its almost impossible to compare the two NRL has bigger bodied players that is needed in the game or rugby and AFL is much more faster, played on much bigger oval, needs more endurance, speed and skill
its proven NRL players cannot keep up with AFL, eg cant keep up michael hunt & Israel folau
Israel Folau couldnt get a game with the bottom placed giants, even after loosting a heap of weight, was to slow, to unskilled and to stupid for AFL, but is now staring in Union for the Wallabies
AUSTRALIA welcomed a new Test hero in Will Skelton and revelled in the feats of established star Israel Folau as the Wallabies put an emphatic seal on their rugby union series clean sweep over France by winning the third and final Test 39-13 at Allianz Stadium today.
With the Sydney afternoon sun on their backs and with the ball being presented on a silver platter by the hard-working gold forwards, the Wallabies had no intention of allowing this Test to descend into the trench warfare of last weekend’s 6-0 arm-wrestle in Melbourne.
Rampaging No 8 Wycliff Palu was named Man of the Match, and deservedly so for his high-impact and impressively busy display, but the two players who had the 43,188 spectators — the biggest rugby crowd ever at the crowd — were debutant lock Skelton and Folau, growing in stature with every Test he plays for Australia.
The two popular Waratahs combined magically for one of Australia’s five tries, with Skelton putting his team-mate through a hole with a sublime short pass, but individually both were sensational, causing pandemonium in French defence whenever they touched the ball.
What also was worth celebrating was the new physical presence of this Australian side, with even the French struggling at times to find an answer to the Wallabies muscle.
Whether the All Blacks find them as much of a handful in the opening Bledisloe Cup Test in Sydney on August 16 remains to be seen, but there is no doubt NZ coach Steve Hansen and his staff will be anxiously poring over the tape of this match in the coming weeks.
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