he never missed a game or a tackle or took a back step, just what we need....bertina wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 1:50 pmA big tough Aussie prop. Like Frank Paul the wrecking ball you mean.?
Took a big chunk of our cap and did jack s**t
It's halves and three quarters we need to look at the NRL for. They seem to churn them out all the time whereas over here we always seem to be lacking in these areas. That's where they've killed us in the international game for years.
Chris Atkin
Re: Chris Atkin
Re: Chris Atkin
I dunno, we matched the Aussies in the forwards in the 80's. The difference was Meningaddtftf wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 6:04 pm Beg to differ the Ausies beat us up in the forwards for many years til the Burgess Brothers came on the scene in recent years , we had Hanley / Edwards / Gregory / Offia in the back line and still got beaten up by their forwards . Anyone who understands rugby will see the result of big powerful forwards by watching the Castleford second half when all the good work by the backs was undone by the lack of forward power .
-
- Posts: 14398
- Joined: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:33 pm
- Location: Howe Bridge
- Contact:
Re: Chris Atkin
Atkin? Sounds like a Modern Wigan signing.
https://www.ancientandloyal.com/
James Slevin
Ces Mountford
And the “kind of rugby player you’d want to be in your dreams” James Leytham
Should be in the Wigan Warriors Hall
Of Fame
James Slevin
Ces Mountford
And the “kind of rugby player you’d want to be in your dreams” James Leytham
Should be in the Wigan Warriors Hall
Of Fame