Come to think of it Baloo was pretty crap when he was in his thirtys

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Beware of the rig.


Think with the excitement of Orford and Kearney mainly, because we are looking forward to some creativity in the halves, Hall has been overlooked a little latley (perhaps because his signing was so early aswell.

I for one am extremely excited about seeing him play, from what I saw of him at manly, he makes excellent metres in attack, is solid in defence and can put some real big hits in.


Roll on 2010!

Really dont wanna disagree with you, but not seen a lot from him in the NRL thats fiklls me with hope. He will be solid, but the reason I would overlook him is because players like Orford and Kearney are gamebreakers and Hall is not. But at the end of the day, I'd just be happy to see us play winning rugby, I'm actually of the opinion that all are signings that willl improve our squad. But not all are going to set the world alight, it would be naive to suggest that each player that the Bulls have signed would not improve the squad we have, even sculthorpe who adds a ball handling dimension to a decent go-forward pack.

You can't have watched too much then? He rearely misses a tackle, doesn't give many penalties away, doesn't knock on often, gains good metres and doesn't take a backwards step and his offload is something too.

Quote ="Ewwenorfolk"You can't have watched too much then? He rearely misses a tackle, doesn't give many penalties away, doesn't knock on often, gains good metres and doesn't take a backwards step and his offload is something too.'" Watched heaps of NRL last season but don't really see him as a attacking second rower (3 line breaks in 22 games last season), more a grafter, thats why he steps up to prop when needed......and not seen much of his offloading ability either, he averages less than one a game (8 in 22).... Like I say though, I do think he will be a success, better than what we have already and does make a good solid average of about 8 metres a drive which is good, but I won't be expecting his attack to be lighting up Odsal anytime soon. For anyone who cares, 2009 stats from here: www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... eamid=3492

Quote ="Ewwenorfolk"You can't have watched too much then? He rearely misses a tackle, doesn't give many penalties away, doesn't knock on often, gains good metres and doesn't take a backwards step and his offload is something too.'" Watched heaps of NRL last season but don't really see him as a attacking second rower (3 line breaks in 22 games last season), more a grafter, thats why he steps up to prop when needed......and not seen much of his offloading ability either, he averages less than one a game (8 in 22).... Like I say though, I do think he will be a success, better than what we have already and does make a good solid average of about 8 metres a drive which is good, but I won't be expecting his attack to be lighting up Odsal anytime soon. For anyone who cares, 2009 stats from here: www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... eamid=3492

Sounds a bit like Gartner.

If he's another Gartner I will be more than happy!

Quote ="Paul_J"Watched heaps of NRL last season but don't really see him as a attacking second rower (3 line breaks in 22 games last season), more a grafter, thats why he steps up to prop when needed......and not seen much of his offloading ability either, he averages less than one a game (8 in 22).... Like I say though, I do think he will be a success, better than what we have already and does make a good solid average of about 8 metres a drive which is good, but I won't be expecting his attack to be lighting up Odsal anytime soon. For anyone who cares, 2009 stats from here: www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... eamid=3492'" I'm not saying hes a great attacking player, he doesn't break the line that often, no, but he does make excellent metres and doesn't usually take a backwards step. His offloads are few and far between, but he's the sort of player that won't go looking for the offload, but if he's there he'll provide a cracking one (see Manly vs Parramatta @ Parra (I think!)). He's a workhorse with a few extra touches and I think, like you say, he will improve our side.

Quote ="Paul_J"Watched heaps of NRL last season but don't really see him as a attacking second rower (3 line breaks in 22 games last season), more a grafter, thats why he steps up to prop when needed......and not seen much of his offloading ability either, he averages less than one a game (8 in 22).... Like I say though, I do think he will be a success, better than what we have already and does make a good solid average of about 8 metres a drive which is good, but I won't be expecting his attack to be lighting up Odsal anytime soon. For anyone who cares, 2009 stats from here: www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... eamid=3492'" I'm not saying hes a great attacking player, he doesn't break the line that often, no, but he does make excellent metres and doesn't usually take a backwards step. His offloads are few and far between, but he's the sort of player that won't go looking for the offload, but if he's there he'll provide a cracking one (see Manly vs Parramatta @ Parra (I think!)). He's a workhorse with a few extra touches and I think, like you say, he will improve our side.

Stay cool young fellow, Hall will produce and stats are umimportant for this guy. He makes his own that are not on the lists. Wait and see.
Remember you heard it here first.

I know I watched quite a lot of NRL last season

Yeah I'm gonna miss having sky

Even better in New Zealand you get every NRL game live (or slightly delayed when there is a clash) every weekend, along with the two SL games you get here....gonna be a lean year of rugby watching this year, picking and choosing the good games at the pub.

It will be all the more heart wrenching if the Bulls tear up!