id its just a training spot its fine but more than likely it would be a place in the under 20s team which would waste a spot for another kid who could play for the broncos one day.

anyway its a good idea, just read the article

phil gould is the one who raised this as an issue during the quad nations, saying 30 kids should come over and im sure it will the player develop

im guessing widnes are still paying the kid whilst hes in australia

and im still surprised an nrl club would do something for the good of the english game where they get no benefit, especially if its a club like the brisbane broncos

Great initiative by HKR to expose their youth to NRL standards www.hullkr.co.uk/article.php?id=1525

Great initiative by HKR to expose their youth to NRL standards www.hullkr.co.uk/article.php?id=1525

Quote ="JB Down Under"Great initiative by HKR to expose their youth to NRL standards www.hullkr.co.uk/article.php?id=1525'" Hull KR really have been a fantastic addition to SL since getting promoted back in a club that has moved forward both on and off the field

Quote ="JB Down Under"Great initiative by HKR to expose their youth to NRL standards www.hullkr.co.uk/article.php?id=1525'" Hull KR really have been a fantastic addition to SL since getting promoted back in a club that has moved forward both on and off the field

Think the clubs are looking to forge an official partnership. Perhaps Brisbane could unload players to Widnes?

George Burgess played his first game for Souths yesterday, in 41 degree heat.

It's crazy, they should have called the game off, we have had over 40 every day this week,

I'm sure the Broncos will be just having a look at the lad. He'll not be guaranteed a game in the U20s - he'll get a game if he's good enough. The Broncos would - probably rightly - assume that if he does very well they'll talk him into staying in Australia, or returning in the near future. It will benefit the British game so long as part of the deal is that he must play for England and not Australia. So long as that happens when juniors do this then I'm all for it.

Gould is right - we should be looking at sending a lot of juniors to Australia to train with NRL sides.

yeah

when the australian game was behind englands it was our imports to england that changed the aussie game

players like ken kearney and harry bath learned how the english art of forward play as opposed to the aussie way then of bash and barge, they went back to australia and it changed our game

Oh I dunno, Brisbane's full of floodwater and American bullfrogs.

Bullfrogs?? If you mean cane toads then you are quite right. I have to kill 2/3 a night during summer and they are not small. They eat anything smaller than themselves (i.e. all the indigenous frogs) and are highly toxic - our stupid dachshund has twice been close to dying due to biting one of them.

Here’s Mullally’s first blog about his first impressions on arriving in Brisbane.
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Great stuff, and good luck to him.

Can you link his other blogs on the VT when he writes please? I'd be interested to read it.

Ta

Yeah, no problem.

Who on earth is he?

How did he get a job with Brisbane?

As you may (you probably didn't, did you?) read from his blog, he's a 6'5, 17 stone prop forward, built in the modern day prop forward style, like a Stuart Fielden.

He rose through the academy ranks with Widnes and was rated as one of our top prospects, but has stagnated. This could be due to the fact the other lads he's playing against are now not as inferior in size as he's used to, I don't know. He's rumoured to have had a bad year off the field too.

Anyway, reports have suggested he looked useful in pre-season trials for the Vikings, so perhaps he does have a future at the top level.

I'm not aware if he's had any representative honours in recent seasons.

If the Broncs see he has potential, then he has potential.

As I said....







Correct.

No I didn't.

good read

looks like hell enjoy his time over here

Maybe it would have been a good idea.

Barry if you're just going to sign up as a new username it may have been a good idea to change your persona a bit.

bingo

Anthony Mullally - A postcard from Brisbane (aka ‘The Bronco Blog' - Part Two)

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Good stuff mate.

Interesting to see that he's being coached to hit the deck as soon as poss in a tackle.

He didn't need to travel half way around the world for that. He just needed to have a chat with Ricky Bibey!