Cruncher wrote:Even in Wigan, many of our youth RL teams have lost players to football.
Norwich City's Lee Croft was a very good Rugby League player.
Although he was a footballer at the weekend on Manchester City's books, he played for Abraham Guest along side me and our basic aim was to give it to Crofty in space. If we did this then he simply would have been caught and he scored some awesome tries and RL circles watched him closely.
Unfortunately, in the second or third year Manchester City took him away where his ties were cut from Rugby League altogether.
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lothlorian wrote:of course its a better league. i don't find it surprising at all that they seem so sharp on the opening weekend. look what manley did to the best we hav to offer, and that was with only a warmup game against harlequins under the belt. we are light years behind he nrl no matter how much eddie and stevo bang the super league drum.
God - no, we have enough drums at matches as it is, without them to jumping on the 'band' wagon.
Speaking of Barrett, what on earth is Tony Smith going on about?
Quote:"Matt (King) has just got to get on with playing rugby league. We need to rebuild his confidence which is low, like it is with many of the players.
"Some of us have got short memories. Trent Barrett was pretty ordinary in his first year at Wigan and people were wondering what all the fuss was about but, by the time he left, everybody said 'how good is Trent Barrett'.
Barrett was fantastic in his first year at Wigan followed by an inconsistent second year.
Speaking of Barrett, what on earth is Tony Smith going on about?
Quote:"Matt (King) has just got to get on with playing rugby league. We need to rebuild his confidence which is low, like it is with many of the players.
"Some of us have got short memories. Trent Barrett was pretty ordinary in his first year at Wigan and people were wondering what all the fuss was about but, by the time he left, everybody said 'how good is Trent Barrett'.
Barrett was fantastic in his first year at Wigan followed by an inconsistent second year.
Has Smith been on the old cough medicine? He does mean Trent "I should have been Man of Steel in my first season, but was robbed by a Saints substitute" Barrett?
MadDogg wrote:Speaking of Barrett, what on earth is Tony Smith going on about?
Barrett was fantastic in his first year at Wigan followed by an inconsistent second year.
Has Smith been on the old cough medicine? He does mean Trent "I should have been Man of Steel in my first season, but was robbed by a Saints substitute" Barrett?
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