Wane can place Radley there if needs must.

I wondered what Keith Richards was doing in the Samoa dug out.

To be fair. I thought Ackers would have excelled yesterday when the likes of Tomkins, Welsby and Williams were tearing up the ruck. McIllorum’s distribution needs sorting but he was a lot more solid against Samoa’s pack than I thought he would be. That will be important early doors against the likes of Big Tino/RCG and Big NAS/Fisher-Harris.

Thought McLlorum's defence was decent in the first quarter, I think both No 9's struggled with their distribution, Levi had a really bad spell didn't know his passing options and picked the wrong players at times and didn't mix it up with short and long passes.

I'm far from being a "doom monger", but do they actually have a PA system at St James' Park? There was a bit of annoying noise, but no actual words could be discerned!!