Lopini off contract at Cats

Think you misheard him in the pub when he said, ''I'm off for a p......'

with his NE accent.

He may have been saying he was putting a "sign up here" not" sign a paea"!!

Think there will be more than just one more prop such as Lopini Paea coming to Trinity for next season reading this..... wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news/web ... 5/2014/08/? 'Lopini Paea, injured, Mickael Simon and Antoni Maria drop out of the squad.' www.catalansdragons.com/en/artic ... or-return/? Wonder if all three are coming to Trinity next season and there will be a photo shoot covering the three of them for next season to boost ST sales!

Think there will be more than just one more prop such as Lopini Paea coming to Trinity for next season reading this..... wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news/web ... 5/2014/08/? 'Lopini Paea, injured, Mickael Simon and Antoni Maria drop out of the squad.' www.catalansdragons.com/en/artic ... or-return/? Wonder if all three are coming to Trinity next season and there will be a photo shoot covering the three of them for next season to boost ST sales!

Wow, Outstanding signing for you (if true of course). We are desperate for a couple of props at Salford and Lopini would have been perfect. He's one big human that’s for sure.

I'm hearing under fairly good authority that Paea has signed for the trin! Which I consider a fantastic signing!

If Paea is to be in the red white and blue next season the club need to be congratulated. Its one hell of a signing and the club should be shouting it from the roof tops after the C C final.

Would be a good replacement for Tautai providing he can keep himself healthy. Averages 20 games a season for catalans which isn't bad but we need to make sure we have enough cover available.

Listed as 6.0 and 16st 7

A big bloke on the high street but not exactly massive in terms of RL forwards

Still, he comes with a great pedigree and would be a very good signing for us

We seem to be obsessed with size on this forum!

Granted, a forward has to be a big human, but it's not a requirement to be freakishly big to be good; look at Jarrad Hickey, Eorl Crabtree and Ian Kirke for examples of abnormally tall props, who don't run their weight; compare and contrast with Paul Gallen, Anthony Watmough or Sam Moa - all line busting, hard to handle forwards who come in under 6 foot.

Paea would be a great signing for us - he'll go well alongside FuiFui (exactly six feet tall!)

So bren you think we're getting Mr
moimoi?

I hope we are just signed off at parramatta

Just going from Websters statement that he wants size to stop us being bullied by the bigger teams

I'd agree, Stosic was that, if not slightly shorter, but he had sufficient size to more than do the job in attack and defence.

One of the best ever Shane Webcke 6ft 17st 9lb

The big differences are class and the extra 1st 7lbs

Size is not just height.

The big difference between the giants I listed and their smaller but way better counterparts, is bottle, toughness and technique; it could be argued that having a lower centre of gravity is actually an advantage in many situations on the pitch, but I'm not clever enough to make that argument - certainly Moa and Gallen have a tackle technique that involves driving upwards with the leg muscles, which has to be more effective than grabbing with the (comparatively) weaker upper body.

Anyhow, I don't care how tall they are (or aren't) provided they're effective; I'd certainly take one Paul Gallen over any number of Ian Kirkes, every day of the week.

A good big un will always beat a good little un

Gallen or Sam Burgess = Big Sam everytime
Michael O'Conner or Gene Miles = Miles by er..miles
Eric Grothe or Kerry Bousted = The Guru
James Stosic or Shane Tronc = Tronc


You have to compare like for like, it's no good comparing Anthony Watmough with Frankie Mariano in order to disprove the rule.

A smaller, lighter prop forward with sheer class like Webke was superb but a much bigger heavier prop with class like Glenn Lazarus was better

Kylie Leuluai 5' 10"; 17st 2 lbs

and?

Midget prop but more than good enough for one of the best teams in Rugby League.

he's not a big prop though but even at 5'10" & 17st 7lbs he outweighs Paeya by a 1st

I'm not saying LP isn't a good signing either, in fact see my first post where I say absolutely the opposite, but for a prop forward in the modern game 6' and 16st 7lbs is not big, I don't see the argument

Not so much the size but the mental and physical toughness also

It is when it's coming straight at you one on one.