king_sirro
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2 threads and I haven't read anything that says we have signed him
This is the man we need.
- Thread starter Milky
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Kev '16…
Centre or wing?
Centre or wing?
Hahaha i remember after Parra vs Tigs i walked past one of the entries outside and Kevin was speaking to his little brother, protected by security of course
There was this guy with his little daughter yelling so loud "WES, WES, take a pic with my daughter, do it for the little one"
He stood there for about ten minutes begging, Naiqama was topless and looked like he needed a shower, yet he took time out of his day to give a guy a picture who didn't even know his name
There was this guy with his little daughter yelling so loud "WES, WES, take a pic with my daughter, do it for the little one"
He stood there for about ten minutes begging, Naiqama was topless and looked like he needed a shower, yet he took time out of his day to give a guy a picture who didn't even know his name
stevetiger
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@Demps said:
Centre - he is too short for wing and gets caught out with the high ball. He goes well in attack on the wing though.
Kev is huge in real life.
Saw him stand next to a so called "professional" bodybuilder - (Fortafy; for those who care) and he put him to shame.
Saw him stand next to a so called "professional" bodybuilder - (Fortafy; for those who care) and he put him to shame.
happy_tiger
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@Milky said:
Wayne Pearce tells a funny story along the lines you mention Milky
He is signing autographs one day and he sees this young fella come up a second time for an autograph
He says to the young fella " Are you getting an autograph for your little brother "
Young fella replies " No , I can swap two Wayne Pearce's for one Bradley Clyde "
Byron_Bay_Fan
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I think a few of those NFL rejects could easily pick up RL and are very talented. But would prefer the big money going to the poorer Pacific Islanders.
@Byron Bay Fan said:
Ben Glover
FOX SPORTS
August 25, 2015 8:32PM
ONLY one athlete has managed to score a first grade rugby league try in Australia and an NFL touchdown in the US. And it is not Jarryd Hayne.
Well before Hayne was born, Manfred Moore was making his name in the NFL as a running back who excelled on special teams. He was picked up by the San Francisco 49ers in the ninth round of the 1974 draft out of the University of Southern California. He won a Super Bowl ring with John Madden’s 1976 Raiders. It would be the last game Moore would play on American soil before undergoing a career change every bit as radical as Hayne’s.
“I thought, ‘Hey, great I can play football in the United States, sure I can go and play football in Australia’. Then (Moore’s former coach) Dick (Nolan) stopped me and said: ‘No, no, no, no. It’s rugby’,” Moore told the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007\. “I had played rugby one time in college between football seasons, so I didn’t really hesitate … I came down there and started meeting some of the guys and they showed me a few things, and I saw a match on film and then I said, ‘OK, I’m come this far I may as well go all the way’.”
With John Singleton financing the move, Moore arrived in Sydney and pulled on a Newtown Jets jersey to play make his first grade debut on the wing against the Western Suburbs before 5,743 fans at Henson Park. “He is one of the best all-round athletes in the Raiders’ team and commands a salary of about $90,000 a season,” Australian Associated Press reported at the time. “He is not getting anything like that in Sydney but is still one of the most highly paid in Newtown’s ranks.”
“It touched my life. After the first game the young kids ran onto the field, were crowding all around me and wanting to pat me on the back,” Moore said in 2007\. Moore scored a try in that first game, outleaping Wests’ star fullback John Dorahy to make an immediate impact in his side’s 17-10 win. It was to be the zenith of his four-game first grade career.
“It was crazy,” John Floyd, Newtown’s fullback at the time reported. “He got off the plane on the Monday. He was training with us on the Tuesday and Thursday and Friday and he played first grade on Sunday.
Fade_To_Black
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@Byron Bay Fan said:
Easily? I don't think so. They would struggle to pick up RL just as much as Aussies flounder in the NFL (apart from punters).
Byron_Bay_Fan
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@Fade To Black said:
**Newtwon from post two up**: “It touched my life. After the first game the young kids ran onto the field, were crowding all around me and wanting to pat me on the back,” Moore said in 2007\. **Moore scored a try in that first game,** outleaping Wests’ star fullback John Dorahy to make an immediate impact in his side’s 17-10 win. It was to be the zenith of his four-game first grade career.
“It was crazy,” John Floyd, Newtown’s fullback at the time reported. “**He got off the plane on the Monday. He was training with us on the Tuesday and Thursday and Friday and he played first grade on Sunday.**
**BBF**: I think for wingers it would be easy enough but for hookers etc in the middle more difficult, but overall the NFL game is a lot more complicated for every player. No bludging when the ball is not near you. It is a bit like chess, where every piece has a set and constant active duty of responsibility.
Fade_To_Black
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But in NRL you don't get to sit on the sidelines for half of the game either. Aerobically a lot of them would get found out big time.
