i watched the game on replay last night first game i have seen in months... and i find myself wondering about what i read on here i must be watching the game through different glasses now i am in aus ...

clearly the team obviously lacks modern coaching... however, for a team with no halfback on the pitch.. they did pretty well on guts and effort.

I have never rated rinaldi and saw nothing against cas to change my opinion... higgins is a penalty machine and his two first half gimmies did as much as the tongia/ tadulala error to give momentum to cas. i include tads in the equation because his positioning was awful....

Tongia and wildie looked the only players with the skill and speed to really worry the defence, and hickey was the only prop with a smidgin of go forward although johnson worked hard from 2nd row and howarth looks to have potential.... morrison tried but had v little impact...i was really dissapointed with my first view of amor... did gledhill get on the pitch, i looked for his contribution but couldnt see it...... i expected more given the big wraps for those two on here...

henderson in the centre ha, ha... not in a million years!!!
morton ... give up now mate ... way too small and not the pace to compensate...
and whats the gig with tony? i thought he retired...


just my opinion...

Hickey has said on his twitter in response to someone asking him if he was going back to Oz at xmas that he wasn't as having a big "off season" over here.

Sounds promising lets hope he puts the graft in and we see the real Hickey next season

Smart decision.
Good on ya jarrad!

I know he didn't arrive in best of shape BUT if this is the case the he's showing the correct charachter and well done. He's had alot of flak and some of it personal and in bad taste which I have not got involved in.

Commendable that he has seen that he was out of fitness and is working on it.

He looks like he has lost quite a few pounds now, not saying he's slim or anything but he looks like he is putting the effort in. Jonh I think said it's harder to lose weight in a season, I'm no fitness expert so if what Jonh has said is right then maybe he's not doing too bad. Think that's what Jon said but I have had a few since reading it. Can anyone tell me why it is harder?

I would imagine it would have something to do with high energy foods for matches and recovery also. Off season training can be moderated without the body getting bashed up every week.

At a guess.