First year syndrome is something you would expect from a guy like Chris Hill coming from Leigh. Been playing semi-pro, first year at SL level you would expect a period of adjustment and cut him some slack.

But Hill was a top prop in SL from the start.

I don't think that Asotasi has come here to coast about, he's probably just not the player he was. If he'd stayed in the NRL he would probably be the same as he was now. And maybe had we signed him a few years ago he would have been the top prop in SL.

It all reminds me of Rauhihi. He was not a bad player either although he got a bad rep. He was actually overall quite good compared to other SL props. But we were expecting something else based on his rep of being the top prop in NRL a couple of years before he joined us. We just got a version a bit older and not as effective.

When Langer was here there were always stories of him, Gee and Renouf getting wasted before games and I don't think he ever really dreamed of wearing the primrose and blue, but in a SL that was at the time quite poor, Langer was head and shoulders the best halfback, and even if he was playing 70% he did tear teams up. We were always dangerous in the last third of the pitch because SL defences couldn't stop him, and until he quit shortly before the end of his second season when DVDV got pushed out, he was fit and played every week.

So Langer got his reputation as a legend because he played very good rugby in the primrose and blue.

I agree with absolutely everything in this post .

But you have to admit . He was here on holiday

Was going to post something similar. Well done Roy.

Did he have a good game then ?

According to the twitterati he did.

It just goes to show that all that stuff about professional RL players never reading our bulletin boards is a load of old tosh. Asotasi clearly read what we posted this week and sorted himself out.

Cool, I'm taking credit for this

Hill was miles better

Roy wants his day in the London sunshine.

All forgiven then. I sincerely hope he's turned the corner, as I'm sure all the detractors on here do, because we need him at his NRL best or as near as old father time permits.

My, my....this thread has gone quiet since Roy had a decent game .

Long may it continue!

His 1st spell in the match was bad, and only lasted 15 minutes. He was always getting rid of the ball, instead of running it in.

The 2nd spell from him was better. No one was going to reach the standard from Hill though, he was on fire.