The Spine

[Alan]

The most important positions are the Numbers 1,6,7 & 9. With rare exceptions these are the positions that command the big dollars because you can't win a premiership without outstanding players in all 4 of them.

For a 1st rate fullback, clubs will pay $550,000pa plus.

The amount offered to Hiku of $333,000pa is NOT what you would offer a player you thought was going to be your number 1. It would be an insult.

It is however an amount you would offer a pretty good utility player that could cover your backline.

 

[Mals]

Isn't Manly (according to the papers) offering him $750K over 3 years so $250K per season? Still it's good coin for a guy that has played only around 20 NRL games.

 

[The Who]

Used to be that all you wanted your players to display was 'backbone'.
Now we have the Gen Y word 'spine', to go along with 'red zone', 'line-runner', 'nice angles', 'bomb-diffuser', 'hit-ups', 'good D' . . .
There really is a lot of cr*p talked in RL these days.

 

[StuBoot]

Used to be that all you wanted your players to display was 'backbone'.
Now we have the Gen Y word 'spine', to go along with 'red zone', 'line-runner', 'nice angles', 'bomb-diffuser', 'hit-ups', 'good D' . . .
There really is a lot of cr*p talked in RL these days.

Don't forget 'A and B defenders' or the 'inside shoulder'.

 

[mozgrame]

Used to be that all you wanted your players to display was 'backbone'.
Now we have the Gen Y word 'spine', to go along with 'red zone', 'line-runner', 'nice angles', 'bomb-diffuser', 'hit-ups', 'good D' . . .
There really is a lot of cr*p talked in RL these days.

Don't forget 'A and B defenders' or the 'inside shoulder'.

Don't forget the worst of all....TRENT!!

 

[Snake]

I still think good props go a long way to winning premierships. The backs can't really do much if the team isn't on top in the forwards.

 

[HoldenV8]

When they are all fit an firing, there has been no better 'spine' in rugby league (club football at least) in the past 30 years than Snake, Foz, DCE and Matty Ballin.

The only quartet I can think of that was as good or almost as good was Canberra's spine of Gary Belcher, Laurie Daley, Ricky Stuart and Steve Walters back in the late 80's and early 90's.

 

[Chip and Chase]

So because we are only paying him $250K it means we don't want him ??

I wish I could find a company that didn't rate me and wanted to insult me with $250K p.a.

 

[EaglesDontTweet]

Used to be that all you wanted your players to display was 'backbone'.
Now we have the Gen Y word 'spine', to go along with 'red zone', 'line-runner', 'nice angles', 'bomb-diffuser', 'hit-ups', 'good D' . . .
There really is a lot of cr*p talked in RL these days.

Don't forget 'A and B defenders' or the 'inside shoulder'.

The term 'The Spine' doesn't faze me, but the term 'Phase' really fazes me. Keep it away please.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

So because we are only paying him $250K it means we don't want him ??

I wish I could find a company that didn't rate me and wanted to insult me with $250K p.a.

Doesn't sound quite so much if you know you might need a hip replacement in about 10 years like poor Robbo (or something even worse) ...!!

 

[Chip and Chase]

That's what medical insurance is for.