Depends on the circumstance, in that instance yes as it directly led to a try from dummy half. Assist stats are very subjective and in my opinion often not awarded to the player that deserved one.

Need we say more after tonight?

He wasn't at 9 as such but he was at 8,9,10,11,12,13 and a couple of sub positions.

What a player.

Ran his blood to water tonight, got under the skin of the Leeds forwards and put them off their normal gameplan!

Who cares if he didn't make fifty predictable scoots and ran five hundred metres!


Tremendous!

England vs Australia would be the exact same situation as that game tonight and he shone in it, you only have to look at certain posters post to know when McIlorum has played well.

And tonight shows why I would not swap. McIlorum for ANY hooker in SL. we wouldn't have won that match without him. He is simply sublime when he is at his aggressive best. The is the archetypal Wane player.

Mickey Mac will play head to head against any forward in S/L, if you know what I mean.

Our very own ryan bailey but with the bals to back uphis aaggression

Bloody hell he walks a fine line....

Bloody entertaining tho although, for me, he needs to inc his scoots from dummy half by 3,000% before he will be any good!!!

How entertaining is it though?!!

MM's aggression and determined play made home my MOTM tonight. Lead from the front and never took a a backwards step.

Very entertaining, and brilliant to hear Leeds fans moaning about being roughed up... The biter bit, so to speak.

With mcguire, bailey and ablett the whinos have 3 pf the biggest $hitouts in the game! The club and their fans need taking down a peg or 6

Just goes to show, when the Ref decides not to issue red cards for attacks to head McIlorum can be on the pitch long enough to not be .

In a test match he'd have walked.

Give over! Look at the crookes tackle for an attack to head where the player should have walked. Mcilorums was a nothing tackle that was a penalty at best