your right, he will have him and one of the Burgess's thats it really

A brilliant player aye. I always remember Keith Senior picking a fight with him at the Reebok during a heavy defeat in the 2000 World Cup and Vagana pasted him. He came to Superleague after that and was superb.

It highlights the difference to today’s superleague. Guys like Vagana, Craig Smith, Cayless etc could’ve easily continued to get a place in top NRL teams. The lads that come here now are guys like Satae, Ellis, Mago, Prior Paasi etc who are all looking like ‘good’ players but were either fringe NRL players or forced out from clubs and were unlikely to pick up a regular start at anything other than the bottom sides.

Salary cap/exchange rate was in our favour then

Agreed. A big reason why Scully never went to Aus.

NK is right in what he says, we don't get players in their peak now from overseas, we either get the fringe ones like he mentions or we get the bad boys. Occasionally we get the good ones, Barba (for 6 months) Lyon, Hastings etc that rip up the comp. Unfortunately for SL, they invariably go straight back to the NRL.

Not a patch on Morley he did it in the hardest league on earth

Will never forget that pass left to right straight to Sarge for his try not many could have done that at pace

Indeed. The exchange rate doesn’t get mentioned much but around that time I went to the Ashes in Australia (cricket version) and you were getting just shy of $3 to the pound. When you consider it’s around half that now, it’s an absolutely massive difference and with the boom of the game down under, it’s put paid to that type of player coming over.

See, again this is where I struggle. Morley was good in the NRL, as was Graham.

I didn't need to see Morley or Graham in the NRL to know they were top players. This premise that Morley is better than Peacock simply because he played in the NRL is nonsense IMO. We're able to form judgements based on what we see - and Jamie Peacock was a brilliant prop and a brilliant leader.

How anyone can say Peacock was "not a patch on" Morley simply beacuse he didn't play in the NRL is just daft.

I have to disagree with this sadly, as it is how you perform in a top league that counts. There's no 'given' that a player can do it in another league - Josh Perry being a great example.

Yeah we can say JP was a top player and the "patch" comment is obviously wrong, but it does differentiate the two.

OT, but it's why I always say Ronaldo is better than Messi. We know Messi is quality, but Ronlado has done it across the major leagues.

No you have got this wrong Walmsley not a patch on Morley that is what I mean.

Peacock was one hell of a player and leader up there with the best as is Morley.
But not Walmsley (yet) he isnt a leader like those 2 and Lockers and the ginger one all great players and leaders

Peacock was one hell of a player and leader up there with the best as is Morley.
But not Walmsley (yet) he isnt a leader like those 2 and Lockers and the ginger one all great players and leaders

Totally different types of prop in truth. I’m sure he’d still be absolute class Morley but his game would need to be different now or else he’d be sat in the stands even more than he was. Peacock was an absolute grafter. His metres per carry was actually pretty low but he’s just go and go and go and was such an impressive leader.

We didn’t need to see Peacock or Roby in the NRL to admit they were world class but nowadays it’s tough to prove it solely in this superleague because of a lack of quality across the board.

I think Walmsley should go and test himself tbh