The Skolars squad has been announced on their website and includes Omari Caro and Vinny Finnigen

Kear goes to all the U19 and reserve games too so is well aware of how well or not everyone is playing.

I think Smith has improved a bit recently since he lost weight.

When Smith was missing against Workington thought we missed a leader on field.

Totally agree about Smith.
Don't get me wrong - I was one of the people calling for his head last season, when he appeared to be coasting along through games. However, I've seen him roll his sleeves up and get stuck in more this year.
We've been saying for some time now that we don't have any leaders in the team. Well, Smith is the most likely player for me to lead the team for the foreseeable, so for that reason we have to play him and keep Oakes in reserve.

I personally, based on this season think smith is improving he fed Ryan a nice try and got a decent on of his own tbf

...yes I'm another pleasantly surprised by Smith this year.. though the side 'step' for his try was the funniest thing I've seen in years but was certainly effective. And definitely seems to have a calming effect on the field when we seem like we're about to do something utterly stupid.