He's big, he's strong, he's young, fast, agressive and can play the full 80. He tackles a lot and scores tries. Has the odd brain fart in attack. Got in the dream team this season. I reckon he was our 3rd best player over the full season.
If the other forwards are better and keep him out of the 17 the England pack will be hard to beat.

Great player and has a bit of mongrel in him, to ruffle a few feathers.

The first canon shot in the psychological war.

The Aussies aren't kidding anyone. They like their forwards aggressive.

I guess the difference is that Wilkin isn't down under at present but Tomkins is, but I would have thought the difference was obvious.

There is a God after all.

Made them point on both Leeds and Huddersfield sites during the season when he was labbeled a thug! As expected on the Leeds forum got nothing sensible back just the usual drivel!!
Any team in Super League would snatch our hands off if offered Joel. Problem for them can see him following Lockers and staying here a long time!

Did you just call McNamara god

It's an interesting question.

If we do well in this tournament, how much will it be down to him, and how much will it be down to the players and their clubs?

Back in the early 90s, I was convinced that the run of good performances we put in against an Australia side containing the likes of Mal Meninga, Brad Fittler and so on - 2 mins from winning the Ashes, almost beating them in the World Cup Final at Wembley etc - was more to do with the bulk of the British side coming from Wigan and having been excellently coached by John Monie than it was anything to do wtih the GB management.

Even if I rated MacNamara as a coach, which I don't, I can't see that he'll have had these lads in his charge anything like long enough to impose his talents on them.

I'm going to ignore whatever you wrote and automatically assume you just retracted calling McNamara god



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This is no bad thing.

McNamara is RL's answer to making Steve McLaren the England soccer manager.

(apart from the fact that McLaren we quite successful at club level)


The Aussies get Wayne Bennett, we get McNamara................... great.

He wasn't really though at all. He has been since his England shambles though.