Quote ="Live Wired" If he was a winger, I could understand his ( lack of ) work rate, but not as a halfback. No wonder Briers always looks knackered, he's carried Myler for more than a season.'"
Right, let's check out that little pearl of wisdom shall we:
2011 stats
Richard Myler Lee Briers
Appearances 24 21 Appearances
Tries 16 16 Tries
Try assists 12 19 Try assists
Meters 1279 1165 Meters
Carries 258 225 Carries
Tackles 317 199 Tackles
Offloads 10 12 Offloads
Attacking Kicks 37 133 Attacking Kicks
Runs from dummy half 12 19 Runs from dummy half
Tackle Busts 29 39 Tackle Busts
Marker tackles 34 20 Marker tackles
Clean Breaks 16 12 Clean Breaks
Kicks in general play 46 196 Kicks in general play
Missed tackles 44 32 Missed tackles
Errors 26 28 Errors
Penalties 15 9 Penalties
Now, I'm not saying Richie is anywhere near the quality of Lee yet, but to suggest Richie is not putting the effort in resulting in fatigue to Lee is ridiculous.