nice to see him come back and add the depth to the front row.
as ever, he carries the ball well and makes decent yards.
but his conditioning is awful ! and he really stood out compared to the others.

i would give him a 1 year extension but tbh he reminds me a lot neil baynes, who i always enjoyed watching for the same reasons. short, stocky, great attitude, never stops trying ..... but in modern RL a good biggun will always beat a good little un.
eo'c will be overtaken by the next kid from the academy, so i only see him here as a squad player. he's our 7th choice prop now (after lima, coley, stu, mossop, preccy, hock) and with only coley leaving next season, he will still only be 6th choice.

seems like a nice guy, and a good squad plater, but tbh at his age he may be better suited looking for regular rugby elsewhere.

I thought Tom Burgess just looked fat and unfit last night. He waddled off the pitch at half time.

He has looked class as a young player and still made the hard yards last night.

Just wait till he joins his brothers at souths. They will get him fit and raring to go and he will be a top player like Sam.

Madge has a job on his hands when he goes to souths but he certainly has the players to do it, flippin hek!

I thought he did very well and is the sort of player you need in your squad, this season we've seen that you NEED at least 6 props because they will get injured, it's good to have him back and I've give him another year, if he can stay fit then I'd extend that.

I must admit I agree with most of what short says, other than O'Carolls size being a problem. he made his debut at 17, and since then he has had his size questioned. He has had 70+ 1st team games,played at international level, all his unfortunate injuries have occured during training sessions, he has gone head to head with all the front rowers, and to say a good big one will always do a good small one is gnorant, remember the Morley incident. I am aware this was a clash of heads, however, what it does illustrate is, he has agility, strength, and skill, all necessary qualities that make a good prop, if his size was a problem, surely by now it would have been discovered, Millward, Noble and now Maguire? I would like him to have 3 more inches in height, but I think that is what makes him the player he is, strong, comitted and skillful. On his conditioning, well apart from the benefit of the weight gain, fitness wise he was blowing, but that I feel is simply because of the amount of work he did when he got the ball. Again I agree with the pecking order, but dont forget, we need 4 props per game, or so, and then to rest 2 and have flexibility with resting players, or when there is a drop in performance, or injury is invaluable, and the game against Bradford is a fine example of that, strength in all sections, O'Carolls size doesn't match some props, but it certainly is not a disadvantage, or hasn't been upto now, this next signing he gets will prove his worth, I may end up with mud on my face, however I dont think will,

Yeah I do rate O'Caroll and enjoy his style of play, I am gald lke many he has revovered, and slotted in where he left off, in the thick of it. Maguire is a genious, if he has faith in people like O'Caroll, then lets believe. COME ON WIGAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brilliant on Friday, really enjoyed seeing him back, thought he had a cracking game.

Welcome back!

I was at the Ireland v Samoa game at Parramatta in the 2008 World Cup, which Ireland won.
O'Carroll was the best prop on the field that night against a good Samoa side.

Ireland: 1. Michael Platt, 2. Damien Blanch, 3. Sean Gleeson, 4. Stuart Littler, 5. Pat Richards, 6. Scott Grix (c), 7. Liam Finn, 8. Eamon O'Carroll, 9. Bob Beswick, 10. Gareth Haggerty, 11. Ben Harrison, 12. Lee Doran, 13. Simon Finnigan. Subs: 14. Michael McIlorum, 15. Karl Fitzpatrick, 16. Wayne Kerr, 17. Ryan Tandy.

Samoa: 1. Smith Samau, 2. Matt Utai, 3. George Carmont, 4. Willie Talau, 5. Francis Meli, 6. Nigel Vagana, 7. Ben Roberts, 8. Wayne McDade, 9. Terence Seuseu, 10. Tony Puletua, 11. Lagi Setu, 12. Dave Solomona, 13. Harrison Hansen. Subs: 14. Frank Puletua, 15. Ali Lauitiiti, 16. Misi Taulapapa, 17. Joseph Paulo.

rumour has it he has been linked with hull fc next season

Didnt know he had a drinking problem?

Top class players in that Samoa side. I hope we see some quality team sheets in 2013. Just a shame players like Hayne won't play for Fiji. It would make the comp so much better.

nobody drinks at wigan then?