Roby might be the greatest as far as stats are concerned but McIllorum is an absolute brick in defence with a heart the size of a lion. He picks and chooses the right time to run from dummy half. You have to ask how many times over the years has Roby maybe bombed a chance out wide for Saints because he chose to run from dummy half instead of simply getting the ball to the right person quickly? A hooker that runs from dummy half at every oppurtunity can be just as bad as one that never runs from dummy half.

With Sam getting a big contract last year I think we are going to have to get used to sweating over contract renewals involving our home grown players.

You can't blame them for getting the best deal they can and sometimes that may mean with another club

reminds me of Leeds a few years back letting players like Chev Walker and Calderwood go

the trick appears to be in allowing the "right" players to go

getting both Mick and Josh signed up long term would be a priority for me, but we may need to make some tough decisions on some other areas where we are particularly strong, ie the back row

He reminds me a lot of Terry Newton with his style of play.

if he could only add tez's ability to sniff the try line !
major improvement this year from MM, and has really silenced the doubters.
I would still like to see him improve again and add a few more strings to his bow (support play and try scoring ideally. he'll never be the quickest, so he'll have to develop his rugby brain)

Get back behind the bar