Lee Grant
John Eales (66)
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I don't think that Goodman is a diamond either, but I wouldn't call him a thug. He looks like an excellent leader who gets a lot out of his team mates but they would have to answer if that is so, or not. Was not surprised to see him overlooked for the Oz Ones team though.
Agree with you about Gill also. I'll warrant that he'll be more than just a 7s player as a man even though others will be bigger than he will be.
Agree that Colby Finger is a good player, but disagree about Hooper flapping around and that he's a Waugh player. He's a better linker than Phil was on his best day at the same age.
But who knows for sure about players who have played so little senior rugby; you could be right - one thing for sure: whoever emerges as the better player is going to be a good 'un.
In one way I regret Salvi coming back because it will take away from the contest between the two young 7s for the starting spot at the Brumbies. I was hoping that Colby would go to Melbourne after Hooper got his S15 contract, but he was signed up later also.
enforcer
I thought that Smith got quite tough later in his career whereas he was a bit of an 8 playing 7 earlier. He did snaffle a lot of pill in those early years, don't get me wrong, but there was a lot of intelligence used about where and when to apply that skill whereas Waugh was at the coal face all day - or more exactly, whenever he could get there.
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I don't think that Goodman is a diamond either, but I wouldn't call him a thug. He looks like an excellent leader who gets a lot out of his team mates but they would have to answer if that is so, or not. Was not surprised to see him overlooked for the Oz Ones team though.
Agree with you about Gill also. I'll warrant that he'll be more than just a 7s player as a man even though others will be bigger than he will be.
Agree that Colby Finger is a good player, but disagree about Hooper flapping around and that he's a Waugh player. He's a better linker than Phil was on his best day at the same age.
But who knows for sure about players who have played so little senior rugby; you could be right - one thing for sure: whoever emerges as the better player is going to be a good 'un.
In one way I regret Salvi coming back because it will take away from the contest between the two young 7s for the starting spot at the Brumbies. I was hoping that Colby would go to Melbourne after Hooper got his S15 contract, but he was signed up later also.
enforcer
I thought that Smith got quite tough later in his career whereas he was a bit of an 8 playing 7 earlier. He did snaffle a lot of pill in those early years, don't get me wrong, but there was a lot of intelligence used about where and when to apply that skill whereas Waugh was at the coal face all day - or more exactly, whenever he could get there.
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