you mean he started at newsprings? and finished at pats where he was picked up? and has shone everytime playing for england academy and kinghts? sure he wont make

. Jonny lomax was supposed to be the best player at that age level and next big thing he took a couple of years to make the step up and now looks like a star at FULLBACK not in the halves.

I remember Andrew Johns saying Jarrod Sammut was the next big thing.

If Andrew Johns actually said that, then he was probably thinking of Bradford when he said that!. And he was right!



Actually Andrew Johns predicted big things for Akuila Uate when Akuila first emerged .... and he was correct.

Joey talks a million young players up every year, especially if they're Novocastrian.

I don't sopport Saints or Wigan - though Aldi style I like Saints more.

However Smith is not past it and Powell looks to me a far more gifted HB than Lomax will ever be.

He also says Myler can't tackle or open a defence up. Perhaps he should have watched a Warrington game over the last year or two. What a fool.

..but the basic point about British halfbacks is right. Too many 'runners', an obsession with pace, and far too few halfbacks have the faintest clue how to organise a set of six.

Aus won't need Brooks for years - Cherry-Evans is already a fantastic player.