Gould settles league's long-running debate

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Phil Gould has declared Tom Trbojevic the "greatest attacking unit successful the crippled of rugby league".

And he's moved to enactment an extremity to the long-running statement of whether the Manly superstar has usurped James Tedesco arsenic the champion fullback successful the NRL.

Speaking connected Wide World of Sports' Six Tackles with Gus podcast, Gould said Trbojevic had taken the mantle from the retired Billy Slater, and said if the Manly No.1 plays each 3 State of Originclashes, New South Wales volition win.

Gould was besides asked what it was that gave Trbojevic the rubric implicit playmakers similar Tedesco and Cameron Munster.

"He's got much to his crippled than Tedesco [and] he's a antithetic benignant of subordinate to Munster," helium said.

"Munster is simply a large attacking force, obviously, but Tommy has a fig of strings to his bow.

"His moving game, his passing game, his physicality. He's a large antheral - radical don't realise however large helium is.

"His speed, his quality to marque players miss, his consciousness of timing, his consciousness of wherever to crook up successful games.

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"Over a play of clip you get to spot patterns successful his play and things that helium looks for."

Gould said an illustration of his crippled consciousness came successful his effort against the Eels past week.

"He came from the different broadside of the field, raced around, could consciousness a speedy play-the-ball adjacent to the line, tearing onto a shot and ran implicit 2 forwards to people a try.

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"I've been seeing Tommy bash that since helium was a kid, but it's go a portion of his constitution and helium senses it."

Gould went connected to picture Tedesco arsenic a "workhorse" and "like having an other subordinate connected the field".

"But he's not the attacking unit oregon the menace that Tommy is," helium said.

Munster, meanwhile, helium said "doesn't person the strings" Trbojevic does.

"Munster has his kicking game, helium has his passing game, and he's got his uncanny measurement and dummy, but helium doesn't person each the strings to his bow that Tommy has.

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"Tommy doesn't bash a batch of that either - they're antithetic players, but if I'm coaching against different team, Tom Trbojevic would beryllium the 1 that strikes astir fearfulness into maine helium would support maine awake."

The statement implicit whether Trbojevic has usurped Tedesco arsenic the NRL's champion fullback has been raging for years.

The brace coexist successful the NSW Origin team, with Tedesco holding a owe connected the No.1 jersey and Trbojevic settling for a spot successful the centres.

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