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Message: [QUOTE="Scumbag, post: 2223437, member: 7738"] To be honest Coxy, I don't even give that circus of a sport a thought any day of the week. A player switching from league to AFL has never even been in my thoughts or on my radar. However, upon closer inspection, one will find that quite a number of players in the NRL competition have moderate level AFL backgrounds. Many playing both Rugby League and AFL at the same time or AFL exlusively for a time frame then dropping their commitment to AFL to play Rugby League. Obviously Harmichael springs instantly to mind but also Darren Lockyer. In many ways, after a little bit of insight into these player's backgrounds has made me believe that such a move, in the case of a Harmichael, isn't so outlandish at all. Obviously it's only the fact that such a player has had an AFL background that makes this sit somewhat comfortably with me. However, if a "solely" born and bred Rugby League footballer decides a significant way into his NRL career that he wishes to "jump ship" and try to excel professionally ast a sport which he is greatly unaccustomed, well that is harder to get your head around. I'm all for challenges and new experiences though and if a player wishes to pursue such a code change (League to AFL) then that's fine. They're the ones who have to run around in a pair of tight shorts and run a million kilometres during a game (and yes, I'm awre different Australian Rules positions run vastly different distances furing a course of a game). I'd expect that, in the future, such a Harmichaelesque defection may become a more popular option. I believe it will only seriously be considered by those who have been familiar with the game from a junior level and have had some prior youth competitive experience in which they excelled or were quite competent. I don't think nuffy one-time AFL juniors now having a career in Rugby League would consider it though. [/QUOTE]

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