He didnt have a bad game - I remember this game and he scored a try that should of been given, he placed the ball down in front of the hull fans then Wellens came across and booted it away and we got a drop out IIRC!

Didn't we have some useless aussie scrum half alongside portlock as well?

I know what you mean, but of all the overseas FB's we have had I think he was the one with the least ability. Maybe the title "nightmare overseas lineup" makes it sound worst than it is. The following FB's where better than Byrne IMO.

Phelps
Tony
Holmes
Fitzgerald

So by default Byrne could get the number one jersey.

Stephen Holmes was a great player for us in the championship - he had the 'Kemble-esque' style of wanting to catch every kick on the full

Big mistake letting him go, would have done well in SL IMO.

Even though we signed Prescott he could have played on the wing or centre, would have been better than some of the s*ite we signed that year.

In a period of time when St's were sweeping aside all comers, ourselves on the season before having 70+ points put on us at KR, conceeding just 4 tries suggests a decent display. Sammut being a full back, if he was so poor that day, it would suggest the opposition would have run on far more than four tries.