Keep ‘em coming Clearwing.!

Has have most wingers.

Yeah it’d be a huge blow if he couldn’t get more time to really embed this improvement longer term. We will have ups n downs no doubt but there’s definitely very positive signs 

I'm really liking Palasia. Mik is rightly getting the plaudits, but Palasia is freeing him up to do what he does best. Great fitness, seems to hit really hard in defence, without giving away many pens or errors.

Great win, looking forward to out attack clicking more and playing a better brand of rugby. 

I agree Batley.
He's a quality coach and comes across really well.
He clearly has the respect of everyone around him.
And he knows exactly what he wants and how he wants his players to play.
Be great to keep him for longer, whatever it takes.


Frawley and Lisone will be gone at the end of the season.
If BA stays I think he will be looking at a quality NRL 9.
And maybe a big powerful second row.
Isn't BA's son a back rower?


FWIW - Mik was MoM for me.
Closely followed by Jenkins, Bentley and Croft.

Just watched the game on catch-up. Palasia was my MoM. He's such a consistent presence when on the field, in attack and defence. Bentley played as well as we can expect from him, I think (meant as a compliment!). No qualms with any of the forwards. Holroyd is a bit of a worry for me - his discipline is too Newman-esque, I wish he would just get on with the tough stuff and hard work like Oledski, Palasia and Jenkins. Lisone put in one good hit and didn't do a great deal wrong (there was at least one error/penalty), but let's face it, he's not the big beast that we needed to change the game from the bench (at least in our favour!).


I thought McDonnell was pretty good actually.


Croft looked dangerous on several occasions, a shame he didn't punch through to break the game. Miller looked good but a little too erratic at times, but he wasn't the only one. I think Connor was my pick of the spine - just - a bit more controlled from him and the kicking game was crucial. 


O'Connor was solid. Re: hooker long-term, what about trying Cam Smith there? Has a Cunningham esque frame, good hands, good work rate - but maybe too slow in other ways? Just a thought.

Wouldn`t have thought so. 

Smith has the work rate but i think he would be far too slow and cumbersome at the play the ball.I can see Smith at prop the near future.

Kind of reminds me of Liam Sutcliffe, trying to squeeze a player capable of playing several positions into the 17.You could make the argument of being able to sign better in any of those roles though. I know he bleeds Leeds but is that enough?

When Smith is fit he'll almost certainly resume at 13, allowing Palasia to return to prop with Lisone losing his place on the bench. I get that Smith hasn't quite become the player fans wanted him to be, but he's captain, Arthur likes him and until such time as a young player ( Cassell/Gannon) develops into a genuine modern 13 he'll likely be a starter.

I hope Smith makes a fast and full recovery, but I’m in no rush to see him back on the field. For the time being I would like to see minimal game time for Frawley and see how the team evolves without either him or Cameron Smith.

Yep, I get that view, especially re Frawley. I also think Palasia is knocking it out of the park at 13, but when Smith returns we'll be stronger as a team because he just offers more as a middle forward than Lisone does. If we dip into the NRL and recruit another prop of Jenkins/Palasia standard for next year, Cam will be under a lot more pressure. At that point we could have a pretty fearsome pack.