Ryan Hall

[Chooksforme]

I cant see him getting many runs in firstgrade as a winger, but looking at his build and toughness, I wouldn't mind him being groomed as a frontrower, and with his speed, he could cause mayhem to oppoising defences.

[Rooster1908]

Absolute waste of cap space , I know his reputation but we truly don't need any more winger , or front rower's as suggested earlier.

[Tommy Smith]

Ryan Hall is perhaps the most harshly and unfairly treated Rooster in recent times.

He only got a run in the team during our midyear slump and yet he performed well; running for huge metres every game and making very few errors.

Oh and he was coming off an ACL injury which is kind of a big deal.

Hall is one of the best wingers of his generation and with a full off season under his belt can prove to be a very valuable back up wing option to BMoz.

[milanja]

Who are the best backs to have played in aus from England?
chariots, currier?

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Who are the best backs to have played in aus from England?
chariots, currier?

Ellery Hunleh altho he played some pigs too...Tommy Bishop, Roger Millward..I'm sure there's more.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Garry Schofield

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Joe "Dirt " Burgess.

[milanja]

Ellery Hunleh altho he played some pigs too...Tommy Bishop, Roger Millward..I'm sure there's more.

Think I always classed ellery as more of a lock, the other two I can’t say I have heard of.

1-5 probably more what I meant, tomkins looked good in the 9s, shame his stint in the nrl was with the warriors, would of been good to see him at a decent club.

[milanja]

Garry Schofield

Was he here with Hanley at tigers or wests?

in the last 20yrs we have seen plenty of great forwards come out here and dominate, but apart from the great Jordan tansey , the backs have been pretty forgettable or nonexistent.

[HBK]

Carney at the Knights was pretty good.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Was he here with Hanley at tigers or wests?

in the last 20yrs we have seen plenty of great forwards come out here and dominate, but apart from the great Jordan tansey , the backs have been pretty forgettable or nonexistent.

Tigers...and Shaun Edwards played for Balmain too, good player.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

"Aussie Joe" Lydon.

[ism22]

Ryan Hall is perhaps the most harshly and unfairly treated Rooster in recent times.

He only got a run in the team during our midyear slump and yet he performed well; running for huge metres every game and making very few errors.

Oh and he was coming off an ACL injury which is kind of a big deal.

Hall is one of the best wingers of his generation and with a full off season under his belt can prove to be a very valuable back up wing option to BMoz.

Is this harsh and unfair though?

1. Hall has had a long stint on the sidelines (injured).
2. Brett Morris is very good (hard to argue he didn't earn his spot).
3. Frankly, I dunno if Morris was on the cards when Hall signed! They both signed around about July but my understanding is Morris was going to the Dragons. A paywalled article (that I saw in the tell-u-cr@p a few weeks ago) titled 'Dragons turned away cut-price Morris Homecoming' suggests that Morris was super keen to return to the Dragons.
4. IMO this is an example of our business acumen. We snapped up 2 wingers to replace Fergo, Momirovski and SKD. Both were pretty good!
5. Morris was probably a better fit for us than the Dragons. We had developed structures and wanted a steady set of hands. The Dragons had lost Nene + Duges and wanted Jaryd Hayne as a game winner. We all know what happened to that deal. Betcha any money the Dragons got greedy, betrayed cut-price Morris because they wanted all the $$$ for Hayne and in the meanwhile we offered Morris some certainty. He repaid us with a premiership.

IMO Hall hasn't been treated unfairly or harshly. Robbo's just doing his job of picking the best team available. IMO most coaches would pick Brett Morris over just about anybody, any day of the week.

[Tommy Smith]

I mean treated unfairly by the fans; most of whom seem to trash him endlessly as if he was some scrub like Stapo.

[QWERTY]

Didn't have too many opportunities?? In 9's ??

Honestly, in 9's they substitute constantly to keep the players fresh. He did score I think