I hope it will be seen as a three season project when he will have had time to sign some of his first choice Aussies with a full year to run at recruitment for 2026 and 2027 but everything is at least on a professional footing again.

Great recollection. I remember in a press conference after we had won a game at the Boulevard and Pearce had just got back in the team after Smith dropped him to the A team. He'd scored the first try and Smith christened him when he said "We moved the ball left and Porky rolled over near the corner flag" everyone laughed and a legend was born . great player!

Talking to one of the lads in the elite talent group and his first words were '' It's just so much more professional''. He said it's been quite hard to believe just how much has changed and how so much better everything is.
Carty is massive on creating that brotherhood within the squad. He had them meet up on their day off last Thursday to spend some time together.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k0v ... are-mobile Matt Dean interviewed Cartwright for Humberside yesterday. The interview is in 3 parts, skip to 7 mins, 37 mins and 55 mins to catch his bits. He comes across really well

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k0v ... are-mobile Matt Dean interviewed Cartwright for Humberside yesterday. The interview is in 3 parts, skip to 7 mins, 37 mins and 55 mins to catch his bits. He comes across really well

Sezer has landed

Was fortunate to get one of the player's telephone calls yesterday evening (Yusuf Aydin) and he said someting very similar. Recalling how Aydin impressed me with how he threw himself into every game last season, I sense that those type of players will revel in Cartwright's approach.

How the bloody hell did you heel a divot in that concrete never mind hold the ball up to kick. West Dock Infants year 1958

Oliver Holmes in any training footage?

The guy who wrote the book on man management was Roy Francis - Smith was not in the same ballpark.

Smith was fairly successful in Aus but was also known as the coach who never won anything in spite of having some great teams (like Parramatta). Had 4 goes at winning GF's and lost all four - hardly a messiah.

Very successful at winning wooden spoons, however, with 3 to his name,

I haven't seen him but I think the Leigh boys were given an extra couple of weeks off due to Leigh being in the playoffs. I think Hardaker started this week. Asiata is getting a little bit longer.

Yeah still not seen him and he hardly played for Leigh at the end did he?

He didn't play the 2nd test for Samoa but unsure if due to injury or just decided they wanted a different player in. The t sta extended Gia season by about a month so makes sense if he's having a rest.

No I mean Holmes