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Very good ball handling prop (by RU standards). Good offload frequently puts people through gaps. However, it's hard to see him coping with the endurance demands of league in his current physical condition. Then again, look at the shape Quinnell was when he first came here. I know it took him a long time to get up to speed, but he did it in the end. I doubt the RFL would go for it, though, even if the club and player were interested.
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Rilo wrote:Think he should probably get over his Class A drug problem before he plays rugby again. Hope he gets sorted out.
They all say they have a problem, rather than saying they had a “good weekend” now and again. Doesn’t make it right or wrong, but a “problem” is a cliché way of quickly explaining why you were caught with your pants down.
If he has used it but doesn’t have ongoing issues with it, would he be a good prospect?
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andy hound dog wrote:They all say they have a problem, rather than saying they had a “good weekend” now and again. Doesn’t make it right or wrong, but a “problem” is a cliché way of quickly explaining why you were caught with your pants down.
If he has used it but doesn’t have ongoing issues with it, would he be a good prospect?
He said himself it had been going on for "sometime" and had become "a problem that's basically ruined his life."
He started the season like a house on fire, but dropped off badly. He is a v good player, but RU props are very different to RL props, can't see it working.
andy hound dog wrote:They all say they have a problem, rather than saying they had a “good weekend” now and again. Doesn’t make it right or wrong, but a “problem” is a cliché way of quickly explaining why you were caught with your pants down.
I agree and it's one of the reasons why I don't have any sympathy towards Andrew Johns.
In my opinion, the reasons why he stopped taking recreational drugs wasn't ''because it's wrong'', it's because he was simply caught doing it and needed to stop for the sake of his past and present image rather the fact that he shouldn't be doing it full stop. Had he not been caught, he would have carried on taking recreational drugs and would still be doing it now.
I don't take any of the ''I needed to escape'' crap either. In my opinion, all that was made up because his methods of having a good weekend have been rumbled and would rather use that as excuse instead of admitting that he was fully in control of what he was doing and used recreational drugs to make his nights out better.
The RFL & RFU have an agreement that neither will register a player from the other code who has been banned for drug misuse.
RL could only consider him after he's served his 2 years.
I hope he cures himself from his problem and gets his life together.
As for his suitability to League, he's simply not mobile enough. There'd be no such thing as a quick ptb when he got tackled.
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