Quote: NickyKiss "Define stand out?
If you mean he shows talent that sets him apart from his peers then surely a young player of the year award in 2016 does that. Also in a pretty poor season overall (where I’d agree he wasn’t a stand out performer for over half of it) he managed 11 try’s and a league high of 29 assists. The lads who took all the plaudits in Gale, Kelly and Sneyd managed 13/20, 19/14 and 7/18 respectively. It isn’t all about try’s and assists of course but it’s a major factor and when you add in his superb defence and line breaking ability I think you do have a player that sets himself apart from the majority of superleague halfs.
Is he good enough for the NRL? With the right partner I’d say undoubtedly but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.'"
Clearly a case of the cherry and white specs here. Stats can be used to slate or praise a player, but lets be honest is he a stand out good enough to play in the halves in the NRL no, no where near. Look at the calibre of players over there. Does Williams stand out against the likes of Kelly, Sneyd,Gale or even Danny Mags? No not at all.
Like I said, he has moments of brilliance, but there are also moments of headless chicken, ineffective play and no control which is expected from a half.
He's not a super league stand out. He's overhyped if anyone thinks he's anything close to being a NRL starting half.