Re: English stars in the NRL: how are they doing? : Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:32 am  

Joseph Burgess played today but got few opportunities.

Gareth Widdop played today and scored a try from his own grubber kick. Gareth was so dominant that he won the RSL Centenary Medal for the MoM. He has rediscovered his best form now.

So out of eight games played this weekend, Englishmen played in four games (Souths vs Brisbane, Canterbury vs Gold Coast, Canberra vs Wests Tigers, St. George Illawarra vs Sydney Roosters) and have won MoM in two of those four games. This augurs well for the upcoming international season.

Re: English stars in the NRL: how are they doing? : Mon Apr 25, 2016 12:25 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

Joseph Burgess played today but got few opportunities.

I saw the last 25 minutes and Burgess was quite inolved bringing the ball back and solid defence, made a good jinking run that should have led to a try but the half got greedy and went himself with an overlap, and The Roosters halves tried a few cross field kicks for him late on that were quite abysmal when it looked on. Hopefully he gets more chances because what i have seen he hasn't let anyone down so far.

Re: English stars in the NRL: how are they doing? : Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:15 pm  

Hodgson is top of the Dally M leaderboard on 13 points, 3 points clear of anyone else.

Re: English stars in the NRL: how are they doing? : Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:40 pm  

Biff Tannen wrote:

I saw the last 25 minutes and Burgess was quite inolved bringing the ball back and solid defence, made a good jinking run that should have led to a try but the half got greedy and went himself with an overlap, and The Roosters halves tried a few cross field kicks for him late on that were quite abysmal when it looked on. Hopefully he gets more chances because what i have seen he hasn't let anyone down so far.

He certainly hasn't let anyone down so far.

Re: English stars in the NRL: how are they doing? : Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:45 pm  

BuckleyStreetWire wrote:

Hodgson is top of the Dally M leaderboard on 13 points, 3 points clear of anyone else.

If Joshua Hodgson can keep this up for the remaining two thirds of the competition he will win the Dally M Player of the Year and that will be sensational for English rugby league. He looks almost certain, barring injury, for the Dally M hooker of the year.

Coach Ricky Stuart spoke very highly of him in a press conference on the weekend, naming him as the most consistent player, who had been strong in preseason training, and as the benchmark for the other team members to follow.

Re: English stars in the NRL: how are they doing? : Wed Apr 27, 2016 2:49 am  

Best player in his position in the world, on form, is Josh Hodgson. Can't believe I'm typing that.

Re: English stars in the NRL: how are they doing? : Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:29 pm  

Yes, right now I'd say him and Jake Granville are top dogs.

Re: English stars in the NRL: how are they doing? : Fri Jun 17, 2016 5:56 pm  

Phil Clarke wrote:

Joe Burgess will be back in a Wigan shirt and wont be offered a new contract at the Roosters, possibly as soon as next season due to missing his family etc

Fair play.

Re: English stars in the NRL: how are they doing? : Sat Jun 18, 2016 10:38 am  

richardviking wrote:

Best player in his position in the world, on form, is Josh Hodgson. Can't believe I'm typing that.

I'm sure Jake Friend and Cameron Smith would have a thing or two to say about that!

Re: English stars in the NRL: how are they doing? : Sat Jun 18, 2016 12:40 pm  

Maybe they would, but I can't argue with richardviking there. JH has been superb.

And surely, Jake Granviille, rather than Jake Friend?