For all his attacking ability, I really like how physical he is off the ball. I think this is one of the reasons BA has given him his debut. He seems to read backline moves quite well and has laid out plenty of opponents.
Ham Sammich > SuperEel 22March 20, 2015 at 10:11am
That was a great hit and certainly wasn't the only one Folau put on last season. There was a game at Pirtek where he absolutely monstered a player twice.
The only problem will be if John can carry the ball in his left arm. We see so many times in that highlight reel he carries the ball in the right arm and uses his left arm to fend off players, which is awesome...if you're playing on the right hand side but on the left he'll be carrying it the side that the defence will be sliding across towards.
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impressive,i hope he can bring some of that into the NRL.
Works fine for me
If not working just go to you tube and type in John Folau Highlights
he should go alright......i am more concerned with morgan
For all his attacking ability, I really like how physical he is off the ball. I think this is one of the reasons BA has given him his debut. He seems to read backline moves quite well and has laid out plenty of opponents.
That was a great hit and certainly wasn't the only one Folau put on last season. There was a game at Pirtek where he absolutely monstered a player twice.
The only problem will be if John can carry the ball in his left arm. We see so many times in that highlight reel he carries the ball in the right arm and uses his left arm to fend off players, which is awesome...if you're playing on the right hand side but on the left he'll be carrying it the side that the defence will be sliding across towards.