Thought biggest change after smith came in was arrival of some actual halfbacks in Chisholm,charnock and Keyes. Plus moss was another big improvement to squad. Would have been interesting to see whether performances would have performed equally if jimmy had been in charge with them available. Don't think there was a massive improvement in performance from rest of jimmys squad after smiths arrival, other than emergence of Ryan but that was largely down to over players being unavailable through injury. How smith went on this season would have been real indicator as to his ability.

Lowes didn’t have the contacts down under to be able to get the most out of recruitment in that part of the world.

Recruitment was a mess before the 2016 season got underway. Mullaney leaving and no halfback recruited seriously messed things up. Various players recruited on a whim and then never given a game. Others given plenty of opportunities yet never performing.

Anyway back on topic I think this new signing strikes me as a bit superfluous to requirements.

Not if he turns out to be a good half back to cover Leon's inevitable niggles as the season grinds on.

Watching the KR game now our forwards need beefing up 2 props have to be on Tooveys shopping list.

I agree 100%. Shame we never got to see how good he was (or not).

I agree with both of you. It's not that I believed Rohan would automatically be a good coach- he just gave me that feeling that he knew what he was doing , understanding not only the game but how to manage people. I was pretty confident that with a full pre season and his own selection of players, he had a better than even chance of making a significant mark.

I think, that as said before, the missing numbers in the squad list suggest some people are already in the frame. Have to agree we need them as soon as.

Phoenix looks a very talented and handy player but I fear the contrast of playing in the Dubai 7's on a dry wide pitch against just 7 players in nice dry weather conditions may come as a reality shock when playing up the slope at Batley in winter against 13 players with 6 battle hardened forwards waiting to knock this "little cocky buggers" head off may be too much to handle. I really hope I'm wrong and he goes on to be the legend that Robbie became but I have my reservations.

Out of interest, where did you watch the game? Bulls TV no longer exists as far as I know? I couldn't attend due to circumstances totally out of my control so would quite like the opportunity to see the match.

Just search for Hull KR vs Bulls on YouTube.

I watched most of it just now!

Watching it at x2 speed almost like watching NRL



Also the PTB is much much better at this speed

Watching it at x2 speed almost like watching NRL



Also the PTB is much much better at this speed

Above the 20 mtrs the defence wasn't too bad, but a bit religious close to the goal line, attack was o/k and I could see why Leon was giving the Team some stick at times and in these circumstances the right thing to do!