That still doesn't make him fit to lace Roby's boots.

McIlorum is a good player and has the potential to be extremely good. Not as good as Roby yet though as Roby is world class

Cant blame the Ape for bigging up one of his own , but to base the praise on his performance against Leeds is embarrassing , Leeds at the DW couldnt have been less interested if they had tried , it was a woeful performance and we all know it, I would save such comparisons until he has shown up in the really big games that count .

Something Roby has been doing for a while now .

Roby is class and the best english hooker. The only thing that annoys me about him is the fact that he scoots from dummy half so much, too much IMO. That's where I think Smith is better, he just has a bit more class, better passing and kicking.

I do like McIlorum and for me he should be back up to Roby for England. I don't for one minute believe he will ever be as good as Roby, but he'll certainly be good, and play well enough to get into the England team and hopefully start to play well consistently for Wigan.

is it possible to scoot 'too much' when you have the energy levels of Roby? saves the big guys for when they are really needed

I suppose not, and as I said, he is fantastic. It's hard to explain and it literally is my one and only criticism. But to me, it seems that (from watching NRL every week) that Cam Smith just manages to create that gap and put someone through, like a halfback would. He seems slightly more creative.
I hope I'm not coming across like i'm saying Roby is bad, because for me he's in the top 3 hookers in the world. And definitely one of the 3 best english players, he really is great.

You clearly haven't been watching James Roby this season!

So the grand final isn't counted as a big game now? Don't you remember when mickey Mac played kFC off the field and roby? He was the 2nd best hooker that night after tommy . Maybe that's why you can't win the big one

3 games? Cool

Cam Smith has been doing it for more than 3 seasons.

Sorry not very good at this quoting thing. I meant to quote dubairl.

Except Tommy didn't play hooker in that game. Wigan started with Mickey Mac and used Piggy Riddell as interchange. Your point still stands though they were both better than Cunningham and Roby on the night.

No worries.