Roos want a rugby star

[AGC]

NORTH Melbourne coach Brad Scott says the Kangaroos will look to follow the AFL's expansion clubs and recruit a rugby league star.

Scott said he was encouraged by the AFL's recent signings of NRL players Karmichael Hunt and Israel Folau, who will line up for new teams Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney respectively.

Scott had a number of rugby league players in mind who he believed could make the transition to AFL.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/roos-want-a-rugby-star/story-e6frf9jf-1225875020006

 

[Kimbo]

Brad Scott has his eye on NRL talent

Roos want a rugby star

Kangaroos coach Brad Scott has his eye on NRL talent. Picture: Tim Carrafa Source: Herald Sun

NORTH Melbourne coach Brad Scott says the Kangaroos will look to follow the AFL's expansion clubs and recruit a rugby league star. Scott said he was encouraged by the AFL's recent signings of NRL players Karmichael Hunt and Israel Folau, who will line up for new teams Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney respectively.

Scott had a number of rugby league players in mind who he believed could make the transition to AFL.

"I could think of a number of players we'd love to have a crack at," Scott said.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/roos-want-a-rugby-star/story-e6frf9jf-1225875020006

 

[DarkPhoenix]

*groan*

 

[RoyalBlue]

Is it symptomatic of my attitude towards football debate that my first thought after reading this is that Scott will be accused of diverting attention from our shit performances - by supporters of other clubs, and our own?

 

[theduckfan]

Billy Slater, Make it happen Euge.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Billy Slater, Make it happen Euge.

Running off a HBF with Greg Inglis doing likewise from CHB

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Billy Slater, Make it happen Euge.

Running off a HBF with Greg Inglis doing likewise from CHB

Try again

"We'll be having a look - but we don't want to poach anyone from the Melbourne Storm."

 

[Ted]

Could be worse, if all this rugby recruitment business had been happening during the previous regime the headline would more likely be "Roos want a rugby discard"

 

[Twinkletoes]

Try again

Even better as I love The Storm.

Jamal Idris - do it Euge!

(or one of the up and comers from your Panthers DP )

 

[Tas]

Yeah, because we have millions laying around to burn.

 

[Brad Roo]

Is it symptomatic of my attitude towards football debate that my first thought after reading this is that Scott will be accused of diverting attention from our shit performances - by supporters of other clubs, and our own?

Nailed it in one.

I wonder what next weeks distraction will be?

 

[rooers06]

Running off a HBF with Greg Inglis doing likewise from CHB

wont be anyone from the storm according to Scott...doesnt wanna sh*t in his own backyard.

Jarrod heyne? Fuifui Moimoi? Johnathon Thurston?

Any of these 3 would be fine

 

[Dangaroos]

I thought North were trend setters? Not sheep. Ooooh lets recruit someone with tree trunk legs because its trendy...FORGET IT! How about we worry about developing our list of aussie rules footballers first.

GO ROOS!

 

[big_e]

Slow news day, perhaps?

I wasn't there but I dare say it was nothing more than a throwaway answer to a question about a fairly big story in footy this week.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Fuifui Moimoi just for our return bout with the Dogs, so he can line up on Baz. Let's see him headlock Fuifui

 

[curiousLplater]

This article is a little misleading if you listen to his press conference.

 

[Twinkletoes]

This article is a little misleading if you listen to his press conference.

Yep, as I just posted on the press conference thread. Brad's seen how difficult it is to have kids in the emerging markets get excited about AFL. That's where he was coming from initially, and he was later asked light heartedly if he had anyone in mind himself.

 

[MagooTheRoo]

Fuifui Moimoi just for our return bout with the Dogs, so he can line up on Baz. Let's see him headlock Fuifui

Is he related to Chittychitty Bangbang?

 

[scooby1279]

This article is a little misleading if you listen to his press conference.

Totally agree... Listen to the press conference.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Is he related to Chittychitty Bangbang?

Racist



Could be

 

[AGC]

To be honest, we already have one "athletically gifted" code switcher, and he's languishing in the VFL 2nd's, so i'm not sure how feasible it is. Much rather throw shitloads of money at a young up and coming AFL player to get them to join the club.

 

[Better Loosen Up]

I hope there's no substance to this article because it's a really stupid idea. Our skills are bad enough as it is without throwing bucket loads of money at a player who's never kicked a footy before.

 

[Bozz.Clunker.H]

Not a stupid idea at all, i believe we do have room on the salary cap, and there would be two main targets id be looking at in

FuiFui MoiMoi is a human wrecking machine, players have said that he is the one player that they least like to play against because it is like running into a slab of concrete... imagine him playing off half forward, running through the middle, purely an inforcer

or

Jamal Idris, at 19, he deffinitely still has time to learn the game properly, he is HUGE, height and strength wize, could play out of full forward, would be reinventing the idea of a power forward.

 

[nonetheless]

I agree that this is more or less an attempt to defect attention from our performances. But I am entertaining the idea. North is not respected by the media or the general public and a move like this could place us back in popular forums. I think that on-field performance is a priority, but i feel like we are becoming a "nothing club" for lack of better words.

 

[RoyalBlue]

Nailed it in one.

I wonder what next weeks distraction will be?

To be fair I think it has been taken out of context, that said, I think my point is more that dicks will get all hot under the collar over nothing.