NRL side would break the bank for a SL halfback, so it would be a gutsy (and financially risky) move for a star SL halfback to take that kind of chance.
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| Yes, agree with all it. I omitted Johnson cos the original comment was about Aussie halves, but of course he is a wonderful talent, and Hunt and Milford have certainly come on a long way this season.
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