I'm not so sure, he may have been given the number 9 shirt yes...only because he was the only out and out hooker at the club (apart from hood). When everyone is fit he has struggled at times to even make the bench, I don't think Brian McD is a massive fan along with many many Rhinos fans.

So does needing to go to the toilet for a .

Absolutely agree. Hope he becomes the same combative handful.

That's OK, some people don't really understand the game that's played in front of them. Thankfully there's an active covert education programme now in place and basic aspects such as defensive alignment, forward passes and knock-ons are beginning to be correctly identified.



His detractors I guess were generally disappointed they had to wait such a long time to get the pre knee reconstruction Diskin back out on the field and some I imagine never felt he quite got back to that full International standard post his return in 2005.

Interesting. I sometimes share your frustration with the weekly rounds. Not so much that we are "expected" to lose so many; but the flat performances that are produced.

Last night vs. Catalans was an antidote to that, a rough and tough encounter where the impression was given that the result did matter for both teams, and I thoroughly enjoyed the 80 minutes.