Hastings named #7 for England

[NorfolkStreetKid]

I hope he does very well. I'm sure there would have been many challenges growing up the son of a great player who has faced his own demons over the years. Jackson has talent, just needed to mature a bit and be able to use it more sensibly.

[ROC181]

Hastings is still rated by Manly fans and I wondered why, then again his stint here was marred by the Pearce saga, no Maloney and a younger Nykorima so he practically got thrown in the deep end having to lead a team with no real experience, and that might have gone to his head which clashed with others.

[elo]

People forget he's still only 23......very rare for a half to dominate at that age - if Jackson sticks to it he'll be back in the NRL right as he peaks in his mid-late 20s.

[Thirteen]

People forget he's still only 23......very rare for a half to dominate at that age - if Jackson sticks to it he'll be back in the NRL right as he peaks in his mid-late 20s.

He may even peak before Mitchell Pearce.

Would love you have seen Jarred pick him up and throw him against the wall.

Dirty little grommit.

[rented tracksuit]

Yep agreed - You earn your own respect your father can’t do it for you but Horrie doesn’t deserve to have to read crap about his son after his son has just had the best year of his career. Yep he was ordinary when with us and manly - looks like he has sorted his shit out and playing to the ability many good judges said he had now - well done to him I say and I’m sure his old man is proud of that and happy as a result.

I suppose its a bit like us not holding any issues from Kyle Flanagans old man against him when he gets here. You are right, you do need to make your own way and earn your own respect.

It looks like Jackson is getting it right now. Good luck to him.

[Thirteen]

I suppose its a bit like us not holding any issues from Kyle Flanagans old man against him when he gets here. You are right, you do need to make your own way and earn your own respect.

It looks like Jackson is getting it right now. Good luck to him.

Not so sure mate. Many average or old Australian players have stared in this piss weak competition over the years. Can't crack a position in the NRL then become stars in the English comp.

[ism22]

Interesting points RR. On the one hand international rugby league loses credibility if you have players playing for countries with only a slight connection to that country; on the other it needs all the help it can get in order to make games competitive.

Why does it lose cred though?

Various players are eligible for various countries. As a kid you have no control over this and NFI where your career will take you. If I were in his position I'd stick my hand up for every rep team that I'm eligible for and see how it goes.

A lot of islanders (for example) will have a bit of Tongan, Samoan, Fijian, Maori and Australian indigenous in them and they end up playing for whatever makes the most sense. If we've said Hastings, Austin and Coote aren't rep grade and they carve up elsewhere then I don't really care. Hastings got attacked for kicking to his winger (for example) and Joey smashed him for that even though a try was scored. If they beat us with a try off a kick to the winger then go figure...

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Credit to the lad. Playing good footy and enjoying it. Everyone wants to be wanted.

[Mickie Lane]

Good on him & I wouldn’t mind if he returned to the Roosters at a later time in his career.

[zac]

Why does it lose cred though?

Various players are eligible for various countries. As a kid you have no control over this and NFI where your career will take you. If I were in his position I'd stick my hand up for every rep team that I'm eligible for and see how it goes.

A lot of islanders (for example) will have a bit of Tongan, Samoan, Fijian, Maori and Australian indigenous in them and they end up playing for whatever makes the most sense. If we've said Hastings, Austin and Coote aren't rep grade and they carve up elsewhere then I don't really care. Hastings got attacked for kicking to his winger (for example) and Joey smashed him for that even though a try was scored. If they beat us with a try off a kick to the winger then go figure...

I agree. I guess I meant it loses cred for some people.

While you probably don't want national teams to become franchises, picking whoever they want regardless of background etc, you don't want rules that make it impossible to have a competitive international comp.

[Horrie Is God]

It's a pity that Jackson was a grade A , gold plated egg when he was at the club.

His form before the prelim at Lang Park in 2015 was pretty good with no Jared there to get him space.

plus the romance of being the seed of a club legend appealed to me.

[horrie hastings]

Interesting he will be playing along side Gareth Widdop,, Widdop didn't have anything nice to say about Jackson a few years ago, more or less something like that he didn't want to be in the same team or anywhere near Hastings, now they will be playing along side each other.

[Bondicigar]

[QUOTE=Random Rooster;n807877]I've seen Jackson play about half a dozen full games and he was sensational. Very creative in attack, pinpoint kicking game and rock solid defender-at times even inspirational.

I just don't get how Aussies like him,Blake Austin,Lachlan Coote and previously Chris Heighington get selected to play for Great Britain because of a grandparents place of birth. These guys are only available because they weren't considered good enough to make rep teams in Australia. Ask any of them at the start of their careers who would they choose to play for if given the chance between the Kangaroos and the GB Lions we all know what the answer would be. Its actually demeaning to the GB jersey and even more so for the "authentic" GB players who make way for the Aussies. The grandparent/parent rule should only serve to bolster Tonga,Samoa,Fiji etc etc

Aussies have been guilty of it too. Meninga selecting Radradra for that test match was ridiculous. James Tamou played his first junior footy in NZ before joining the Roosters- he's

The selection criteria lines have been blurred in all forms of rep football now for a long time.
The result has seen test football suffer , how could hastings and coote play with the same passion as a English man against australia.
Simple, they shouldn't be picked, same goes for the coach.

[Andrew Walker]

The game in England must really be thriving if he is the number 1 halfback from that country

[Cockadoodledoo]

Not so sure mate. Many average or old Australian players have stared in this piss weak competition over the years. Can't crack a position in the NRL then become stars in the English comp.

This, you can't take anyone's form seriously in their reserve grade standard competition.