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Jeral’s aerial ability is very good! Was an excellent lineout jumper at school and in the Australian 7’s program. What will be missing is the supporters for the short kickoff receives. Wonderful young man and I hope Wests look seriously at him.

Bill Halligan would have to be one of the worst refs ever! In a grand final Easts v Penrith he refused to penalise the Penrith players for being off side because they were trying! How do you decide that. East’s were playing the game at a pace that Penrith could not cope with and got no reward...

Agree! I find it is a term used by people to denigrate an idea or concept that they disagree with. It is the new term for ‘politically correct’.

A very simple concept but by moving the point of attack the defensive unit has to shift, opening up opportunities. It disappeared from the game when chasers were allowed to move forward whilst being in front of the kicker. In a very early 2005 game against the Roosters, Benji took a kick off...

He had beautiful hands! At times when an overlap existed and in tight space the ball hardly touched his fingers. A superb centre

Noffa would be terrible at rugby. He makes very poor defensive decisions with lots of time. In rugby on second phase play the decision making time is significantly reduced. All league players - especially outside backs - who have gone to rugby without having played the game before struggled...

Just as an aside there is nothing wrong with peptides! I would imagine all clubs use them. Just depends on the supplements used to develop the peptides. They are just two or amio acids joined together.

Any sort of threat but particularly with the ball in hand. If the centre cannot beat a man the defence will just slide. Needs to be a very good decision maker. When to straighten, when to hit the inside shoulder, when to pass, dummy etc and that is before considering the defensive decisions

Just watched the full interview and a number of positives 1. 6 or 7 doesn’t matter - I will be driving it! 2. Money not the main motivation- the desire to prove that he can drive his own team 3. Five more rings 4. Politeness … yes sir As a player and coach the motivation was always I/we are...

At the start of last season prior to his injury, Twal produced an excellent step to beat a defender and got into space. I recall him doing this a few times, after his injury he did not try to step - not sure why! Like all good players he is still developing his game and could do well at 13 with...

Douehi, was extremely unlucky as from the vision the Parramatta winger initiated the contact by changing direction to avoid going into touch. The winger Cleary steps of his left leg and drives into Douehi! It was in my opinion a classic situation where yes, a shoulder charge occurred but it was...

Like Meaney his grandfather played for wests

Started following West’s in 1962... first game I saw was against Manly at Prattern Park

Will watch again if I get the chance but the ball carrier should always determine the time to pass, support player needs to maintain depth so they can accelerate onto the ball… if was this timing that madeTerry Lamb such a great support player. Martin did it superbly last night for the Cowboys

I actually though that Brooks timed his support run poorly and as a result Packer made a decision not to throw a forward pass. Sign of excellent decision making!