I’d pick him. Once he’s out of the cess pit at Penrith i think he’ll shine again. Besides, Origin hasn’t been about reward since 1980. It’s about state pride which comes from one thing only and thats winning.

@happy_tiger Absolutely. Especially when you consider it’s the same side thats been a premiership threat in the past. If it was WT i’d be baying for blood.

At the end of the day, Ivan did the obligatory press conference and basically didn’t want to comment on anything other than Nathans push for Origin. When asked what he liked about the performance of Mansour and RCG in Canterbury Cup he again said he wasn’t going to discuss selections.

The press conference was a complete waste of time and i think Kent quite rightly ripped into them. If the front office out there can’t accept any responsibility for their past actions and the pressure they brought to the club, then how can they expect the playing roster to own their part in all this. It’s a complete lack of leadership.

@jirskyr He has off field personal issues. Looking for a fresh start

@TYGA said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Is there any truth Penrith are making way for ET to return? Lads were talking about it at the Barber Shop today.

Never say never, but i believe they are after Danny Levi before June 30

@gallagher First thing I thought too.

@BigUnit if that’s true then it’s absolutely ridiculous for the NRL to even insinuate the salary cap is doing its job

@Lauren said in Ryan Papenhuyzen:

Buzz said on Controversy Corner tonight that Storm tried to shop him around to all 15 clubs in DEC, even offering to cover $80K.
Happy to see him to get his opportunity. I thought he looked electric and was great for them the other night.

Tedesco actually credits the Blues camp for helping with the change in his (running) technique, he said it on the Matty Johns show about a month or so ago.

Also another point to consider is, wouldn’t both those clubs have far more superior training facilities than us?

Teddy doesn’t give Wests Tigers credit for anything. He would rather we were wiped from history than have to re-live that he came through our system.

@Strongee Hater? No, i call a spade a spade. 1 or 2 good games in 10 is not good business at any price.

Anyway, i hope i turn out to be way off the mark and you’re proven to be correct as that’s what is in our teams best interest and all i care about.

@jirskyr Exactly. Teddy’s running style was also modified while with us ( for his knees) and Benji’s shoulder problems fixed. Neither has had any issues since. At the end of the day Paps can swing it how he likes, but he had the games premier fullback, coach and club willing to take him on. Slater was far closer to the end then Teddy. We will never know, but i’m confident if Teddy had of been early 30’s and Billy early 20’s Paps would still be calling Concord home.