Played full 80 against Cas on Sky and got MOM.

Not bad for a fat lad.

Slow start last year, not very fit, then seemed to get his act together after a rumoured stern talking to. This year seems to have neglected his off season fitness again which is disappointing.

Says who? How do you know this?

He broke his fibula in the July before he joined us, so it was no surprise that he didn't start in great shape because he will still most probably been rehabbing going into preseason and behind everyone else and CC will have known & seen this, so I doubt there was any stern talking to, just a gradual improvement in fitness imo. When he broke his leg he was only just back playing after the Motorway pile up he was involved in, that resulted in a dislocated hip, so just about a full season off with serious injuries. IMO he did a great job getting back to play Pro RL full stop, let alone just about getting back to the player he was pre-injuries.

Seems there's a couple of rumors going around about the bloke that are nothing more than that.

You clearly did, alongside with some English lessons to Incidentally when you had the begging bowl out a few years back for some new changing rooms for the all blacks I bunged you a £20 donation when you thought I was a top bloke, funny how times change Well apart from All blacks not having new changing rooms for 25 years and the community clubs are always fund raising, not getting begging blows out that statement is spot on, and I'd be surprised if i ever hought you were a "top bloke"

Typing on a phone in a rush tends to create the odd typo but I’m man enough to spot the irony

Just my own observation of him during the friendly against Hull. Most of the players looked sharp and not far short of match fitness except for Pauli Pauli.

As much as I like Pauli I don’t think all the hype surrounding the chasing of his signature has done him any favours,to be honest I’ve been underwhelmed by his efforts so far on the field .
For me he goes down far too easy for his size and his tackling technique is at times laughable . I’ve no doubt he can do it and hope he proves me wrong .
That’s not to say he won’t knuckle down and Make a big impact on our team this season ,but for me at the moment when fit he’s a fringe player and not the wrecking ball I was hoping he’d be .

best thing about him he is so hard to stop near the try line and he knows how to score tries.......you cant stop him from close range

Well he's 2nd to just Fifita in average gain at 7.48m compared to Fifita's 7.68m and he made second most meters for a prop and 3rd most in all the forwards, plus he made the second most tackle busts for any forward again behind Fifita. For someone who goes down easily and a fringe player, they're impressive numbers imo. Even without the numbers, it's your opinion mate but I can't agree at all that he goes down too easily, there have been so many times this past season where he's almost impossible to get down and more often than not the ref calls held. Plus his 8 tries is a very good return for a prop, nobody seems to be able to stop him near the line.

it seems people have different opinions of him but it reminds me of when Fifita came over in the middle of the season and people either liked him or were critical.

Good stats there Shifty.
I'm glad he's in our team and not running at our back line from 10metres out.
Its not just ball in hand either, as PP takes the eye of the opposition, he draws defenders to him as they think he's getting the ball - he opens up space out for others - that fact seems to have also been missed.