Noel Cleal wrote:20 Metres out with no one in front of him. He must be a fantastic in the untelivised games because he just looks solid in every game I have seen him.
I am not saying he is a bad player but I would hope you would need to be better to win MOS. Lesley V had several seasons at Bradford better than Richards in 2010 and he was never in the running. The reason for that was that it was a given that Lesley was made to look good by his team mates and I think you could say the same for Richards.
Thats my opinion of him. He's solid, nothing more. His goalkicking gets him more plaudits than it should and he's not scored many tries that players like Chris Hicks or Francis Meli wouldn't score. Good in the air, but MOS for that? No chance. He wouldn't be a major star in the NRL and wouldn't be Irish if he was any good either, he'd be Australian.
There are plenty of players who have had more influence over their side's season than Richards at Wigan. Pryce and Roby at Saints, McGuire, Peacock and Sinfield at Leeds, Clinton Shifcofske and Jarrod Sammut at Crucrucrusaders, Newton and Dobson at KR, Tomkins and Coley at the Goons, Monaghan, King and Westwood at the Dire to name just a selection.
But it's now just a glorified popularity contest anyway and holds little meaning.
