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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2486798, member: 1764"] Broncos turned down Ben Barba and Billy Slater because they were too small. They're 90kg and 5 foot 8. Sam Tomkins is 5 foot 9 and 80kg. Fair bit lighter, pound for pound, but no reason to think he can't add 5kg onto that frame and be successful. Slater and Barba were lighter when they made their debuts, that's for sure. Darren Lockyer weighed in around 80kg until 2003. He bulked up when moving to the front line to play 5/8. I don't think his size should be a consideration on whether to sign him or not. However, the point about a sizeable transfer fee and salary for a player who's untested against good defence week in week out is a valid question which would need to be asked. Is his recruitment a laughable suggestion as Bull Shark seems to imply? No. Is his recruitment the single most important thing to happen in the history of mankind as broncospwn seems to imply? No. From what I've seen of him, weighing up the pros and cons, signing him would be worthwhile if the price was right, and that'd probably mean a back ended deal based on performance in the NRL, and get out clauses at year 2 to return to the ESL if he's just not cutting it. [/QUOTE]

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