I know what you mean. I've seen him hands on knees seemingly gasping for breath and then make a blockbusting run the very next play. I think it's more a peculiarity of demeanor than an actual fitness issue. He doesn't seem to have a problem making multiple tackles in defense in the way that he once might have and teams certainly don't seem to be targeting him in any way.

I think not putting him back on on Good Friday was more a reflection of having a man sent off than anything else. I know Peet wanted his best and most mobile defenders on to try to plug the gap and, whilst Paddy is decent in defense, he's probably not regarded as amongst the best and is not the most mobile. I don't think Peet would have had the same reticence had we still had 13 on the pitch. There's certainly been no evidence that I can remember this season or the back end of last anyway.

Still annoys me GF, one more score and that was game over, instead of going for it with Mago and Nsemba on the field Peet tried to defend it out for half an hour, disappointing to say the least

Cheers and to the others who posted including Masdogg on our forum.

We are pretty well covered in the middle, but very weak in the backrow (doesn't help when you overseas backrower can't get a start in the reserves) really like some punch out wide, so think he will play there.

speaking of props, whens walters due back for you guys? and who's under threat in the 17 if peet gives him his chance?

He played for the reserves on Saturday and is in contention to play first team this week but the expectation is that he'll be fighting for a second row spot, rather than a spot in the middle.

He'll definitely give you punch wherever he plays. He's not the biggest but he runs it in as though he was!

I hope he does play 2nd row for you guys as that's where he could stake a claim for us too. We have so much strength at prop that he'll struggle to find a place there. The fact that we've just loaned 2 out and are still debating which 2 or 3 will need to miss out in order to give Walters some game time tells you just how competitive it is in that position here.

I do think he'll make a good 2nd rower given time. He has good hands, boundless energy and runs it in hard. He also has a very useful offload. He may struggle positionally initially, particularly in defence, but I genuinely believe he'd make the transition given time. I've advocated the move several times during discussions on this board

Eseh back on loan to Cas

Really, he was quite vocal about playing the middle when he signed on with you guys.

He was actually very vocal about playing in the backrow when he signed.

He was signed as a secondrow who can fill in at prop, not the other way round both he and the club mentioned it when he was recruited.

aha, i've remembered it the other way around then, thats pretty straight forward then i guess.

According to the list of players circulated to clubs who have not been offered deals by their respective clubs Isa and Cooper have not been offered new contracts with us.

Read that earlier, suspect they will retire

GF win would be a fitting send off for either player but especially for Isa,great club man.

To be honest I think that is the correct decision. We have got to create a pathway for our young guns. Have said that, I would like to see both of them have some involvement next season, perhaps stepping in for Lockers and Tommy whilst they are in Australia.