The comparison to Billy Slater came from his old coach Nathan Brown when he was at Huddersfield 2 years ago. Eden put on a handful of good performances early on in the season and was looking like a good prospect. However, since that comparison his form steadily declined and he was sold to Hull...
Flower copped an elbow to the face which is why he snapped. The first punch you can sort of understand, the second is completely indefensible and I'm amazed/ashamed at how many Wigan fans are defending it. He cost us the match and he's embarrassed the whole of rugby league. It's the first time...
Re: Josh Hoffman to negotiate with other clubs
He's not going to be a huge loss, particularly if Boyd does come. Best of luck to him, hopefully he'll be smart enough to tell Ricky Stuart where to go.
As a Wigan fan I always felt that Tomkins should have been used more at stand-off than at fullback, Michael Maguire only moved him to fullback initially because of injuries. However I think now that he's in the NRL his poor defensive positioning and nervousness under a high ball are being...
I'd say give Barba and Hunt a full pre-season's worth of training and see how they go then. I think Milford is an overall better fullback than Barba so I'd go with a starting VIII:
1.Milford
2.Hoffman/Boyd (depending on whether they leave/join respectively)
3.Hodges
4.Reed
5.Vidot
6.Barba...
Yeah, with the number of games already in the NRL calender tiredness could be a problem. On a selfish note I get to watch Brisbane play over here which will be awesome =D
Just wondering if there are any other UK-based Broncos fans on the forum? Anyone looking forward to the new World Club Series and seeing the Broncos play over here? =D
As someone from the UK (and hence I watch Super League every week) I really don't understand this signing. Even if we needed another fullback, Greg Eden is one of the worst currently in Super League =/ Zak Hardaker, Jonny Lomax, Jamie Shaul and Morgan Escare would all have been far better...