I don't think he can be really judged off one international game this weekend. BA will know him well enough to know his weaknesses in defence, and hopefully but a structure in place to not get him isolated. Looking at his highlights/tries, he seems to score the same try over and over again, which implies teams can review it and try to defend against it, but he'll still score. Really confident in the backline to get some good metres out of backfield and set a platform for the forwards. Hopefully it enables Ackers to run at broken lines a bit more.

PS: the video of Maika's dad coming over to surprise him for Fathers Day is brilliant.

He's scoring rate in the premier RL comp on the planet is incredible. As you say, knowing what he's going to do and stopping him from doing it are different things. If we give him the base to perform, he'll rip it up over here.

The fella is basically Marcus Bai, and I'm more than fine with that.

I agree Sivo will be a good acquisition and will improve our attack.
My concern is that Hall, Handley, Newman and now Sivo are not the best at defending.
Has Hall ever played centre?

I miss those days.

One of the best

Wondered when you'd be along...



You're right, I loved watching him play. You knew there would be a few mistakes here and there (2005 CC Final...) but great entertainment and completely whole hearted player.

Other than his age, I don't think the comparison with Bai is accurate at all. They're totally different in almost every aspect.

Slightly unrelated, but it looks like McGuire will be the new Cas coach with Delaney as his assistant.

very odd decision imo. you sack lingard you go for experience

You know a transfer is going to happen when Peter Smith is giving him a number in his 30 man squad for next year.