Looking better every week...some good defensive work this week...growing in confidence.

Starting to think he could be our main right centre next season

Mmmmmm......maybe, seems to be settling in now and gaining in confidence.

Agree. Yeaman's concerning me a bit though. His anticipation of there being something on is pretty poor.If you watch the video of the Saints game and the Manu/Briscoe try, he literally looks asleep in backplay and jumps like he's woken up when he realises Briscoe's going on a run.

Yes hubby and me said the same thing when we watched it. Overall he has improved for me this season based on the last 2 seasons, but he certainly appears to lose concentration at times.

Maybe next season is the year to move Yeamo to the forwards.

2nd row

I've been saying this for years, and made the same point about the try against Saints. He's no centre IMO, and yet we've given him a 3 year contract.

Radford or Lauaki...not fussed

...there are very few good alternatives to Yeamo.

We seem to specialise in "almost" centres:
Yeaman - good strength and can run in a straight line and fend, but struggles to put his winger away
Whiting - good reader of the game, but lead boots
Hall - good body swerve and opportunist but positional nightmare
Turner - bit early to tell, promising signs
Briscoe - probably the best of the lot but being cast as a winger now

Can't imagine any of them worrying an opposition coach that much as a "must stop" player when gameplanning.

Just on Radford, thought he did well again today. He seems to be literally throwing himself into tackles, like it's his last hurrah.

Yeaman in the back row