Ah okay mate

Quote Jonesy="Jonesy"James Graham's name is not mentioned in any of the online Australian media reports of the match, maybe it will be tomorrow. Stats are a funny thing, who noticed Nathan Hindmarsh last night? Metres Tackles Nathan Hindmarsh 124 0 1 0 51 0 0 James Graham 112 0 1 0 43 0 0'" Hindamarsh 80 minutes Graham 66 minutes Graham had more receives and carries admittedly for 9 metres less. 0 errors to Hindmarsh's 1. 0 penalties to Hindamarsh's 1. Though the official stats state that Graham made 51 tackles unless there is some glitch. live.nrlstats.com/matches/nrl/match12960.html Stats are funny. Almost every one of them would suggest that Penrith would have won. Bar the actual score.

Quote Jonesy="Jonesy"James Graham's name is not mentioned in any of the online Australian media reports of the match, maybe it will be tomorrow. Stats are a funny thing, who noticed Nathan Hindmarsh last night? Metres Tackles Nathan Hindmarsh 124 0 1 0 51 0 0 James Graham 112 0 1 0 43 0 0'" Hindamarsh 80 minutes Graham 66 minutes Graham had more receives and carries admittedly for 9 metres less. 0 errors to Hindmarsh's 1. 0 penalties to Hindamarsh's 1. Though the official stats state that Graham made 51 tackles unless there is some glitch. live.nrlstats.com/matches/nrl/match12960.html Stats are funny. Almost every one of them would suggest that Penrith would have won. Bar the actual score.

That's why the margin meter is a crock of sh*t.

Just watched it - game of the weekend so far and Graham was the best forward on the pitch, by quite some margin; the commentators were remarking on him constantly - workrate, feet, hands, toughness etc. Well-deserved motm.



Although he seems to have become 'Jamie' Graham in the off-season - not sure how that happened.

Total balls. A man widely regarded as the best prop forward eligible to play for England right now, who [ihas[/i played for England against Aus and more than held his own, and has won our domestic equivalent of the Dally M award, should in no way have to [iprove[/i that he's above reserve grade quality. It's patronising beyond belief. All Hasler has to do is say the simple sentence "He's an experienced and proven performer and I have no reason to doubt he will fit in fine" - but no, this idiotic sense of superiority in all things RL of the Australian psyche has to kick in causing manure to spout from the mouth.

Thing is, people back in blighty listen to what the aussies say. This is what perpetuates the superiority myth.

You misread.



I never said anything about reserve grade. I said to get in the run on side (ie 13) in what is already a very good forward pack.

They were keeping him under wraps. No media reports or interviews and then played him down before the game.

Scouser or not when a English man goes down under and plays like that it make me feel proud to be British

He played as if he'd been playing in the NRL all his life, will get better and better. IMO he is more suited to the NRL then SL.

That and the recent England/GB Test record over a couple of years Rooster.

You would think complacency and smugness would creep in and a series would be jagged once in a while, ask the Kiwis.

A life time in many cases is a long time to wait for Australia to blink.

Indeed. Your best 17 players have been better than our 17 over a series for many years now.



All of the GB 17 can take a spot in the 400 first grade contract spots in the hyped up comp that is the NRL.



If I could get all those brits who cream over the NRL to come over and spend time at an NRL club to see how this perceived huge gap in training, skills and coaching really is actually nonexistent. Who is this pommie fella Wayne Bennett has got in his first grade coaching set up? Who'd have thunk it? We are shıt at everything afterall.