I was thinking this morning about how good this squad really is.

I believe that this is a better squad than won the cup in 2005 and the Grand Final squad of 2006. Back then everything seemed to be on the back of Cooke and we only seemed to attack left. I can't remember the last time that we looked so dangerous both ways. I certainly can't remember having so much pace in our 3/4 line.

Shannon is a fantastic full back in my opinion. I liked him at HKR and I like him even more now for seeing him week in, week out.

In DJ and Horne we seem to have that combination of direction, kicking and pace, and we are about to add to that. We seem to be covered in the halves for the first time in years.

In the forwards we have a combination of youth and experience. We have power, aggression and some genuinly skillful forwards. We have 2 hookers that offer very different things, but we seem to add another dimension to our play every time we interchange them.

We have fringe players who dont make you nervous when they come in.

Throughout the team our defence is tight and we seem to take a real pride in our goal line defence. One of the most pleasing things I saw last night was the post match huddle. Team spirit is clearly high and they are obviously backing each other.

I really believe that this squad could go on to great things.

Was banned for two years in 2008 for a drugs offence, now playing for Keighley Cougars.

There's only two Richie Barnetts!

Hadn't heard about the drugs offence, was a reasonable player.

Keighley, I remember playing them (in the cup?) one season and one of our players went down like he'd been shot in the first 5 minutes..not sure who it was though.

hes at Keighley now via warrington, salford and a 2 years drugs ban then sheffield

I remember reading something about Barnett Jnr a few years ago about him working for the RFL as a drugs advisor after he'd served his ban. I think he was one of the few who accepted he'd been an idiot and didn't contest it. He was absolutely rapid back in the day.