Good talent

I can see another debate in the offing about should he be a 1 or a 6 pretty much the same way as happened with Sam. As far as I am aware Hampshire has rarely played 1 in the junior sides and is a half back.

The one where Saints were penalised for interference?

Had a great game, I thought...and surprised no-one's mentioned that try saving tackle where he dislodged the ball, as well as that double tackle on the LMS break and the following PTB.

The lad was outstanding and by far our best player tonight. However, one swallow does not make a spring! It bodes well for his future and I look forward to seeing him develop. Pace, skill and confidence. Great prospect!

Thought he had a great game tonight! Looked dangerous in attack, just wished Matty Smith had the confidence to use him a bit more in the 1st half when we had the overlap. Started to get more involved in the 2nd and it showed with a great pass for Charnley's try! 2 try saving tackles too so looks good in defence.

Only problem for me but he got away with it as Saints were penalised for interference, he should have jumped for that catch, would have given him a better chance of taking it and always could have drawn a penalty for being taken out in the air. Think Swift was given a penalty for this incorrectly in the 1st half from Goulding.

Other than that though a great performance and I look forward to seeing more of him.

My initial post was a bit harsh.

I don't think he had a blinder though.

2 try saving tackles, the second of which was top class, created field position for 1 try, created a try with sublime skills.

Average at best though Brett.

To put it into context Ryan has been playing in a very weak under 19's competition which Wigan have been dominating and has played full back for the last two months in that competition, prior to this all of his rugby came from the halves.
To state that the lad has made an impact in an unfamiliar position is an understatement, his attacking play is superb a great offload for Charnley's try and a superb last ditch tackle to deny Greenwood a certain try (why didn't the ref let the play run to see whether wigan scored and then gone to the screen to check the whole play?)
Yes, he has got his areas of improvement, high ball being one of them and occasional positioning in the attacking line but I've seen so much improvement in him since the Bradford game- his confidence is building nicely and he will turn in to a fine player and a very good replacement for Sam in the short term.
He also has Radlinski, Hampson and Tomkins to get as much experience and advice from.
Out of all the full backs we have introduced over the last year or so for me Hampshire is the one with the most rugby ability. If we manage his progression well, drip feeding him into the 1st team off the bench and starting occasionally by the time the lad's 20, he will be ready and dare I say it a real superstar for our club.

Don't talk stats to people who just want to moan about everything, that's just not right!

Class act in the making but i must agree he's too young to replace sam, and let's not give Lenagan our blessing to do a Dave Whelan and replace Sam on the cheap, if we was to replace Sam with Minichielo this would do Hampshire a world of good to learn from a past master.

It was a response to someone who said "he looks very solid under the high ball". We were lucky to get the penalty IMO. I think he is a great prospect and the tackle back when he saved a try was superb

some on here will have a go just because he isnt from Wigan. He is by far the best prospect ive seen since Sam broke into the side. I would like to see him in the halves long term but the trend does seem to be to put flair players at FB and play of structured halves. Time will tell.

He played very well, the try saving tackle on Greenwood (why didn't the ref play advantage as Charnley was clear), his tackle on Scarsbrook and his superb pass for Charnleys second try.

I was hoping he could have caught one of those kicks on the full, took the tap on the twenty and chipped over the top, It's something he's done quite a few times at academy levels.

Towards the end, i was just hoping hed get his hands on the ball more because he was the only one in the side with an idea/imagination/spark. I think if he has an off seasn playing at fullback, wed have a frightening prospect. I do agree, he looks like hed be more comfortable in the halves at the moment.

Maybe he'll start his first team career at FB then go to 6 when he has a few seasons behind him.
Hardly an unknown is that.