Royal will be going nuts, from not being offered a contract at the knights to most playing off the bench for a team that are a serious contender for the premiership in round one. What a complete turn around.
i'd prefer royal over evarn anyway, he hasnt been that great for us lately.. hes a good solid bench prop but nothing to special. where as royal is aggresive, makes meters and has an amazing offload, and with a player like mckinnon on his shoulder, its easily worth having him in the team for that alone.
I think he does, but possibly not at the warriors.. I think a change of environment would do wonders for his game. It seems as if hes always operating in cruise control, possibly a change of club would bring the best out of him?
The Warriors better have not paid anything for this guy. Especially now there is some talk that the Warriors have expressed interest in Greg Eastwood if his visa is rejected again. Jesse Royal, not a bad player, good offload, but extremly inconsistant, and struggles with ball security and always makes a lot of handling errors. We have decent depth coming through the prop ranks anyway with - Lesson Ahmau, Poching, and Russel Packer. Top line prop's Steve Price and Sam Rapira. I guess hes not a bad insurance for next season 2010 when Steve Price retires, some nrl exprience. Although i still believe Steve Price has 2 more seasons left in him, if managed correctly.
not exactly sure what i'm seeing in Evarn that no one else is seeing. I thought he had a good 08 season and i'd be surprised if he doesn't get plenty of game time in 09.
Just saw the article, awesome news.
I've watched every NRL game Jesse has played and he has just about been their safest most consistent forward, even outshining Steve Simpson. Houston is also developing into one heck of a player for them.
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So would you guys agree with these ranking of our props:
1.Price
2.Rapira
3.Royal
4.Packer
5.Tuimavave
???
1.Price
2.Rapira
3.Royal
4.Packer
5.Tuimavave
???
Yeah, Gary, I've gotta call bullshit on your comments about Jesse Royal. He made a measly total of 8 errors in 2008. And he played 19 games, throwing 26 offloads. Often it's a trade-off between a forward who can offload, or a forward who can hold the ball, looks to me like Royal can do both. He made 443 tackles last year too, only missing 22.
I'm a big fan of Eastwood, and I'd be stoked if he came to the Warriors. But money spent on a quality prop is not wasted... we need at least 5 NRL-ready props in the squad (4 in the 17, one as injury cover). Now we have Price, Rapira, Royal, Tuimavavae and Packer. And Packer can still go help out the NYC side, as can Ah Mau, so they're not wasting their time.
I'm a big fan of Eastwood, and I'd be stoked if he came to the Warriors. But money spent on a quality prop is not wasted... we need at least 5 NRL-ready props in the squad (4 in the 17, one as injury cover). Now we have Price, Rapira, Royal, Tuimavavae and Packer. And Packer can still go help out the NYC side, as can Ah Mau, so they're not wasting their time.
I'd swap Evarn and Russel around, for now at least. Evern is getting a lot of flack, but he's still far more experienced than Packer. For a decent stretch there in 2008 he was definitely our best prop. (When Price was out, Wiki was playing injured and Sammy was experimenting with his weight.)
No i disagree. My 5 would be:
1.Price
2.Rapira
3.Tuimavave
4.Packer
5.Royal
Thats how i'd start them off at the start of the season.
Yea, with the signing of Royal I'd now have a foward pack off (including interchange)
8- Price
9-Henderson
10-Rapira
11-Mannering
12-Lillyman
13-Luck
14-Hohaia
15-Matulino
16-Royal
17-Tuimamave/Packer
....Greg Eastwood wouldn't look bad amongst that!
8- Price
9-Henderson
10-Rapira
11-Mannering
12-Lillyman
13-Luck
14-Hohaia
15-Matulino
16-Royal
17-Tuimamave/Packer
....Greg Eastwood wouldn't look bad amongst that!
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