Great from both lads, Dudson is going to be a monster, can't wait to see him develop, special mention should be made of Crosby, making his S/L debut in a game like that, outstanding.

I thought Crosby did excellant tonight and Dudson did ok too when he was on. I was really worried about our bench pre match and they all did well when they came on.

Our Pack certainly outplayed theirs, and these 2 without doubt stood up and was counted.

How are your ulcers?

Crosbys is an interesting story.
He wasn't part of the U18's academy and to the best of my knowledge wasn't in the scholarship earlier.
He came from St. Pats straight into the U20's in 2010 and really impressed with his work rate. I suppose late developer best sums him up.

Some players do get missed or overlooked tho.

I guess he's lucky that he's not had to go the way of Chris Hill in that he didn't get snapped up by a SL side and had to cut his teeth in the lower leagues trying to impress.

4 words - great strength in depth.

How Dudson didn't keep his place in the team after his first couple of matches is a mystery to me. Did everything asked of him and I like his attitude and go forward. If he keeps this up and loses out again when others comes back it'll be like the worst of the Noble years again. The worst example of which was dropping Mossop from the 2009 semi final v the Dire after he'd been our best forward for the previous few matches because Locky and Bailey came back (and Bailey got injured again).

i agree with this after lima and mossop i think dudson is are next best prop. solid again last night and doesnt deserve to be "rested". plus we all know he likes playing against saints

Dudson this season has been our 4th best prop on form and that should ensure him a place even when everyone is fit in our strongest 17.

Lima, Prescott and when fit Mossop have been our best 3 and are all superb players so they're all nailed on starters. After that Lauaki has done better then expected, Flower is a really handy squad player and Crosby I believe will develop in to a very good player but Dudson's performances have stood him out as the man that deserves that 4th spot. He's only young but he's a huge lad and has clearly worked hard on his fitness whilst at the club. He gets stuck in and shows aggression in the right way whilst keeping penalties and errors to a real minimum. His ball control is very very good.

Both were very good considering they are work in progress. I was very impressed with Crosbys all round game.