So his junior reps league coach urged him and pushed him to rugby?
Who is this dickhead craig macleod???
Who is this dickhead craig macleod???
Have a look at this monster !!!
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southerntiger
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@innsaneink said:
Yeh imagine a coach telling a young athlete to play the sport they are more suited to. What a horrible person. Its worse when the coach is right and the young player becomes an elite in that sport.
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Who said hes more suited to Union?
Whos to say he wouldnt have made it in league if he was encouraged to stay?
Ultimately his own choice obviously…but Im stuffed if I can see why a league coach would urge him away...maybe the peanut with the whistle should be wearing leather patches
Whos to say he wouldnt have made it in league if he was encouraged to stay?
Ultimately his own choice obviously…but Im stuffed if I can see why a league coach would urge him away...maybe the peanut with the whistle should be wearing leather patches
southerntiger
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@innsaneink said:
His coach did. Also anyone who has seen him play can see he is more suited to union where leg speed in a forward is not as important as it is in league.
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southerntiger
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@innsaneink said:
His coach did. Also anyone who has seen him play can see he is more suited to union where leg speed in a forward is not as important as it is in league.
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If only we could get Potter to do similar
"Hey Braith, you pretty good at darts or lawn bowls yeh?"
"What say I drive you"
"Hey Braith, you pretty good at darts or lawn bowls yeh?"
"What say I drive you"
supercoach
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The really good league forwards tend to be compact with a low centre of gravity,the likes of Gallen Whatmough, okay their are exceptions but usually the big tall heavy players struggle a little. It may be just running up and back the 10 mtrs that kills them, or the line speed.
jirskyr
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@supercoach said:
You have it just right supercoach, it's the centre of gravity.
Players like Paul MacNicholas, Jason King, Matt Parsons, always a little too top-heavy to become elite props. Certainly they are massive dudes, but if you are skinnier around the legs/waist and you don't have speed, professional tacklers will stop you fairly easily. KG falls into this category a bit, he really has to lean into the line to bend it. He will never get on the outside of anyone.
The ideal build is more like a cube - waist, bum and legs as wide as your shoulders. Gallen fits this perfectly, also what makes/made players like Beetson, Roach, Lazarus, Webcke, Woods so hard to stop. Even the rounder players like Riddell and Carl Webb were very difficult to stop when at peak fitness; it's hard to bring a dude down when he has so much width and doesn't easily topple. Even George Burgess, though he is tall and not quite squat, has a really big date and waist to motor with once he gets into a tackle.
It's part of what makes BMM's failure to kick on so disappointing, the guy has an ideal build but clearly not the fitness or technique yet to go to the next level.
