Balls of steel that boy. Balls of steel. I couldn't even watch it, never mind kick it. I looked up as he kicked it, absolutely perfect flight and perfectly central. Unbelievable.

James Roby is this years Man of Steel. Award it to him now. It's futile extending the competition, it's all his. Sensational yet again. Honourable mentions to Armstrong, Gardner, Sia, Graham and Scott Moore.

i'd hate roby to get injured though..that would be uphill then.

I wasn't there but it sounded like Armstrong had a bit of a stinker, especially in the second half apart from his two tries early on. I would love to be proved wrong though.

Scott Moore comes in for fair bit of stick on our board but I think he's playing well this year. Looks to be better backrow than hooker.

There are quite a few words to describe Roby.

Sensational
Superb
Fantastic
Amazing
Brilliant

The list is endless,different class.

He was woeful today. He is capable of some good things but his defensive choices and handling were incredibly poor.

Roby on the other hand is a machine, the ultimate athlete.

He works hard and adds some toughness to us but i agree, his handling at times is poor and gives to many pens away.

I just feel he's played ok this year.

Sia has really impressed me over the last 3 games. He's showing what a good player he is. It's a pitty we can't use him better when we have the ball as I think he can bust a few tackles.

Only one is needed, well, two and a side note... world class (tm)

I was there, and he didn't. As I said on the Armstrong thread, he was playing centre with Leigh just a week or so ago. On the basis of a morning's training at best, he finds himself playing fullback with Saints today. For a guy of, what, 20? he did very well. He took his tries well, speedy kick returns, he defended as well as most of them and worked very hard. He panicked a bit but that's to be expected. So no, he didn't have a stinker. Far from it.

For once my sweetheart I agree.

Fair enough, as I said, I would love to be proved wrong and from the comments I've heard he wasn't as bad as was portrayed on the radio. He was thrown in the deep end and it's always good to see a young player doing well in a situation like that.

I know. He was amazing with that final kick. To rise to that kind of pressure at 20 years old, or indeed any age, it just great to see.


Aside from one dumb pass, I thought Roby was his sensational self again. Where he gets the energy from I don't know. I'm exhausted just watching him! Gardner was excellent, like another prop, taking the ball up, making half breaks, getting his try. Soliola has been immense for the last few games and James Graham was as good as he was at Wigan, which is great to see.

Graham couldn't watch as Foster lined up that final kick, he turned away and looked at the away stand until he heard the crowd. I know this because I watched him rather than the kick myself lol

Granted as a Wigan fan I don't see Foster that much. But I'll ask the question. If you tuck Foster's superb goal kicking ability off him, is he any good? Personally I've never seen him bust a tackle or go on a jinking maisey run to evade defenders. It does appear to me that he's just a one trick pony. That may be a little harsh, but I've never seen the kid create something out of nothing.

Roby on the other hand. What can I say that hasn't already been said. Just a superb player.