Mild Rover wrote:But even in a sport as tough as rugby league, perhaps especially in a sport as tough as rugby league, it isn't just about mundane utility, there's room for the odd extravagant flourish. Rene Higuita could have just caught the ball in nets for Colombia at Wembley - and nobody in this country would remember his name or that otherwise unremarkable game.
If Sa hadn't been injured and just smashed him when he had the opportunity we'd have won the game. No one seems to remember that he'd tried it 3 times previously and twice it had gone in to touch.
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Some of Benji Marshall's flick passes have been sublime. The one he gave Pat Richards in the 2005 (twas a great year ) NRL Grand Final was different gravy.
ive no love of chase,but flair like he has seems to be a lost art nowadays.uk rugby league used to have plenty of players with similar skills.crane,newlove,lockwood,pinner,norton to name just a few..real flair and skill seems to be coached out of them now and consequently the game is poorer for it.
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It's had 2.6m views on the Sport Bible Facebook page. The best marketing for our sport for a while that. The one he did against Catalans a couple of years ago was pretty good too.
Joined: Jun 28 2011 Posts: 277 Location: North Yorks
Reg Bowden of Widnes /Fulham in his prime was as good as Chase. His reverse pass was the longest that I can recall seeing
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and proudly proclaiming `Wow, what a ride`
It was an exceptional piece of skill, and we should applaud that in our game. Let's not forget we are in the entertainment industry and that was definitely entertaining.
He did something similar at craven park last year which was more of a reverse inside ball and they broke clear from it and scored, was excellent play and the full east stand applauded the skill level shown.
We should encourage more of this, people like him, watkins, jamie lyon etc is what we want to see and something the aussies do consistently.
I think the biggest problem is that chase is sometimes a little grub and people are struggling to comprehend something positive he did due to his lets say chequered history. As somebody mentioned, the exposure it has brought to the game is an added bonus
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) NRL Grand Final was different gravy.
