I value him that high because I put a premium on hole running . As simple as running between 2 players is as a concept , far fewer players actually can do it consistently . Some can’t at all , I think , and this is just my opinion , but because a lot of them were the massive unit coming up that just ran over people .Lestronge is correct in stating that he was bagged here (on the forum). But realistically anyone who isn't either 'going to be a star' or 'is a star' gets bagged. No one seems to value the low cost role player (probably as that seems to be all we have/had in our side and no stars) and Garner probably was also overpriced for such a player during his time here.
Lestronge is entitled to his opinion but he appears to be alone in valuing Garner at 4-500K as neither club did, seemingly no other club has (as he hasn't signed elsewhere) and i've never seen anyone else on the forum rate him that highly.
Batboy's original retort that he was valued here (as in by the club) is however right. The mere fact that he was paid (and offered) more here than he was/is at Panthers would prove that he was valued here. And rightly so as he is a handy back up 2nd rower with good utility value. I just don't see how any club could afford to offer such a player more than at most about 300-350K unless they were to see him as more than that.
For reference that’s exactly what Joe Ofahengue was , and now I watch him get dominated in tackles a lot .
And Garner is really good at it . But as others have said he isn’t going to bump players off and go flying so I’m probably alone in that value , but I guess it’s why my favourite player as a kid was Steve Menzies . To me that was the prototype second rower .
One day there will be a player who can hit a hole , run over people , and take dirty hitups all day . That kid is going to be worth a lot of money .