Cook is class

I agree. I’d still have a prime James Roby over him but he is a good player. The point I’m getting at is that the Aussies don’t have an endless amount of world class hookers to call on, like they do in some other positions and they’ve not had that for a good while. They haven’t needed it with having one of the best ever in place for 10+ years but I just wonder if Hodgson is standing out as one of the better ones behind him because the overall standard isn’t that high. I’m struggling to think of many other reasons for his billing tbh.

he just does things right and the Aussies love that a bit like Smith

Does he though? His long kicking out of dummy half is good, but his distribution is slow, he can't pass very wide of the ruck and his defence is average.

No he hasn't. He's had one half decent game. Whenever he's started before either of those two he's been rubbish and the team massively improved when he goes off.

his defence is very good he was everywhere yesterday, his distribution is fine otherwise his forwards wouldnt be making the yards like they are as they would be on the back foot, if he was poor in these areas he wouldnt be starting in the NRL as defence is key over there

More missed tackles than anyone in the NRL with an 82% tackle efficiency is average at best.

ah, stats can be easily made to make any argument, now give me tackles against them all, might show a different story as he has a great engine and is everywhere, for example Tim Grant has a percentage of near 94 percent but did 143 tackles in the season, so your saying hes a better defender? didnt think so

Alright then, it's his third game, I stand corrected.

.......ok

Aussie rugby games are anything but overrated.

Is that not the same for all players? In Australia if you don't play well you are not in the team.

bingo, they dont tolerate garbage

They are the exact opposite to be truthful. I don’t understand some peoples menality towards it. It is not a bad thing that they are superior and have a better comp than us. It is just the way it is, in this country we have a far better football league than they do in Australia because its our national sport like rl is theres (its not actually I don’t think but not far off).Not sure why there is an obsession with us wanting to be as good as the NRL competition. Soon as we all realise that SL will never be as good we can move on and accept and enjoy our game for what it is then also enjoy the Aussie stuff for what it is and stop the comparisons of everything.