NRL: Blake Green brings calm rugby league to free up Warriors' stars

Johnson ran the Rabbitohs ragged thanks to Green doing the ‘boring’ things wellBen Hunt will be great for the Dragons, Cooper Cronk the same for the Roosters, and Mitchell Pearce has given Newcastle Knights fans reason to believe. New five-eighth Josh Reynolds will bring his patented froth-and-bother passion play to Wests Tigers, while Kieran Foran may approach the form of not many years ago, when he was among the best players in this National Rugby League.Yet perhaps the most influential recruit could the new man at New Zealand Warriors, the unassuming, even journeyman, Blake Green – and not because he’s not adept or skilful or tough, because he most definitely has game. It’s because, as a calm, “guiding” ball-player and man-mover among a typically talented, if skittish group of circus performers, Green frees up the mercurial halfback Shaun Johnson to do what he does best: run free like the buffalo. Related: NRL: Panthers overturn three-try Eels lead to steal victory Related: 'Without a doubt' case for Perth NRL expansion, says Bellamy Continue readingread full article

Source: TheGuardian

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