Now we have

Sinfield
Mcguire
Burrow
Pryce
Wellens


But we also have

Morley
Peacock
Burgess
O'loughlin
Graham
Gidley
Tomkins

We still have quality players who are not overated like the first bunch, we have superstars of our game but no one outside the sport has a clue about them.

On that web site, the best nrl tries of the season number 2 is scary how he's manged finish that

On the same note, checkout best big hits of the NRL season on the same site - damn they had to hurt.

What about the one benji marshall set up that is the best assist for a try I have ever seen! Unbelievable.

Hayne's is pretty damn good as well.

My feelings are the same, so much so that i have started playing again to fill the gap in passion that i have had for the last 2 years or so.

Having said that, i do think for the first time in a good few years we may well see an upturn in the standards across the board next year. At least i hope that is the case.

Not as good as the rest but that was truely great awareness!

It had me thinking 'surely he's not gonna..' and then he did it.

Jennings scored a few beauties!

The ten yard rule was brought in to give the attacking team more room, all that's happened is teams stand flat now.

12 subs, what the hell is that about? There's hardly any gaps in play now, teams are more intersted in bashing the line and keeping 13 fresh players on the park than using craft to open teams up.

These are the 2 main areas that I've blamed for the past 4 or 5 years, the game has been in decline for a good while now.

Teams concentrate on possesion and territory looking a for a try from a kick far too often. There's no risks, and off the cuff rugby seems to be a thing of the past.

You have some fair points about the interchanges, you only need to look at fielding a bench of 2 props a 2nd row and a hooker as the defacto standard - what happened to the days of having a fresh back on the bench to bring on and try and open things up.

Off the cuff still does exist in the sport though, just look at the Eels in the NRL.

I'm really hoping that better methods and ideas over here will return the ability to make space and open up gaps. I know I've been banging on about the Storm a lot recently (I just find it appropriate given the coaching situation), but i've been watching quite a lot of NRL past games recently, and they really are very good at working for a gap - like the age old cliche in wrestling of working on one body part to wear the guy down, and then striking at the right time.

I think SL can move forward in the right direction, and I think across the board there are some exciting youth prospects that with the right coaching and development will give us a more attractive game and better International competition.

Michael Jennings?

Years ago nearly every team had an Australian coach but gradually British coaches took over, coinciding with a decline. As we get more expertise from Down Under, our game will improve.
BUT...I still really enjoy watching it.
I had a discussion with Jack Dearden on GMR about 10 years ago. He said the game was dying and I disagreed. I was right. But it still has some way to go.

It's just a phase IMO, it's happened in the NRL too. We just seem to be a few years behind in the cycles. Not long ago the NRL was fairly boring and slow paced, all about wrestling and grapples. Look at it now. I think Maguire could be the man to get us one step ahead of the game.