Christ, some of the stuff on here based on one game. Last week he was apparently back to his best?

I'm calling horse on this one, Bridge's best and most consistant form was after he came back from the achilles injury and he settled into playing centre for us, prior to that he was getting shifted around and infact injured himself playing fullback.

His best form came under smith and was chosen for england on the back of it.

So do you think his best days are ahead of him? I think its going to be hard for him to improve on his form of a few years ago.

I think he is capable of maintaining his current level for a few seasons before he tails off... His problem is his fitness... If he can put 5/6 games together and get up to speed he will be back to somewhere near his best.

He is an excellent on his day... i wouldn't be surprised if we moved him on though.

If that move had resulted in a try Bridge would have been hailed on this forum as the best centre in SL for his skill & vision.

He is lightning fast over thirty metres, and his finishing is impeccable. Just check the tries he scored at the Etihad, or the one from the 'on the toes' pass form Grix in the QF against Giants. They are just examples of finishes that most other wingers would not have executed.

i didn't say his best days were behind him deckers, i'm just saying that to say he's lost all his speed/talent whatever after the achilles, is wrong, prior to that he'd had a stop start career has a back up then first choice scrum half slash stand off, where he never really seemed comfortable, then we were trying him out as a fullback.

When he got back into the first team in 09, he knuckled down, seemed to learn from the 'bridge st' episode and cracked on and did a bloody good job of filling in for gleeson that season, in what was a rough year in the main for the team.

Personally, i think he's had his peak, as you say, i wouldn't be surprised to see him moved on at some point, and i'll be honest with you, i thought it was the wrong call earlier this year to drop Evans in favour of bridge, Rhys' form was pretty good individually and didn'ty warrant being dropped (plus also we know when he isn't playing first team, he gets injured).

I tell you what though, i don't like it when bridgey picks the ball up and runs centre field(like for that kick) it fills me with dread as he usually puts a crap pass out to a forward coming on an angle and it gets dropped. it reminds me of Rocket Rodwell putting short fast passes out at the line to Paul marquet, the only rugby player without thumbs.

he had a stinker at the Galpharm, but he is only recently back from injury. Let's see how he goes on over the next few games. Remember not long ago, he was winning games virtually by himself.

We have really only glimpsed the talents of Rhys Evans in the first team ,but he does seem to pick up injuries at an alarming rate & would his body stand up to regular SL as the centre of choice ?

You do begin to wonder if he is going to be one of those players that struggles from one injury to the next and finally has to retire from the game. My concern is that he has now had two lengthy foot injuries, both I think due to breakages.

Rhys is still only 20, he's got stacks of time.

This was the situation we found ourselves in with Simon Grix not long after he'd signed. Those days are now well behind him and he looks pretty much indestructible.

Well lets hope we see the same with Rhys. He is still quite raw, but the few games he played for us this season were impressive. He looked a different player from the previous season and his tackling was excellent. Looks as though he will probably have to wait until next year now, but at least he will know that Matty is not coming back so I would imagine he could take that to be 'getting the nod' from the coaching staff.