Billy Slater to AFL?

[one-eyed]

John Ralph on Ch 10's Fifth Quarter said there's talk of Billy Slater switching codes next year. For some reason mentioned Richmond and whether we'd go for it and fit him in the salary cap.

[tiger101]

no we need players that already have good skills and potential to be great players.
not risky publicity stunts

[tiger till i die]

One eye is there a possibly link to see what he said ? i think slater would be interesting for richmond we no he can spekie thats for sure 

[Infamy]

Slater is a gun, I'd love to have him, but he's probably too old for us

[TigerLand]

100% has to be looked at.

A) Give a further 1% reason to rock up to the footy
B) No loss anything with potential to gain.

I'd rather see a Slater play who runs the lines can put an opposition player in hospital lightning quick and is impossible to baulk instead of every single player we have over the age of 24.

[one-eyed]

One eye is there a possibly link to see what he said ? i think slater would be interesting for richmond we no he can spekie thats for sure 

TTID, sorry I can't find a link on the TEN website. Maybe we were mentioned because (a) we're Richmond who sells papers and (b) we'll have one of the first rookie picks if we finish last.

[jackstar is back again]

Slater is a gun, I'd love to have him, but he's probably too old for us

Agree

[Penelope]

They must have read my post in another thread on this. 

In all seriousness, Slater is an elite, highly skilled sportsman. Your chances of getting someone like him to adapt from Rugby leauge would better than that of Gaelic Footballers.

He knows how to "break the lines" and could teach most AFL players a thing or two about tackling.

If he could be taught how to kick and handball properly you would have a more than handy player, with plenty of attributes such as leadership, big game experience/performance.

Any club would remiss in not at least considering the idea.

The biggest knocks would be his age -27 this year, but would still have 4-5 years left in him possibly- and whether he could build up a tank big enough to play Aussie Rules

[Owl]

Make great clearance players some of em.  Hard to tackle, strong as ox's and great burst speed, just a bit low on endurance in comparison to Afl players.

[Infamy]

The biggest knocks would be his age -27 this year, but would still have 4-5 years left in him possibly- and whether he could build up a tank big enough to play Aussie Rules

Already has one. He'd be in the Top 5% for stamina (and probably speed too) in the AFL.

[tiger till i die]

but do u honestly think Richmond would ASK Billy if he wants to play for us he would ?

[Ramps]

YOU GUYS ARE CHASING THE WRONG ATHLETE FROM RUGBY LEAGUE!

The bloke an AFL club should chase is

ISRAEL FOLAU
DOB: April 3 1989 - making him just 22
195cm tall or 6'5
and runs like the Wind.

Hes the bloke an AFL club should try and get!

[tiger till i die]

YOU GUYS ARE CHASING THE WRONG ATHLETE FROM RUGBY LEAGUE!

The bloke an AFL club should chase is

ISRAEL FOLAU
DOB: April 3 1989 - making him just 22
195cm tall or 6'5
and runs like the Wind.

Hes the bloke an AFL club should try and get!

dont think thats going to happen mate

[Ramps]

me neither but hes the best athlete in that game and at 22 yo hes the right age. Massive coup for AFL is a club can get him.

[Infamy]

YOU GUYS ARE CHASING THE WRONG ATHLETE FROM RUGBY LEAGUE!

The bloke an AFL club should chase is

ISRAEL FOLAU
DOB: April 3 1989 - making him just 22
195cm tall or 6'5
and runs like the Wind.

Hes the bloke an AFL club should try and get!

Moved to QLD to go back closer to his family as he is a very strict Mormon, also needs to do some sort of pilgrimage I think at some stage.
Greg Inglis is the one, he's already in Melbourne, kicks well, marks well, as fast a better all around athlete than Folau