hotspur wrote:Maybe one might - might - play A grade. The rest are from a league that equates to about C grade in the BLG.
How can a BOG in that grand final be anything to go by.
Read the entries on the Riverland pages, where their own supporters don't see them as A graders in the Barossa.
Being a gun in one league doesn't make you the same at a higher level.
Agree with your last statement.
That being said, I was playing alongside them over the past few years and having previously played in the valley believe all 4 (that I referred to) could realistically play A's based on a look at few players I see running around at the moment. Maybe not big fish, but I believe best 22, injury permitting.
The challenge is obviously adjusting to the training/commitment, but two of three of those listed are gym junkies so probably working harder during the week than many.
Three at least had Riverland clubs chasing them in recent years. Payne would play A's in pretty much any country league.
ultimately no point bitching about it now, time will tell.