Don't forget Phil Hook !!!!!!!!

I remember him well If you are referring to Phil Huck. tremendous player back in the day when men were men

I seem to remember him doing some refereeing after he finished playing?

Or is that my memory playing tricks on me again?

He used to duck under tackles if i remember correctly, wasn't the quickest for sure!! Danny Russell was the other 9 that stood out for me, was a great player in his prime.

Danny Russell was a class act

And a nice guy to boot. Regards Hookers now, Like other positions we could have better players, We could have a fullback with more pace off the mark than Tui or Conner, we could have a halfback with the class of Brough in his great years ,but we have what we have and although it's very unlikely we are going to win anything again ,we have a decent squad and one certainly good enough to be in the playoffs but we wont be anywhere near the playoff unless we start to play some football, and Watson does not seem to me to be interested in coaching that kind of game, so we can dominate most teams with a very good set of forwards but anyone who thinks Leeming would transform our game and teach us how to score tries is dreaming, Danny Brough he is not and until the penny drops for Watson it wont matter who we play at Hooker, Individual bits of brilliance as good and welcome as they are will win us nothing sadly

The game has changed over the last few years and Watson doesn't seem to have changed with it. Most teams have really tough to break down goal line defence as it is coached relentlessly. You cannot rely on pressure and position alone to get points. We spend massive amounts of time in oppositions 20 and come away with nothing. You get more tries scored from deep at the moment by exploiting broken play and then it's the speedsters and the pacy half backs that take advantage. We don't have either. I would love to be proved wrong but like you i can't see us winning anything or being close to it this year.

I'd have Leeming back at Giants in a heartbeat, who on earth st the club gave Nathan Peats - a 32yr old a 3 yrs deal?!

No idea , terrible signing. I know Levi's decision to leave was fairly late which reduced our options but we should have been going all out to get a better nine, it's such a crucial position in the modern game. He's an overseas spot too so we could have scoured aussie reserve grade and SURELY got someone with at least some pace and the ability to scoot and trouble a defence.

I'd rather have given young George Roby a run, see how his he went.



This is going to be a long & frustrating season as it stands at the moment.

We are totally reliant on Lolohea, Connor and Fages being on the pitch at the same time and even then we have no nine. Fages doesn't exactly set the world on fire either and Lolohea has been well off last years standard. Once those are back i think we will win the majority of our weekly round games, but get ready for another hiding in the play offs when other teams up their intensity and match our pressure and line speed but have the pacey attacking players to finish chances off.