Not a fan of mathers if he had a tenth of the enthusiasm in defence that he does for attack id be happy for him to stay.But it riles me to watch him getting in the acting halfs way and forcing his way into the attacking line to give a pass which slows us down as too many people in the line invariably.Yet when i want him to cover tackle or make that last ditch one on one he's found wanting.So i for one wish him well and hope it's true sorry if this sounds harsh personal opinion.

Find it funny Mathers has gone from everyone's scape goat to the best fullback in 30 years at BV. All in the space of five pages. Which all goes to prove it's all about opinions.

I think the person with the most important opinion is the coach and all I can say is, if/when he isn't happy with RM at fullback he will drop him. So for now I'm happy with RM in that position. Anyway, attack is the best form of defence so a few more displays like Sundays and we'll be OK!

Hat trick for Mathers, proving some doubters wrong.... one of the best players on the field apparently.

Mathers 4th

Fair play to him. He has now set himself a standard of performance to live up to every week, rather than blowinghot and cold like he has been doing.

maybe just what he needed to get some confidence back.

4 tries against a poor London side doesn't change the fact that he'll be below average more often than not this season. Fair play today, Richie, but i'll be happy when I see some consistency.

So to be considered acceptable to some of you he needs to score 4 trys every game. I think you will find that all full backs play hot and cold it is just the nature of the position.

I have been disappointed with Mathers performance of late because for all his defensive frailties, you could rely on him to score a try or two but this seemed to be missing from his game lately also.
You can only score against what's in front of you and he has done it in style today.
Hopefully now the team is growing and getting better as the pitches harden up, Mathers defensive woes will not be as noticeable, as I think he will start to score more often behind a team that is on the front foot.
I maybe contradicting myself from a few weeks ago about Mathers but after all, I am a RL fan!

Like I have stated in my other posts not a fan of Mathers, but today he sounded like he played well. If he can play half as good every week then i'll be happy.

No one said that. Stop being so daft. I appluad Richie for a good game today but one swallow doesn't make a summer. Over a large period of games he doesn't show enough in attack or defence in my opinion. That said, his go forward inside our half is good. I do recognise he has positive attributes - he's a pro rugby player so he should at least have some attributes.

Exactly and he can now be judged on is next game like all the squad.