OZ rugby player movement

[travelling_gerry]

Horne - last week stats.

5 runs for 35m, 1 turn over, 5 missed tackles, 7 tackles, 1 line break

[GIGS20]

Jeez those numbers are AWESOME..........if you work for Fox!

[TOCC]

cheers, i updated the list from what you guys said..

The bad thing is, there is a quality team leaving for OS

[gustafsl]

Horne - last week stats.

5 runs for 35m, 1 turn over, 5 missed tackles, 7 tackles, 1 line break

Just as a question...where did you get those stats???

I've been trying to find places to get week to week and yearly stats and can never come up with anything.

[travelling_gerry]

The Score - Rugby Home

[chook]

Yeah, according to the guys at Fox Sports he is gods gift to Rugby. They wouldn't shut up about him during the Force v Cheifs game. Every time O'Connor touched the ball they just had to throw in a mention of Horne to please the fans in NSW.

Whats wrong with Horny, Gus?

[TOCC]

Whats wrong with Horny, Gus?

nothings wrong with him, his just not as great as some of the Sydney people talk him up to be, he has potential, but his not there yet.

[James]

Rob Horne is this year's Adam Ashley-Cooper. He is very over-rated because the one or two things he does really well are offset by the fact that he doesn't do anything else right. 5 out of 12 tackles missed uggghhh! I've seen AAC perform magic for the Brumbies but when it comes to tests I've not seen anything close.

[chook]

I remember a certain try against the Kiwis last year. AAC is really a terrible player afterall

[chook]

nothings wrong with him, his just not as great as some of the Sydney people talk him up to be, he has potential, but his not there yet.

He hasnt really done a whole lot. Plays pretty well but not super outstanding. Good name though. Worth selection for the Wallabies on that alone.

[laura]

Hockings resigned didn't he ? (could be wrong)

also

Didn't Jone Tawake play for the Perth Gold / Perth spirit ?

No to both.

Pretty sure Hockings has resigned, just after they came back from NZ the first time round this year. There was a right up in the paper about it, I cant find it just yet....

[gustafsl]

Whats wrong with Horny, Gus?

Chook,

To be honest, there is nothing personally wrong with him. I've only seen him play twice. Once against the Force and once against the Stormers.

The game against the Force he got the try, but he was just in the right place at the right time. Didn't really notice him at all the rest of the game. The game against the Stormers he was crap.

The real problem I have is with the Fox Sports guys. It seems if a player from NSW is on debut or very very early in their career, and they have one great moment, like Horne's try, they are all of a sudden worthy of Wallaby selection. Same with Tahu. Had that one great pass to put Turner in for a try in the first game. Has been out hurt for like 8 weeks and there are some saying he should be a given for Wallaby selection.

I understand they are all from NSW or QLD themselves so obviously they are going to show bias. So I have no problem if they preach about some guy that has at least shown he is worthy of selection, IE Tom Carter. He has played pretty good all year. But because he hasn't had that one flash of brillance early in the year it's like he's never existed.

[BLR]

Pretty sure Hockings has resigned, just after they came back from NZ the first time round this year. There was a right up in the paper about it, I cant find it just yet....

Bloody hell, I thought he meant resigned as in left the club...it's re-signed he meant....where's the shaking fist emoticon?

[James]

I remember a certain try against the Kiwis last year. AAC is really a terrible player afterall

Yeah so its a great try I don't deny that but its just gustafsl says one try doesn't make you a star if you disappear for most games.

[chook]

Chook,

To be honest, there is nothing personally wrong with him. I've only seen him play twice. Once against the Force and once against the Stormers.

The game against the Force he got the try, but he was just in the right place at the right time. Didn't really notice him at all the rest of the game. The game against the Stormers he was crap.

The real problem I have is with the Fox Sports guys. It seems if a player from NSW is on debut or very very early in their career, and they have one great moment, like Horne's try, they are all of a sudden worthy of Wallaby selection. Same with Tahu. Had that one great pass to put Turner in for a try in the first game. Has been out hurt for like 8 weeks and there are some saying he should be a given for Wallaby selection.

I understand they are all from NSW or QLD themselves so obviously they are going to show bias. So I have no problem if they preach about some guy that has at least shown he is worthy of selection, IE Tom Carter. He has played pretty good all year. But because he hasn't had that one flash of brillance early in the year it's like he's never existed.

You guys must get different commentary over there, or some sort of subliminal messages that people on the east coast dont get transmitted because of costs etc. Where is this fabled ECB?

Seems to me AAC needs to get a really stupid haircut and then he might be viewed as a slightly above average plaer. Or some snazzy fluoro boots perhaps. Or dreads.