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Message: [QUOTE="1910, post: 2665238, member: 8272"] Everyone knows it is the level below NRL; I don’t know why you’re stating this like you’re providing some sort of revolutionary insight. Shield cricket is below the standard of Test cricket- but it’s still great to watch and still produces great players and cricket. The QRL is pretty content with the role the ISC is playing and continues to evolve and get better. The fact they beat Penrith last year and won the Residents mean they’re doing something pretty right. That’s not true of the current Broncos; Boyd (Bears), Glenn (Bears), Blair (Norths), Reed (Norths), Gillett (Norths), Stagg (Redcliffe), Garbutt (Easts), Ofahengaue (Jets), Parcell (Jets), Wallace (Norths), Dodds (Wynnum), Waddell (Souths) all have played for a ISC club before getting a Broncos’ contract. Five of which played yesterday. As well as all but one, having played ISC at some stage in their career. Then of course you’re forgetting that some played for ISC clubs but didn’t get to ISC level before winning an NRL contract McGuire, Maranta, Nikorima and Molo played lower grades for Norths. There is a whole big wide world out there before the NRL that yes is producing NRL players. I think you're one of those people that think players just morphed into NRL players one night and don't really think they had to come from somewhere. You do know ISC clubs have grades down to Under 16's U18's, Colts, Reserve grade? Shane was clearly using hyperbole to make his point- I have never seen them run back 50 meters, his point was clearly we don’t buy into the whole he made 98m and he made 150m the second guy must be awesome. Roosters won a premiership with the worst completion rate in the competition for that year which is Shane’s point, you can be successful and play football without having to maintain KPI’s. You've making the mistake of thinking it's ad lib football, it's not it is practised and rehearsed to get it right with a very specific tactic involved. Ben and Shane aren’t focused on attack over defence; yesterday they scored 36 points but they spoke after the game in the press conference about the two tries they let in. It’s a bit like trying to convince someone to like a music genre, pretty hard to do. If you like robotic, three up the middle for a second man play, kick to the corners we hit our 75% completion then that’s fine. I like watching football and skill. September is the final frontier for Ben and Shane, they’ve made the finals four years in row now with their skills approach and not boring robotic football, they’ve impressed NRL clubs and coaches with their approach and football brains but be nice to top it off with some trophies. [/QUOTE]

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