As a second rower he was good enough to get in the dream team, a team selected by opposition coaches using a criterion of selecting the opposition player who performed well against you and caused you problems.

He did get some consecutive MOTM performances in. He was killing it in left SR when we signed him. Think Ashurst was injured. Soon as Ashurst came back from injury Tanginoa was ousted and sent to prop. The end result is what we see now. Whether he can get back the form he showed on the edges remains to be seen but I remember his damaging runs down field.

It's a big ask, they've got players coming back that weren't in the team at Saints, it would be some apology though if they did

Crowther may not have the experience of Tanginoa but has twice the work rate if not more and wants to play for Trin . Something is definitely amiss with Kelepi and seems a shadow of that barn storming forward we all watched and took to .Is it a confidence thing or is it attitude,I don’t know but it needs sorting ASAP as we are paying for the privilege of have having an overseas passenger at present . Is whitbread any better than Aydin , for me the jury is out ,Arona ,tupou and fifita have earned their stripes over the years and have been full value for their price tags IMO . Kelepi in his pomp is a sight to behold, let’s hope he gets back to those ways sooner rather than later because we certainly miss that attacking presence on the field

I agree, how on earth that wasn't a straight red, only the ref knows.
Did the ref gat any input from the VR because it was perhaps THE most clear Red Card decision I've seen, especially in the current climate of supposedly "protecting" players.

Still needs an opportunity to appeal whether it's clear cut or not.

Monday looks difficult to say the least. Fifita gone from being nearly fit to not in the squad at all.
19 man Squad
Jowitt
Lyne
Miller
Lino
Battye
Arona
Tanginoa
Pitts
Batchelor
Gaskell
Kay
Walker
Aydin
Adebiyi
Bowes
Eseh
Murphy
Shaw
Hall
Minns

Was Johnston injured on Thursday because it cannot be a case of resting him.

Towards the end of the game he went down, but I assumed it was 'cramp'.

Ashurst is also in the 21.
Good to see Minns in the squad.
Assume that Bowes and Kay will share the hooking role.

Yes apologies missed Tash but it’s gunna be a massive ask all the same

Well everybody wanted changes, looks like we got them, plus some young players