Enigma
Reserve Grader
The title could be worded better but I did my best. Some players you hear the experts talk about and seem to have general rating as top notch but I don't quite see it when they run around. Jame Graham and Aiden Tolman come to mind as I watched them last night. It is clearly not a fair or direct comparison but I had a closer look at Taumalolo ( and I now regret picking a name I can't spell) because his play and behaviour is such a contrast to these two. Better judges than me regard Graham as one of the best forwards and Tolman of origin standard. I see Jason get the ball run hard ,defend well and do a great job as well as no dirty and at times pathetic dirty play from Graham and I've noticed Tolman debating with the ref constantly and Graham's well documented white hot rage at the refs. I can see Jasons great value and he shows me again you can win with dignity like a Beaver Menzies. I suppose closer to home Lewis comes to mind but also some players from the past like Michael Witt who was touted as an origin prospect before arrival. One thing that is pretty clear is that if you have halves who can't set up the play around them and have some timing and vision as well a running game then you need a hell of a lot to go right to win