Melbourne Squad @ 31/03/10

[beige]

Just scouring Google News you can add Billy Slater and Israel Folau to the "rumour mill"...

[Burgs]

[Hoolly Doolly]

sign them both up already!

[TOCC]

Slater could be a absolute star, im not entirely convinced by Folau though, i tend to think his phsique and skill set is better suited to league..

If Folau did come to rugby union i would probably put him in the forwards

[tic]

Slater is not big enough for rugby. Probably a bit like Matty Rogers - he would be solid, but RL suits his size a bit more.

[zimeric]

Slater is a big guy... similar in build to Cam Sheperd.. He has great hands, runs superb lines, can kick the ball so hard it melts... Of all the RL stars i think he has closest to the complete game.. not confinced he'll want to switch though... as far as im aware he has had more exposure to AFL than Union.

Force back line line-up of

Turner
O'Connor
Cullett
Spanner
Inman
Sheps
Slater

would be spentacular!

[Burgs]

Slater is not big enough for rugby...

Billy Slater
18 June 1983
178 cm, 86 kg

Gio Aplon
6 October 1982
175 cm, 74 kg

It's not the size of your chassis, it's the size of your heart.

[zimeric]

woo i thought he was taller than that!

[James]

Unfortunately that works on the assumption that Gio Aplon is a good player. I reckon he's pretty marginal.

Cam Shepherd has about 15kgs on Slater.

[TOCC]

His about the same size as peter hynes
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[beige]

Slater is not big enough for rugby. Probably a bit like Matty Rogers - he would be solid, but RL suits his size a bit more.

Jason Robinson was shorter and lighter than Billy Slater and Slater reminds me a lot of him - I reckon he'd do fine. Slater would possibly end up on the wing in rugby.

[Burgs]

Not sure if you have been watching Aplon in recent weeks but he has been on fire of late.

Peter Hynes
18 July 1982
180 cm, 92 kg

[TOCC]

Rodney Davies
15 May 1989
180cm, 90kg

[tic]

I think wing would suit Slater better (in rugby) - but is he worth $1 million per year on the wing? Nah.

As for Falou - I hope someone takes him from the Broncos - a waste of time and effort. The Broncos spent waaaay too much for him, given his modest return and his chronic injury problems.

[James]

Not sure if you have been watching Aplon in recent weeks but he has been on fire of late.

Peter Hynes
18 July 1982
180 cm, 92 kg

I can't speak for recent weeks but both times he has played the Force he has been dreadful. He is always going to have a bit of an easy time of it playing in the backline of a winning team. Everyone is watching Habana or Pietersen or de Jongh or Fourie and gives Aplon opportunities he wouldn't normally get. I'd be very surprised if Aplon ever plays international rugby.