Will Jordan's try scoring

[MN5]

@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@MN5 Jane definitely stood out to me too

Apparently @Bones marked him in a club game once.

[MN5]

@Nepia said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@mariner4life said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

also, Joey Roks in those early years was so fucking great to watch. and 21 tries after 14 games is frankly ridiculous

Roks, Cullen and Jordan is an early career try scoring back three dream team.

Three amazing tries against Samoa then somehow fluking four easy run ins vs Scotland in two tests definitely inflate stats somewhat.

[Frank]

@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

not meaning to hijack the thread too much but was also surprised how MANY Ben Smith had, considering the large gap he had after his first test, 84...bloody legend

One of the greatest ever ABs.
Our best ever fullback along with Cullen
Complete player.

[Nepia]

@MN5 said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@Nepia said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@mariner4life said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

also, Joey Roks in those early years was so fucking great to watch. and 21 tries after 14 games is frankly ridiculous

Roks, Cullen and Jordan is an early career try scoring back three dream team.

Three amazing tries against Samoa then somehow fluking four easy run ins vs Scotland in two tests definitely inflate stats somewhat.

He had a pretty tough go after that test against Samoa (which TBF back then wasn't the try glut it would be now) - the might of Scotland, then 7 tests against the Boks and Oz with 5 of them being away.

[Chris B.]

@Bones A little bit of padding by the editor?

I reckon someone could do a great one backed by the Flash Gordon theme.

[Bones]

@MN5 said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@MN5 Jane definitely stood out to me too

Apparently @Bones marked him in a club game once.

You're on drugs. I've never played the game before. I would have been way too fast for him back then anyway.

[MN5]

@Bones said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@MN5 said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@MN5 Jane definitely stood out to me too

Apparently @Bones marked him in a club game once.

You're on drugs. I've never played the game before. I would have been way too fast for him back then anyway.

My mistake. Must have been another ferner. Apologies.

[Bones]

@MN5 said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@Bones said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@MN5 said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@MN5 Jane definitely stood out to me too

Apparently @Bones marked him in a club game once.

You're on drugs. I've never played the game before. I would have been way too fast for him back then anyway.

My mistake. Must have been another ferner. Apologies.

I wasn't allowed to play rugby. Being a strapping 38kg when I hit college, I was deemed one of the fastest at school and was banned.

[MN5]

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[Higgins]

@Frank said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

not meaning to hijack the thread too much but was also surprised how MANY Ben Smith had, considering the large gap he had after his first test, 84...bloody legend

One of the greatest ever ABs.
Our best ever fullback along with Cullen
Complete player.

@Nepia will obviously disagree with you there.

[Kiwiwomble]

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[Chris B.]

@Frank said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

not meaning to hijack the thread too much but was also surprised how MANY Ben Smith had, considering the large gap he had after his first test, 84...bloody legend

One of the greatest ever ABs.
Our best ever fullback along with Cullen
Complete player.

I reckon Ben Smith should've been the World Rugby Player of the year at some point.

For a while, he played whole seasons barely making an error.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Chris-B he and aaron smith

[ACT Crusader]

@Frank said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

not meaning to hijack the thread too much but was also surprised how MANY Ben Smith had, considering the large gap he had after his first test, 84...bloody legend

One of the greatest ever ABs.
Our best ever fullback along with Cullen
Complete player.

See I thought he was more dangerous as a winger than fullback because of the way he used the sideline to his advantage.

Quite liked his work as a centre too but only really saw it when Snakey was rested for that 2013 EOYT.

Class player and smart (other than that card at the RWC )

[ACT Crusader]

@Chris-B Joe Rok and Rupeni are two of the best wingers I’ve seen play because when they ran with ball in hand you just thought they would get there and score. And if they didn’t make it, something would be set up for a team mate more often than not.

Jordan is the same.

[Bones]

@ACT-Crusader said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@Chris-B Joe Rok and Rupeni are two of the best wingers I’ve seen play because when they ran with ball in hand you just thought they would get there and score. And if they didn’t make it, something would be set up for a team mate more often than not.

Jordan is the same.

I'm in the minority, but I think Jordan's linking work is still pretty shoddy. But having lost all faith in the coaching, I wouldn't be surprised to see a turn around in this aspect under a different regime.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Bones linking once he has ball in hand? as in looking for support? i can see that, conversely he is amazing at timing a run to receive the ball from someone else, you never see him having to slow a run or have a ball drop in front of him, always right there are the right time....and then runs away from everyone

[Chris B.]

@ACT-Crusader said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@Chris-B Joe Rok and Rupeni are two of the best wingers I’ve seen play because when they ran with ball in hand you just thought they would get there and score. And if they didn’t make it, something would be set up for a team mate more often than not.

Jordan is the same.

I reckon my footy career would have been quite a bit more fun if I'd had the speed, size and skills of any of those three!

[Bones]

@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@Bones linking once he has ball in hand? as in looking for support? i can see that, conversely he is amazing at timing a run to receive the ball from someone else, you never see him having to slow a run or have a ball drop in front of him, always right there are the right time....and then runs away from everyone

Yeah that, on your converse I point you to last year, when to me he seemed to put a lot of ball down - no idea where the blame lies for that though, as potentially it's just teammates not being used to him. It was evident (to me) in the crusaders and ABs last year, but he improved hugely this year for the saders, so I was hoping to see a massive jump this year for the ABs - covid and coaching getting in the way though.

[nostrildamus]

@MN5 said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:

@MN5 Jane definitely stood out to me too

Apparently @Bones marked him in a club game once.

Shocked even at club level they let players carry crayons onto the field.