Can we shut down Ingliss

[Guest]

How do you think the players defending against Ingliss will go?

[Guest]

How do you think the players defending against Ingliss will go?

No worries - just throw the fast bastard a few cheeseburgers. He will be lucky to see the ball considering the halves combination he is playing alongside.

[alex0063]

I hope hes not against SKD rather him be against Linnett i think hes defence is better

[RooSta]

Inglis will be up against skd
IMO the question is can that fat F@$k shut down SKD ??
I agree with mad rooster, with that halves combination inglis won't see enough if not no ball at all...
And when he does get the ball it has to be some quality ball like he was getting in melb..
Sandow ain't even close to be good enough

[Guest]

i think we will be sweet, inglis will be recieving cpr in the 3rd minute.

[Hawkeye]

I hope hes not against SKD rather him be against Linnett i think hes defence is better

I think Ingliss is a left centre / SKD is right side ..... so would think they will line up against each other.

[BUDDY]

I hope hes not against SKD rather him be against Linnett i think hes defence is better

Roosters wary of rested Inglis

The Sydney Roosters fear Greg Inglis' six-month spell on the sidelines could have South Sydney's star recruit primed for a blockbuster performance in Friday night's NRL season-opening local derby.

In what amounts to the longest break of Inglis' short but spectacular top-grade career, the off-season's most prized signing will take to the field for his new club having not played since his farewell appearance for Melbourne in last year's final round of the regular season.

With the Storm having been a regular in finals and Inglis a fixture in end-of-season Australian teams before missing last year's Four Nations campaign due to injury, the 187-day break between games is new ground for the 24-year-old.

But the Roosters have dismissed any notion of a rusty Inglis at the Sydney Football Stadium on Friday night, with the 2007 Clive Churchill medallist renowned for his performances on the biggest stage.

"He does come in maybe a touch underdone but he's a big-game player," Roosters skipper Braith Anasta said.

"You watch all the big games he's played in Origin, Australia, he's always stood up when it counts.

"This is a big game for him, his first game for Souths, and we'd expect him to stand up and play well."

One player who has seen Inglis' ability to lift at close range is Queensland Origin teammate Nate Myles, who is wary of underestimating the freakishly talented centre's ability to jump out of the blocks.

Inglis reported to pre-season training at Redfern out of shape after an off-season blighted by injury and protracted contract negotiations, but the latest reports indicate he is nearing his best.

"I haven't seen Greggy for a while so I don't really go off what you see in the papers ... I'll wait until I see him in person,' Myles said.

"I'm sure he's going to come out and be ready on Friday. Knowing Greggy he will want to make a good impression for his first game."

That means a busy night is in store for Roosters opposite Shaun Kenny-Dowall in what will be his first head-to-head clash with Inglis after the former Storm star missed last year's meeting with the Roosters due to Origin commitments.

"It's a big challenge for Shaun to play against GI," Anasta said.

"He's the best centre in the game and I think he's got a bit to prove."

[Guest]

aubassan had falous number and so did linnet. Inglis is nothing.

[Rocky Rhodes]

According to most on here he is fat, unfit and useless atm and his arteries will shut him down, so why worry.

Issak luke, nathan merritt and burgess are more the worry.

[Guest]

SKD has been watching some old storm vids, over and over and over?

[Guest]

Isaac Luke will be out only danger, shut him down and souffs will have nothing

[Guest]

If South are only taking Luke as their only hooker. Then we should run at him all night. With no match fitness and coming back from shoulder surgery!!

[supermario]

If South are only taking Luke as their only hooker. Then we should run at him all night. With no match fitness and coming back from shoulder surgery!!

Then you present the prospect of getting into a game long stoush with the forwards. Luke doesn't hide on the wing, but is protected by the likes of Asotasi and burgess.

With Ryles and Kennedy, we can take them on.

[Guest]

SKD has been watching some old storm vids, over and over and over?

Is that a statement or a question Bejerkoff?

[Chris]

Inglis will be up against skd
IMO the question is can that fat F@$k shut down SKD ??
I agree with mad rooster, with that halves combination inglis won't see enough if not no ball at all...
And when he does get the ball it has to be some quality ball like he was getting in melb..
Sandow ain't even close to be good enough

This is the point ive been trying to make all off season.

No doubt Inglis is a good athlete and player when he's fit - and im sure he will be come Friday. However -

He has always the luxury of receiving ball from either: Lockyer, Thurston or Cronk - 3 of the best halves in the game.

He'll now be receiving ball from Sandow & Sutton who simply can't provide the quality of ball that the other three can.