Quote: Saddened! "Why not? Some very young players have played in big matches. He looks more than capable of it. Grix is a nothing player, just a body, he doesn't really add anything.'"
If he was ready, we would have seen him at Widnes over Grix at least. He looks an extremely good player with bags of potential, but bringing him in now to line up opposite the likes of Manu for example, you're asking a hell of a lot from the kid when he'll also be defending alongside Briers & Ratch/Bridge in such a pressure game.
I think Dave is your next option if you must replace Grix. I think Smith will stick with more or less the same team though.