Gleeeson on his own was only part of it, the whole right hand side was lethal and contributed

Pretty sure Hayes is up and running already. Not sure whether WalterWizard still reads this forum but he would be the one to check with.

Snap out of it! Get yourself back to the misery of January 1996 by reading the worst semi final thread.

Mum, MUM! Our MPM is being mean to me!

I think he is too small. And if Williams gets injured we would have two small.

Hayes may come through, but he will give us more to do from a defensive standpoint. Leyland looks similar in terms of abilities but hiding Leyland and Hayes in the defensive line when Williams is absent and the opposition forwards are 10m from our line ? And with a missing Williams it would look even worse because he is such a high quality defensive player, he seems to be everywhere when the opposition are attacking our edges.

I am happy to be proved wrong but I don't think this was the right move.