sorry, dont agree he is a class act, if he was class, there would not be so many questions being asked about him, I think he is average and will cost 50% more than Uk players. Give Frankie Mariano another shot. He is bigger, faster and scores tries.
people are also trying to convince us that Isaac John is class.

the problem with solomona was that he was unfit and prone to brain farts, lauititi is like a poor man's version.

Give over man.....

Where can we find it?!!! I have looked all over Utube

Im sorry but i dont think you actually realise how much work he actually gets through the amount of time that he is on the pitch, He`s a forward! Look at the stats, he has not been on the field for as long as Ali and this is how there stats compare

Ali : Tackles : 130 Carries 88 Marker tackles: 12
Southern: Tackles: 167 Carries: 66 Marker Tackles: 26

Steve southern is a good old fashion forward who is willing to do the work when nobody else wants to. He is also playing out of position, Sorry to hear that he is not exacly what you expected.

It's up to the coach to rectify this. We need Southern, as captain, to be on the field more than what he is at the moment.

the comparison is not entirely fair, granted. however ali always looks to promote the ball and throw out miracle passes. as a result we end up defending. he's a big lump of a fella, wish he'd sometimes look to keep hold of the ball and use his size and not look to make us score off every play.

Wildcat26. I have an opinion, and the idea of the forum is to express it. I am sorry that Steve Southern has not lived up to expectations after a third of the season and I bet those paying his wages may also be concerned. The raps for him are few and far between. The point is, he costs a lot more than a UK player. On another thread someone suggests he has a beer belly.
It would not be the first time an overseas player has arrived in the UK carrying a long term niggle and who knows if this is the case. If his main attribute is defensive then it is just my view that this is not enough to justify the expense.
I hope he has a blinder on Friday against Cas.

this, by a mile.

Playing some one out of position when they are undersized to play that position is rarely going to get the best out of a player

Defensively I'm happy with Southern,

I do agree that a captain is some one that will play 80 mins and perhaps he will play 80 mins once he's playing in the backrow on a regular basis

Its also a well know fact that some new players and in particular overseas players can take time to settle in, as in any job for that matter

Only time will tell but I personally after only a few games wont be jumping on his back

I like Frankie, but our real problem has not been scoring tries, it's been stopping the tries. Over the last few weeks we have been competing with sides scoring like for like and nearly winning, but this has covered over our real problem which is defence. Now that we have been kept scoreless it stands out as our real problem and is something that needs to be addressed.

Southern can certainly do this, and this is where (IMO) we need to work more on, and have the right people in the squad to be able to do all the hard work just as much as you need the people on the field to score the tries. You keep a team from scoring, your half way there to winning

Southern is class and showed that in the early games - his defence is outstanding and in his natural position, he runs good lines and causes problems.

As for the captain issue - that could be easily solved by introducing a vice captain; I'd use Mathers, as a senior player and someone with experience in big games. More urgently however, I'd get the prop situation resolved so that Southern isn't forced to play as a battering ram and end up bashed up and spelled for long periods.

i think he's solid, but class? not on evidence to date. like many have said, playing him at prop is doing him and us no favours at all. if we're going to pay top dollar for an import, we should at least seek to get maximum value from him and not use him out of position.

We do have a vice captain, isnt it kirmo ? Didn't he lead out the players in London ?