Quote: Rob Wire "With Richie Mathers what you see is what you get, he has enthusiasm by the bucket load, he does some very good last ditch tackles where he holds players up over the line on a regular basis and he marshalls the defence well.
His achillies heel is the blonde moments he has, they have been with him throughout his career , he is a massive improvement on Stuart Reardon but you will always feel that a blunder is not far away, thats the package you get with him.'"
Spot on imo.
I like the guy because of the sheer passion he seems to have for playing the game and for the clubs he plays at. He trys his guts out but you always have your heat in your mouth with him tbh.
I was embarrassed to hear some of the taunts thrown his way at the semi final by a section of Wigan fans because the lad never gave anything less then 100%. He's committed as they come but unfortunatly theres always an error waiting around the corner.
Overall though he's a very good influence on any side and his mistakes possibly get outweighed by that fact when he's playing with confidence(something he didn't have at Wigan).
