Yeah Very similar , Just want to see him make that break.

Travelng home from the game mate, how about you?

You'd think Watson will be on thin ice at Hudders, the money he's spent on that squad over the last few years is crazy.

Zut alors.

22-0 and are they going to it up?

Just got home from hospital after visiting my mum who has had a stroke and has also got terminal cancer,hence why I didn’t watch it as got slightly more important things than rugby…was posting about the warry game inbetween mum being conscious

I'd be concentrating on my mum rather than posting on a rugby forum but each to their own

Abdul pretty anonymous since I started watching

Tbh…takes my mind off it or I’d be in bits.

Whatever gets you through

Fans are often prone to hyperbole, "we are miles off being competitive," "we need a whole squad overhaul," etc etc, but Rugby League is a very unforgiving game, and you don't have to be a long way off the pace to get a proper thrashing. In reality, in elite sport, the margins can be very fine. I'd say Wigan and Saints are a cut above, but there really isn't a huge gap between the rest, and a couple of good additions to a squad, or a couple of slight tactical adjustments, or just getting the players a bit fitter and more organised can make a big difference. I aren't expecting miracles, any sort of progress would be welcome, but I don't think it's at all ridiculous to suggest we could make the playoffs next year if we get things right.

See our previous target Connor Watson is making his debut for NSW. I'm still baffled why he rejected our offer to stay in the NRL.

Doesn't make sense does it playing with the worlds elite in front of 90,000 when he could be rubbing shoulders with our superstars at the MKM.

Would struggle to get in the team in any case. We'd have to loan him out to York to get some game time then pay him off.

Who were the coaching staff for that NSW masterclass today?

Watching the England v France game really does make you question the long term future for our sport.

International RL should be the pinnacle of any sport...and this is far from it. The game is being played in a stadium that's less than half full and as a curtain raiser to a championship game later(I think there were only around 5k in Warrington last year for the same fixture so can't just blame the french for poor crowds), it's not on a main broadcaster in the UK, in true rfl style, superleague+ / our league style there were problems with being able to log on...and the production of it is poor.

With the NRL seeming less and less interested in international RL, it feels that France is one of our best options for regular competitive international RL marches, especially as Catalan continue to produce more top quality players and hopefully Toulouse do too in the near future, so I think we should stick with it, but it needs far more promotion and effort put into it to make it a meaningful fixture. The players are only being paid £250 too and had to fly on a delayed Ryanair flight to get there yesterday!