NRL Rugby League, General Discussion.

New York doesn't have the financial backing according to a US sports reporter. It would be a novelty at best. If they were smart the NRL would invest in areas that are working class and make it a landing place for the thousands of NFL rejects who would be better than most of the current NRL players. But the NRL is broke and the International (UK) lot are not flush either. Sending Heins there to suck up all the $$$ is a bad idea. Americans don't care about him or even know who he is/was.

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
New York doesn't have the financial backing according to a US sports reporter. It would be a novelty at best. If they were smart the NRL would invest in areas that are working class and make it a landing place for the thousands of NFL rejects who would be better than most of the current NRL players. But the NRL is broke and the International (UK) lot are not flush either. Sending Heins there to suck up all the $$$ is a bad idea. Americans don't care about him or even know who he is/was.

How do you think the new Titan's coach will go with Big Head?

He will need to be thick skinned to survive that environment

Originally posted by Goatie:
How do you think the new Titan's coach will go with Big Head?

I would not like to be him. How do you get the "locker room" on side when the lazy entitled overpaid and unproductive past their prime players have big mouths.

Lesson to be learned from 49ers releasing fan favorite Bowman who started to whinge about getting less game time and acting all entitled even after losing a step and missing tackles. Proving no player is above the team. Rugby League should take note.

Originally posted by JoNeo:
He will need to be thick skinned to survive that environment

Gold Coast is a grave yard for and sports team. Days are numbered since the NRL can't afford to bail it out anymore.

If that guy is smart he will learn as much as possible and take the dough then run to England or whoever will pay him.

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
I would not like to be him. How do you get the "locker room" on side when the lazy entitled overpaid and unproductive past their prime players have big mouths.

Lesson to be learned from 49ers releasing fan favorite Bowman who started to whinge about getting less game time and acting all entitled even after losing a step and missing tackles. Proving no player is above the team. Rugby League should take note.

The NFL has always been cut throat... We are a little soft down here. Players often have too much power.

And in a year of surprises ...Fatty has been axed from the ch9 footy show after
11 Gold Logies
Big Marn goooooone also
New GC coach say's Hayne will not be treated like an ordinary player. Good luck bloke

Originally posted by JoNeo:
And in a year of surprises ...Fatty has been axed from the ch9 footy show after
11 Gold Logies
Big Marn goooooone also
New GC coach say's Hayne will not be treated like an ordinary player. Good luck bloke

So, Neo... You're not gonna watch Erin's new show?

Originally posted by SportOvaFilmTV:

Originally posted by JoNeo:
And in a year of surprises ...Fatty has been axed from the ch9 footy show after
11 Gold Logies
Big Marn goooooone also
New GC coach say's Hayne will not be treated like an ordinary player. Good luck bloke

So, Neo... You're not gonna watch Erin's new show?

Never said never SportO. I guess the Fatty empire had to eventually run it's course . Time waits for no one.
Been a great ambassador of the sport. Still will be for Qld I suspect. World keeps turning . and life goes on.
Am happy to still be connected to you guy's. you are my keyboard mates. Cheers

Originally posted by SportOvaFilmTV:

So, Neo... You're not gonna watch Erin's new show?

I will if they actually talk footy. The new Monday night show might be alright too.

Originally posted by JoNeo:
Never said never SportO. I guess the Fatty empire had to eventually run it's course . Time waits for no one.
Been a great ambassador of the sport. Still will be for Qld I suspect. World keeps turning . and life goes on.
Am happy to still be connected to you guy's. you are my keyboard mates. Cheers

I got bored with Fatty years ago and haven't watched for I don't know how long. It was just a big yawn for me watching men carryon like boof heads

RLWC kicking off tomorrow! Aus v Eng! Go the Roos!

Originally posted by JoNeo:
Never said never SportO. I guess the Fatty empire had to eventually run it's course . Time waits for no one.
Been a great ambassador of the sport. Still will be for Qld I suspect. World keeps turning . and life goes on.
Am happy to still be connected to you guy's. you are my keyboard mates. Cheers

Originally posted by Zealot:
I will if they actually talk footy. The new Monday night show might be alright too.

Tbh, I think the Matty Johns show on Fox ended up surpassing the Footy Show with a combination of comedy & footy talk.

So, it's probably time channel nine looked for a new formula.

Move over Jarryd Hayne, there is a new NFL star on the NRL horizon.
Silas Redd, a former star US college running back who played 15 games for the Washington Redskins in 2014, is the latest innovative recruit by the Ipswich Jets and while his first assignment will be to play in the Intrust Super Cup next season he is determined to take the NRL by storm.
Ipswich Jets chairman Steven Johnson has in the past recruited players from US college football teams but none have come with the pedigree and athletic make-up of the 178cm and 96-kilogram Redd.
"He's genuine, he's not just a college football player. He'll play NRL."Ben Walker on Silas Redd
The 25-year-old paid his own way from the American mainland to line up for his first ever game of ruby league in Ipswich's exhibition game against Tweed Heads in Hawaii earlier this month and although the intensity of the game was foreign, Jets co-coach Ben Walker sees all the attributes needed for Redd to be a success.
Due to arrive in Australia for the start of pre-season training in late November, Redd will work closely with former Broncos and Queensland Origin winger Chris Walker on accelerating his rugby league education but Ben Walker says he showed enough in Hawaii to indicate he could make his Intrust Super Cup debut as early as Round 1.
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"He's genuine, he's not just a college football player. He'll play NRL," Ben Walker told NRL.com.
"We've had college players before and they were close, one was actually 18th man two or three times. He was very close but this guy being ex-NFL, he's next level.
"You can tell that just looking at him. Silas is just that next level of athlete compared to what we've had come out from America before.
"If we can coach him and teach him what we know then there's no reason he can't play NRL.
"That's what he wants to do now. He has no desire to play NFL at all and he sees this as a real good challenge."
In his second year of college at Penn State Redd recorded 1,241 rushing yards – running for more than 100 yards in six of his 12 games – which was the third-most in the Big Ten Conference that season.
A year later he transferred to the famed USC Trojans program where he scored nine touchdowns, had 905 rushing yards and 113 receiving yards at an average of 12.6 yards per reception.
Ahead of the 2014 NFL Combine where he recorded a time of 4.7 seconds for the 40-yard dash, Redd was described as having a "yoked-up musculature and very good thickness", "subtly shifty and nimble enough to sidestep the first tackler" with "good leg drive" who "keeps churning on contact and is surprisingly strong for a smallish back".
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Currently on the NFL injured list after rupturing his ACL in the 2015 pre-season that effectively ended his NFL career, Redd's introduction to rugby league was a shock to the system but Ben has no doubt his brother Chris can transform the former Redskin from NFL to NRL star.
"He played the first quarter [in Hawaii], scored with his second touch and went really well," Walker said.
"Had a spew at quarter-time, he was absolutely wrecked. He said, 'I haven't run this much in all of my NFL games!' He was wrecked.
"He didn't even know who defended. He said, 'Who defends?' And we had to tell him that we all defend.
"He said, 'That's awesome, I've been looking forward to smashing some guys.'
"Chris directed him everywhere and told him what to do. He literally had no idea what to do but he went really well.
"For a bloke playing his first game, he had no fear, footwork was phenomenal, speed's good, strength's good.
"If he learns the craft quick enough then he can play Q Cup next year comfortably.
"For all of Chris's antics off the field he's actually got a really smart football brain so he'll do a lot of work with him and I'm certain he'll pick it up pretty quick.
"He'll play trial matches in first grade and if he goes well enough then there's no reason he can't play straight away."

^ Awesome. Will keep an eye out for this guy.