Should get him back. Admittedly don't really know how he's going for Wests but he absolutely dominated the 2008 Toyota Cup and players he's outperformed have gone on to much bigger and better things.
MPG = Metres Per Game
MPR = Metres Per Run
TkEf = Tackle Efficiency Percentage
2008 Toyota Cup Props
Qualification: ten games at prop
Code:
Rank MPG MPR TkEf NRL?
1 Aiden Tolman (Melbourne) 175.29 8.21 91.21 *
2 Russell Packer (Warriors) 159.18 9.46 94.01 *
[COLOR="Blue"][B]3 Tohi Leha (Cronulla) 154.65 8.27 89.48[/B][/COLOR]
4 Sione Kite (Bulldogs) 151.20 10.43 83.43 *
5 Eddy Pettybourne (South Sydney) 149.53 9.08 89.27 *
6 Robert Worsely (Bulldogs) 141.94 8.78 88.36 *
7 Tim Mannah (Parramatta) 140.41 9.25 91.72 *
8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (Manly) 135.40 8.79 86.44 *
9 Steve Darby (Gold Coast) 135.29 8.68 91.37
10 Leeson Ah Mau (Warriors) 135.26 9.11 90.37 *
11 Martin Kennedy (Sydney) 134.45 9.12 89.80 *
12 Trent Merrin (St George) 129.90 8.14 86.71 *
13 James Tamou (Sydney Roosters) 126.67 10.11 88.04 *
14 Tim Robinson (Parramatta) 119.65 8.11 91.38
15 Sam McKendry (Penrith) 117.73 9.15 83.33 *
16 Inoke Tapaatoutai (Manly) 115.60 8.63 86.33
17 Josh McGuire (Brisbane) 110.06 8.09 84.20 *
18 Nick Skinner (Canberra) 110.00 8.08 88.81
19 Shaun Maloney (North Qld) 109.25 7.77 85.97
20 Rory O'Brien (St George) 102.95 8.11 90.67
21 Sione Tovo (Newcastle) 97.73 9.60 88.83
22 Joel Edwards (Newcastle) 97.47 8.50 88.28
23 John Kaifoto (South Sydney) 95.36 9.14 86.01
24 Illija Radan (Manly) 93.82 7.74 86.73
25 Joel Orton (Penrith) 92.55 9.51 84.26
26 Benson Tupou (Wests Tigers) 90.18 8.20 76.22
27 Ben Spina (North Queensland) 84.42 7.24 87.50
28 Mitchell Dodds (Brisbane) 82.64 7.67 87.13 *
29 Matt Britt (Canberra) 75.60 8.22 85.62
30 Louis Fanene (Melbourne) 73.30 8.62 86.86
31 Scott Dobbins (Newcastle) 70.77 7.54 91.04
32 Josh Land (North Queensland) 62.69 7.72 86.36
33 John Viiga (Cronulla) 61.53 8.44 89.46
Tolman obviously the pick of the bunch and he's showed it in the NRL so far but aside from Packer, Leha outperformed everyone else in terms of metres per game. JWH and Pettybourne have gone on to play Test football and Mannah's in contention to play for NSW next week, yet Leha outdid them all. A whole host of others have played NRL football too, many of which are now regulars.
Obviously Toyota Cup form doesn't always transfer completely to the NRL but the guy definitely deserved a chance to see if it can in this instance. It doesn't look like he's getting it at Wests and the Sharks could use another bench prop option. With Douglas, Snowden, Gallen and Tupou in existence I really don't think signing someone like Lima, LOD or Prior would be a great purchase, as good as they are, so maybe looking at getting this guy 'home' could be on the radar instead. That'd free up some money to look at shoring up the halves or centres and give the club an opportunity to really develop a player up through the grades as such.
I reckon he was the goods personally and the stats back it up, especially if you look at some of players he was outdoing. I was also the reason Wilson bumped this thread in the first place..
