Good bit of spin I guess. That's probably why Patrick made a massive 17 tackles then, the same number as Sam Powell.

And how many minutes did Larne Patrick spend in the game compared to Sam Powell?

Does it matter? His work rate when on the pitch was awful, as pointed out by his 2.67 metres per carry.

When comparing one player's stats with another of course minutes on the field matter.

Anyway, back to John Bateman.
As it appears that Lockers is out for the Broncos game, in the Brisbane thread each team mentioned has JB at loose. Natural selection by us fans, I wonder how Waney will look at it?

Bateman will be at 13 I reckon. He went there on Friday didn't he? And I think he'll be Lockers long term replacement.

Looking forward to seeing what he can do.

Lockers...the new Tampax player.

I think Farrell is missing his supply of 'short ball from Green'

While I admit it was overused, it was good for at least one bust per game

To be fair that was about the same as our other props, who made between 15 and 20 tackles. The only real stand outs were Bateman (30) and L.Farrell (27). C.Farrell (4) stands out at the other end of the scale because he wasn't on long. Regardless of any of that Patrick still needs to offer more in attack than he has done in his first two outings. 10 carries for 31 metres over 2 games is absolutely pitiful.

I was quite critical of Bateman during pre season for his limited style of play but have to admit he has put me firmly in my place.
Really looking forward to the next few weeks to hopefully seeing more of the same from him.

He's quick and agile. Has good hands. Plays hard.

But he was going nowhere against Brisbane's big guys today. He just doesn't possess the brute force traction.

If Wane is going to persist with him in the back three, he'd better make sure the other two can make forward progress when it becomes all about raw power.

The only place Bateman will be going is to an NRL team when IL gets the right price.

And I wouldn't blame the lad one bit, same goes for when Sam Tomkins left. Any lad of that age would be crazy not to go to Australia on double maybe treble the money they earn here.