I've never quite got this? And I still don't. In fact I thought it was a joke when the rumours first surfaced last season that the Sydney Roosters from the NRL were interested in signing Jordan Tansey from the Leeds Rhinos.But sure enough, it turned out to be true and they did sign him on loan. I'll be fucked if I know what they see in him. Maybe there's some hidden talent there they've identified on videos or DVD's or summat? Maybe they've identified that it ain't too late to teach him the basic skill sets and produce a player of some quality? That certainly wasn't ever gonna happen over here as we've produced very little in the way of quality players during the entire Super League era.
Anyhow, Jordan hadn't yet made a big enough impression in any of the Roosters pre-season trial games to gain a first grade NRL berth this weekend, and instead was shipped off to the Roosters feeder club, the Newtown Jets in the NSW Cup where he was selected to play at five eighth. He scored a consolation try near the end as the Newtown Jets were hammered 42-10 away against the Shellharbour Dragons.
However, the Roosters took an even bigger hammering this weekend in NRL Round 1 at home to South Sydney, to the tune of 12-52! So who knows? Perhaps plenty of Roosters first graders might be getting the chop this coming week and Tansey might get his NRL chance in Round 2?
Watch this space :-)
Well it looks like the joke may be on you AP. Jordan T seems to be making a decent fist of making it in the NRL
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That rather depends on how you define 'making a decent fist of making it in the NRL' I've seen his game stats :-)
ReplyDeleteObviously not that decent as he's been dropped from first grade and playing for the Newtown Jets again.