They do have to be behind it though

Newman needs to button it, not achieved anything like Kallum yet, I'm sure he undoubtedly will though. I despise Welsby from Saints and I don't want to be feeling the same about Harry

So only semi publically. It's not like he said it to Sky sports. He said to a group of a hundred or so people. I agree he does need to channel his cockiness

I think it was a little tongue in cheek as well to be honest.

Pre match and when they were speaking afterwards, all the talk was about Field and French, and let’s be honest, Newman destroyed the pair of them. Even the table of Wigan fans and Kelvin Skerrett were laughing. Can’t knock a confident talent like that if you ask me.

Absolute rubbish to say Newman ‘destroyed’ them. Yes he played well and was in their face. Wigan and they had an off night. Plus this is a team game. The whole team contained Wigan well, including French and Field. Next time we play then they could run amok.That’s sport, and they are still top players…..

I think some people need to lighten up a bit.

Newman creamed Field first shot he put on him, and French never got any change out of him. Give credit where it’s due, he had a blinder.

Anyway, how could you tell from the radio?

Mentioning the comparison with Connor, the thing again that sets Harry aside is he'll never rest on his self belief and natural talent he will work his backside off every day to be the best he can be. He earns it.

Admittedly I don't know Connor like I know harry but I just don't see it the same and Harry is a different level in his commitment, he showed that with his rehab.

He was always the sort of kid who was asking for feedback too and very Conscientious.

Reassuring to hear all that mate.
Pretty sure any critical comments are only being made out of concern that any of his immense potential could be wasted.

Yeah completely,’and agree great character praise by Seth. We are probably all just sharing a bit of wisdom we’ve learnt as older blokes……

I think Newman's attitude is exactly why he will become a greater players than Watkins.

He has the right amount of ego and self-belief that Watkins never had.

To me, Watkins could have been the greatest in SL history based on his physical ability. I think it was more a mindset/lack of ego that stopped him going to that level.

Newman and Welsby both posses that competitive edge and ego that it takes to become great.

All my opinion of course.

He reminds me a lot of Sam Tomkins attitude wise at a similar age and I think he'll go on to be a player who you love as one of your own but gets a lot of grief from opposition fans/players. I can see Newman flicking the Vs a the crowd at a final try quite easily! Only problem is you'd get a 17 game ban for that nowadays!

Heaven forbid a sports person show some character!! They should all churn out the same quotes and clichés and keep everything vanilla. Nothing wrong with having some arrogance, as long as it doesn't alienate him from his team. But the greats always have that arrogance which pushes them on

Only if you play for Leeds though.

Watkins was a confidence player - when he had Ben Jones Bishop outside him he was a different player. Very gifted individual.