Watching last night, I don't believe Dylan is anywhere the level he was attaining.
Whether it is the ACL tear (definitely lost pace) but his body language showed to me in pre and post game interviews he doesn't want to go anywhere. I think he sees Parra is home and whilst no one can complain for him taking the 13m, I wonder if he will ever be happy in the Knights wilderness.
I have always been a DB fan, but I also think we burn't him out in the last 2 seasons and confused his role in the process.
I now see DB as a 600pa player and if he maintained his original potential say 800k. i.e my implication is he has lost 25% as a player.
WE have most probably won the jackpot as I think we have seen the best of him whereas I question his future now. I would be surprised if he retains his NZ Test status when you look at the Warriors and their young half.
Watching his current game he is missing tackles, whereas previously he hardly missed a thing. He has also lost confidence in the line, doesn't know or understand his role by the rules that made him recognised in the first place.
We are very lucky and whilst it has been said repeatedly, I cannot believe how dumb the Knights are as he will never be the play maker they have signed for. O'Sullivan has a lot to answer for!
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Had a few beers with a mate I used to do some coaching with.
He' s earmarked to be the Southern Orcas high performance coach if the bid is a success.
After talking to him it's hard to beleive the Bears and PNG are in front of them.
They have some heavy hitters and some serious money behind them , a 100 million dollar centre of excellence ready to go .
Its when not if on what I was told , based out of Christchurch not Wellington.
I agree Bup that such a move is more logical, NRL will work well on the South Island (not forgetting the timing being 2 hours ahead of us) and taking Rugby fans from that sport, given the suicidal tendancies of Rugby and the fact that the All Blacks have it all behind them whilst the Europeans are running that game. Makes more sense than Perth, logistically a no win type situation. PNG is another animal with rediculous logistical issues but keeping in mind the politics and the seemingly unbelievable rating of that country's national sport, i can understand the effort.
Maybe if the start of the Perth games at 11 oc'lock their time the game may migrate two sets of supporters i.e. NRL in the morning AFL in the afternoon. The TV audience at least would tune in to the morning games with no AFL or NRL distractions elsewhere in the country in the mornings.
NB, PNG maybe a way of getting more partipation in the sport as it is so heavily polynesian these days, Polynesian's maybe more comfortable in the environment. Its a dying sport for "so called" white people participation at a playing level.
The game itself will always be great, but who wants their kids playing it unless you have an inherited disposition to doing so.
Who Knows, that just my guesses?
I said to my mate you'd think they'd make a game in NZ each week and it'll be the 6pm Friday East coast standard time , prime time in NZ.
Makes sense Bup.
Really orcas are based out of Wgtn I heard rumours a few years back the Crusaders were looking at doing both union and league there just about to get a new state of the art stadium in Chch.The best high performance facility in NZ is based in Wgtn the Hurricanes operate out of there at the moment .
Interesting I wonder whose backing them money wise over here.Most rich kiwis very rarely back sport franchises over here.Id say at least you'd need 100 mill to start a franchise from scratch.
League in NZ as a whole outside the Warriors has bugger all when it comes to financial backing.
i was just going on what Bup said, I thought they were out of Christchurch frankly I wouldn't know, just trusting the research.
Ashamed to say never been to NZ Coryn.
I wouldn't bother Ploppa , there's nobody there . They all jumped on a plane and fucked off to Campbeltown and left Coryn to turn the light off and lock the door behind him .
Depends what you fancy Pops we got a bit of everything here.
They've got the funds to build one, a huge one.
Theyve got some big ideas.
Cartwrights earmarked as the coach and there heavily cashed up.
They have hundreds of millions apparently with all the right backers.
Andrew Chalmers is the money man , there's also a bit of money coming from a fund that wishes to remain anonymous at this stage.
Graham Lowes the league man behind it with some former players.
Its pretty impressive what they want to do, NZ rugby will be nervous .
There's more pathways to earning decent coin without straying too far from home in league at all levels then rugby.
https://www.thepress.co.nz/sport/350296524/behind-two-separate-grou...
i knew they were trying just didn't follow how far they got and with Perth & PNG seemingly done deals I don't know where this leaves these bids.
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