Took a heavy knock out of habit really. Awful (dangerous) body positioning. I suppose when you've played the "other" code for so long it's conditioned into you. A whole two weeks of RL training in his life probably isn't enough to be running into SL forwards, no matter how athletic he may be. As Grendel says, if he can convert the skills he does have, then he'll be an asset.

Beats Dwayne Chambers.

Like I say, props in Union are fatties who are designed to push. He'll never have met anyone like Ferriol before.

You ARE joking aren't you?

The average Union No 8 or flanker is bigger and harder than Ferriol. All he has is a bit of momentum because of the differing rules of the game. If the structure of the game allows big fellas to run fast, they do.

Hell I could easily pick half a dozen Welsh forwards as big and fast and hard as Ferriol.

You know, I prefer league as a game over Union (even if my team was nicked), but there is nothing, repeat NOTHING for top level union boys to fear from league except some childish "point-proving" dirty tackling from some of the thicker, more spiteful League players.

And this goes the other way too, when League players go to Union.

League is the BETTER game. That's all. It's a DIFFERENT skill set, not a HARDER skill set. League players are not bigger, harder, braver or any of that other bovine excrement. Neither are Union players.

It is probably the thing most likely to put me off League OR Union (cos they say it too) this childish "my cok's bigger than your cok" rubbish.

Thomas getting concussed in his first game proved one thing ONLY. You can't learn a new code in 2 weeks and perform at the very top level (no tedious comments about the NRL please Dally). Nothing else.

Make your mind up.

FWIW, I never suggested that Union does not have big players. But Union props are fatties who's main job is static pushing. Whereas league props have to be a lot more mobile and are designed to make shots and win collisions. If you are trying to deny this, then you clearly know nothing about either sport because it is a simple principle. And if you think league is not a harder game physically to play, you are also deluded, the very nature of the game means that it clearly is going to be so. And I'm not saying that Thomas getting knocked out proves this, that Union does not have some good athletes or anything else, but league has always been tougher to play and always will be due to the rules of the game. I know Wales has good athletes playing Union, I've seen them first hand and it's a damn shame that they are playing a code where they can't properly use their attributes and skills.

wot a nob head..!! im just glad he hasnt got a serious injury.

christ he clashed his head against a hip any player on that field would have the same injury..!!!

tit.!

he was brave enough to carry on for 30 mins.

plenty of game time left in the rest of the season for him

off.!!!

are you real..!!!

lomu was super human.!!

really.?

not all props... gethin jenkins is a prime example would be able to cut it at RL.. not bad for a fattie

There is no contradiction in what I say. I merely mentioned that Union back rowers on average are bigger or harder than Ferriol. There are league players that are too.

Oh and Gethin Jenkins would match any prop in league I've seen so far.

LOL not on match fitness. RU players spend halt the time rolling around on the floor. The rest of the time it's like watching rugby tennis.

I assume you are not familiar with Gethin. He is one of the fittest players in the whole Ospreys and Wales squads let alone just the forwards. According to the fitness guys his stats are unbelievable. He may be a prop but he plays like a flanker.

This thread is hilarious. People actually believe union players in any postion are bigger and harder than RL players!! Brilliant.

Yes it makes me giggle too to think some people think RU players could match RL players

why.?

its obvious there are good players in RL and union, there are fit players in rl and union and hard players in both rl and union.?

they are not better than one or other. the bad and good players in either code.

i just dont get it i like both sports ... yet you league lot keep having a pop at union. yet us dual coders or union fans dont give a flying .!! it really makes me laugh.

it reminds me of small mans syndrome

League players have to be fitter as it's a faster game with the ball in play a lot, lot longer

Yes most League players are fitter than their Union equivalents, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they are harder. Nothing that six weeks doing aerobic training in the gym wouldn't even out.