I'm gutted that Louis is leaving, always works hard IMO, when he has an off game i feel we do, let's hope Waterhouse is still in decent nick when we get him and he does offer atleast the same if not more than louis.

Thanks for some brilliant times LA, especially the CC Semis and finals, felt like i had scored that hattrick against catalans when he did.

he will certainly leave with alot of friends and good wishes.

He gave me some memorable moments over the last few seasons... especially in both cup runs.

be interesting to see how he goes next year in a good catalan side... with leon pryce playing in as well if the rumours are to believed....

i never did find out how he seemed to randomly break his nose and have blood smeared all over his face prior to scoring in last years cup final.

He certainly fits in with the physical Catalans style.

I think he'll do well in France.

When you look back at the try in a certain shot you can see Brent Webb's foot hitting Louis in his face. And what a nice face it is too

Remember the game breaking hit he did at Wigan last season on our own line. Awesome.

harrison h... and all the pies were crying offside... 'he must have been to hit him from there'... and when it was watched back you could see he was onside..... quality hit.

harrison h didnt have much fun against us last season...... morley gave him hit of the season in the first encounter at the HJ.

heres a thought, next season, out of the 08 season mega signing spree, theres only monaghan going to be here. And at the time i and many people thought he'd be the oine most likely to bugger off home.

I'm surprised he is getting some less than favourable plaudits. Powerful, in defence and attack, pretty good turn of pace, and knows where the try line is. Always enjoyed watching Louis play, he always had a big play in him when it was required.

I'm happy with Waterhouse as a replacement, so can't really grumble in that respect. In fact, I reckon he will thrive at Catalans where he will be expected to utilise his offloads more.

Fully agree with you on this.

Westwood gets a lot of plaudits (rightly), but Anderson has been 'the silent assassin' for some time. He's done well for us and I'm sorry to see him go.

Good luck Louis and thanks

Quality player. CC 2010 run he was immense and for that he will always be remembered favorably with me.

I get the feeling he may come back to bite us. Young and is improving with age. That try against saints at Widnes this year was class,

Agree with the later posts, Louis has been a very good player for us, and I hope his replacement is as good as he's being billed on here.

In some big games. He is a big game player. I don't mean he is poor for the rest of the season, but he does seem to save his best for when it really matters. His best is outstanding.

Always sad to see a player leave any club unless its Warren Stephens or Andy Bracheck!!
Thanks for the Memories dont forget to take your TWO Challenge Cup WINNERS medals with you!!!

cheers louis..

I always liked Anderson - maybe a bit too inclined to go for the big hit and, lately, a bit injury prone but all in all, a good servant and I wish him well.

I must be watching a different player. LAndersons work-rate compared to Westwoods is feeble, rarely takes the ball up in the difficult areas of the field, prone to errors with the ball and flatters to deceive with his 'big hits' which invariably don't stick and have been the cause of some conceded tries. Generally has one good game in about three and this season has been particularly poor, couple of times being utterly terrible (Hull at home in particular).

Good player but we can and will do better.

Perhaps not to the extreme that you are but I'm with you. I've never seen him roll his sleeves up and say take three drives in a set when you're really under the cosh, that's not to say he hides or anything like that, I just don't think he's the workaholic type, but maybe having Westwood doing that Smith has encouraged him to almost do less work but make it explosive, so make very run & tackle telling on the oppo.

I've enjoyed him, I think he's got better year on year (prior to this year) though I still feel there's a big 3 months in him. He's always conducted himself well, has given no less than 100% when he's took to the field and I'm sorry he's moving on but he is certainly replaceable. I'm pretty open minded ref Waterhouse, I just hope he continues the trend of our overseas players recently slotting straight in seamlessly.

Oh definitely he is a good professional no doubt but the thing is with the ball carries he rarely puts his hand up in exit sets and generally looks to carry further up field in attacking positions. I do think he is a bit lazy on field, he isn't 50% of the player that Westwood is. Not sure how he compares in tackle stats either.

Get the feeling Waterhouse will be more of a match for Super Ben.

No pressure then Mark - after a couple of quiet games at the start of the season, I bet some of our lot will be singing 'Trent Shithouse'....

for landerson, see guisset when he left.


very similar

If he has got a medial tear then they might have plenty of time to practice.

Interesting that when King left there were nice quotes from player and coach but for Anderson it's a quick press release. Wonder why?

Think that was also telling when Smith was interviewed a few weeks back - he was glowing when asked about King and wishing him the best for the future, whatever he chose. When asked about Anderson he looked fed up and said that Louis needed to make his mind up - no big-ups or eulogising.

Thought did cross my mind too. Maybe because it was pretty much public knowledge he was leaving anyway. The King (high profile player here and in Aus) move to Souths coupled with our preseason trip to play them next year probably warranted a bigger fanfare.

I would of course expect nothing less from our knowledgeable terrace friends.