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vikings recruiting and taking local juniors first grade spots?? if you got rid of half the imports comp wide
1. the comp would be weaker then a country division and
2. there would be half the amount of teams being fielded (slight exaggeration)
Recruitment is a fact of life all clubs do it look...
i watched the QBN v Vikings last weekend... i would hardly say pushed vikings just played poor.. although there was one try from QBN which could go down as one of the best tries this season with multiple tackle breaks and an awesome offload to finish!!
Was lucky enough to be in canberra for work on the weekend and got to watch Vikings V Eagles game, Great game by Eagles all over them aggressive at the breakdown tactically disruptive to the Vikings. Incredible to see the Depth of the front row for Vikings Though JP Prudaurd played Brumbies 2...
passes that went no where, dropped catches, scrums being killed. pumas much more aggressive around the rucks. Aussies after the first 30 couldn't get anything going at all.
What is the vikings depth like, its all well and good to say you have a strong first grade but its the grades below that show a true clubs strengths, surely theres not many good players willing to sit in lower grades when they could be in first grade spots elsewhere?
I personally would like to see a post season competition perhaps a round robin with best two teams playing for Aust club champions something like top 2-3 teams sydney top 2-3 teams Brisbane and top Canberra Team. this would allow a high level of competition for the top end of the premiership...
can paddy ryan not play loose head or what, why is sam talaki ahead of him, in my opinion neither player offer that much around the field but ryans scrummaging is ALOT better then young talaki's not taking anything away from the young teenager who has more or less held his own this season. it...
unfortunantly i wasnt at either games. however if wests make it to the GF it would be some very long odds on them winning, i watched the wests tuggers game and the attack from wests was poor and defence in broken play left alot to be desired, with gunghalin able to defend against tuggers strong...