I think Crooks is going to be the real deal always gets on the outside of his man. Was a good win for Ben when Thornley got took off

Lineham was good, Crooks was great IMO. Possibly his best game so far. If Arundel was to come into the team next week it should be Yeaman under more threat IMO.

Really enjoyed watching Crooks tonight.

A natural rugby player and a natural try scorer too.

It is a fair point that he doesn't have great pace but this can be said about plenty of outstanding centres in recent times, e.g. Lyon, Gidley, Hodges. There is no substitute for pace but there is also no substitute for good hands and a rugby brain.

Totally agree.

Got to agree with the previous posters, Lineham was great but Crooks was outstanding tonight against the best team in the business at the moment.

I've seen tons of crooks n could always see he's a natural player.
Still say he's plenty to work on still but tonight was a coming of age kinda game for him tonight.
Don't like to over hype kids but it's not a great stretch of imagination to see crooks n lineham as a future England wing centre combo!

Both need to work on their defence!

I'd hate to see some more Kevin Penny's / Shaun Ainscough's.

Good luck to them both

A fully fit Hull team and Yeaman misses out in my opinion, Crooks and Lineham are superstars of the future.

Yeaman is still a better all around player than arundel.

Tend to agree, although Arundel was getting better with each game before he got injured.

I've amended the thread title. Lineham got the hat trick last night but it's only fair to credit Crooks as well for a great performance.