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Josie's friend wrote:If he wants to test himself in the NRL then fair enough but don't re-sign him if he fails. It should be a one way trip as far as Wigan goes, same for Sutton.

TBH for the club to move forward not resigning players when they fall short is a must. At least we'll know where we are up to!

Oliver Gildart

Position: Centre

Date of birth: 06/08/1996 (age 22)

Heritage number: 1063

Height: 180cm/5ft 11ins

Weight: 82kg/12st 2lbs

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Greg Inglis

15 January 1987 (age 31)

Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)

Weight 105 kg (16 st 7 lb)

Position. Fullback, Centre, Five-eighth, Wing

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James Tedesco

8 January 1993 (age 25)

Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Weight 96 kg (15 st 2 lb)

Position. Fullback, Centre, Wing

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Those are just two comparisons to two NRL players in similar positions .

Just watching a replay of those last players in the match between the Bunnies & the Chooks!

https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/04/12/ing ... r-tedesco/

josie andrews wrote:He’s not big enough for the NRL same as Bateman & Sutton!

could not agree more

moto748 wrote:

Wiganer Ted wrote:I wonder if Gildart has ever watched NRL Try Time.
Hard to imagine he hasn't.
How does he reckon he'll go on against some of those centres and back rowers especially the South Sea Islanders.
Although Gildart isn't small by our standards he will be by theirs. They are huge, fast, strong and skillful.
The lad needs a lot more experience before he tries his luck in the NRL. Unless of course he's looking at their reserve grade rather than first team rugby.
He should do himself a favour and re-sign with Wigan.

Well there *are* backs his size and smaller in the NRL, Kevin Naiqama springs to mind. And of course Ben Barba didn't have too many problems! But they are very talented footballers with excellent pace and footwork. Ollie has a way to go to get there.

Kevin Naiqama is bigger than you think. May not be the tallest but a bet he’s 2 stone heavier than Gildart

Wiki says Naiqama is 90 kg.

Frankly I'm amazed if Gildart is as light as 82kg; he looks heavier than that.

Tedesco doesn't play in the centres, though. And Greg Inglis is a freak, so, to be fair, neither are particularly representative.

moto748 wrote:Wiki says Naiqama is 90 kg.

Frankly I'm amazed if Gildart is as light as 82kg; he looks heavier than that.

Tedesco doesn't play in the centres, though. And Greg Inglis is a freak, so, to be fair, neither are particularly representative.

Yeah Tedesco is a fb and Inglis could play any position on the pitch.

How about a Michael Jennings

You start seeing names like these and you start to see what kind of opponents he is up against. I honestly believe he is in great danger

Don't get me wrong, I very much doubt Gildart could hack it in the NRL, certainly on current form. I was simply making the point that not all NRL players are the size of Greg Inglis; there are guys around about OG's size (I could also have mentioned the likes of Dane Gagai and Tyrone Peachey). But he would have to improve substantially IMO.

Jarrod croker is one ov the nrls smaller centres( hes class) but i reckon hes a similar size to oli

Just checked...... oli is 6 pounds lighter and 1 inch smaller

Jarrod Croker and Tyrone peachey, there’s 2 players I wouldn’t mind seeing us go for.