Folau switches to the AFL (2 Viewers)

[johony]

Israel Folau signs with AFL

THE AFL has beaten rival codes to secure the signature of rugby league superstar Israel Folau, who will today announce he has joined the Greater Western Sydney team on a three-year, $4.2 million deal.
And the man who conducted the 21-year-old's secret AFL trial is sure Folau will prove a huge success in his new code and will acquire the kicking skills needed.

the AFL's worst kept secret is finally true. thoughts? will he do well in the AFL?

 

[zombie omie jay]

sucked in qld u fagles

yeah we will be okay i think, nothing special.

 

[Chemical Ali]

Is there any other "professional" sport in the world where you can switch to the "highest level" an adult having never played before?

what a joke of a game

 

[johony]

poor NRL

but tbh they'll probably just whinge about how poor their clubs are and that players nowadays have no loyalty etc, same shit we've heard before because the NRL doesn't know how to make more money

 

[johony]

Israel Folau Team GWS Announcement Live Stream - Fox Sports

edit: folau getting absolutely grilled about walking into the top level, but he can't seem to respond to it that well. interesting that GWS wants a 'cosmopolitan' afl team, with a south african being sponsored into the team and now folau

 

[joeysmall]

It's a big risk that the GWS team is tacking. But they must be confident in his AFL skills for 4.3m. He'll atleast draw media attention and crowds.

 

[zombie omie jay]

media attention
genuine interest in his skills
he is a great athlete, AFL isnt that hard to learn. His size and speed is up there with the biggest in the AFL, his skills will need polishing a lot though i think

 

[b00m]

Khunt and Folau both getting paid over a million for a sport they've played very little of.. or none of at all . Compare that to blokes who have been busting their arse off in that game for decades and don't get paid close to that. what will they think?

He's no big loss to the NRL.. if the AFL were trying to push into Western Sydney.. they should be smart enough to pursue Marshall, Hayne, Jennings etc.. not inbred Qlders

 

[datoran]

man NRL going to die if the players continue to change codes and go the mighty dragons

 

[CheesePlease]

Is there any other "professional" sport in the world where you can switch to the "highest level" an adult having never played before?

what a joke of a game

Union and to a lesser extent League.

 

[kaz1]

lol Khunt and Israel, AFL is a shit code that can't develop talent.

 

[babikakez]

It's a big risk that the GWS team is tacking. But they must be confident in his AFL skills for 4.3m. He'll atleast draw media attention and crowds.

Thats all the AFL wants.

 

[zombie omie jay]

or perhaps because AFL isnt even talked about in areas where big powerful islanders like folau live
ie
western syd
and qld

perhaps this is what the AFL is trying to combat?

maybe

 

[babikakez]

or perhaps because AFL isnt even talked about in areas where big powerful islanders like folau live
ie
western syd
and qld

perhaps this is what the AFL is trying to combat?

maybe

yeah, hence the desire for media attention and crowds.

 

[zombie omie jay]

i was being facetious okay
gosh they just took the 2 biggest islander NRL internationals in the game for their 2 new franchises
attracting all the little western sydney kids

kids arent as fickle as adults, if their heroes are playing a sport that is entertaining they will like it

 

[b00m]

essentially.. Folau and Khunt are being paid to dance in street parades and wank fests

if their respective teams want to succeed on the field, the two of them will part-take in no more than 10 minutes per-game

it's a joke

 

[b00m]

gosh they just took the 2 biggest islander NRL internationals in the game for their 2 new franchises

m8, i think you missed my earlier point. Kids in western sydney don't talk about Khunt and Izzy.. they talk about Marshall and Hayne. Blokes who play in sydney clubs. Especially Western Sydney Clubs

 

[ekoolish]

Does this mean UWS will no longer be the worst university in sydney?

 

[babikakez]

kids arent as fickle as adults, if their heroes are playing a sport that is entertaining they will like it

Only works while these players are good enough to be 'heroes' in the sports that they're playing.

Lets presume Folau and Khunt are shit at AFL (not a too farfetched presumption), these kids aren't stupid enough to stay on the bandwagon. I really don't think that this is enough to get young kids interested in AFL long term. Short term, yes it will spark interest, but its probably not sustainable.

 

[Phylo]

gluck to folau, but with the kicking, im not sure that nrl players and afl plays kick in the same style. afl players use 2 hands to hold it, release it and boot it with a huge follow through with their legs, compared to nrl where just bomb it or grubber etc..