You make some good points. But I wonder if the Aussie fans thought like this when they signed the likes of Tansey/Mathers/Sibbit/Mason?

I'm as proud as anyone about the 'home-grown' aspect of the current Leeds crop - But talent is talent, whether or not it's potential or realised - and if Delaney can do a job whilst Watkins & Ratu continue to develop, that's no bad thing. It's keeping one eye on the future, as well as today.

(if he turns out to be naff - nothing ventured, nothing gained)

Yet his club offered him a four year contract so they must have rated him don't you think?

Morris was 87-88 IIRC? Certainly not 84-85. A number of those lads signed in the mid 80s came straight from the Qld Cup when it was a very good competition in its own right, with the Broncos not having formed and a lot of Qld players staying up here despite offers to move to Sydney. Terry Webb was in that category.

What those sorts of players showed was how deep the Aussie player base was - Webb would never have got within a million miles of the NSWRL but was a regular in England for some time - he played stand off, Hooker, Loose forward, second row and even prop. He could do that just because he did the basics pretty well.

I suppose if Delaney stayed in the UK for long enough he'd qualify for England on residency grounds. He says clutching at straws...

Like Donald

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