Gutters...how have you come to that conclusion? You've barely seen him play on TV and you haven't seen him at all in a live game.

He has questionable defence....I have seen all our highlights (sic) this year and he is an exciting prospect going forward, but a liability/turnstyle when defending. He gives it all, but he is basically only able to tackle around the legs which leaves off-loads.....if he goes high, he gets bounced off......

His natural speed and step are genius, but the game has moved on since the days of Jason Robinson...Centres are like second rowers and even wingers are getting bigger....dare I say that the great Billy Wizz would struggle in the modern game?

I doubt me seeing him miss tackles in the flesh as opposed to on highlights reels would change me opinion of him....

You could say it, but I'm pretty sure you'd be wrong. He was about the same size weight as Chris Riley, and I don't think I'd be suggesting Riley was as good as Robinson any time soon, but Riley holds a place down at the Wolves.
Dixon is also similar to Riley, but has better stats across the board - at least according to SL.

Kieran needs to work on tackling for sure, but he's not alone it that.

The top winger in SL is Charnley, hardly a blockbusting winger, and I would say not as good as Robinson.

You would be talking complete rubbish to suggest Robinson would struggle in modern RL. I know players of both codes who played with and against him; they all agree he was freakishly powerful in addition to his other skills/abilities. I saw him play as a loose forward and a half back in his development years and he was useful in those positions too. To compare the very quick and enthusiastic Dixon to a once in a generation player like Robinson, as quite a few seem to, shows a lack of knowledge about rugby, in my view.

I suspect the only comparison is Dixons style of running when in close proximity of other players and also how he gets out of acting half back. Its very Robinson like.

time will tell

How does that work? Is Robinson coming back to play the game?!

I meant about Dixon still being in SL in a few years....I just conveyed it badly. Dixon is 5'7"...he doesn't even tower over Rob Burrows and he has regularly been a route to points for the opposition outside backs. Nobody doubts his strike rate, which is outstanding.....but the modern RL player either needs more to his game, or a team that can defend for him.


Hard to say about the impact a young Jason Robinson would have on the game of RL today, but I for one believe the game we have now in 2013 is bigger, stronger and faster than it was back on 1999/2000.

Charley's good but Ryan Hall is number 1 for mine. He has it all.

I'm giving this short shrift. Robinson was not only lightning quick, he was strong and he could tackle. You're talking out of your backside.

Kyle Eastmond is 2 inches shorter than Kieran and has seemed to do OK in the modern game.

...so the game isn't bigger and faster now than it was 13 years ago?

The idea of comparing past with present players is rather silly in that they developed and played under different conditions. If a bull had tits it would be a cow. But it doesn't, and Robinson doesn't play now. You are, to quote Captain Mainwaring, "in the realms of fantasy"

I may well be....