I dunno. There's a fair few players you can think of, both in England and Australia (and, indeed, Wigan), who have played under the shadow of famous Dads. Some have outshone their Dads, some haven't. It can't be easy.

Surely right about JB. As for Gildart, I was thinking, not big enough for the NRL, but then I thought, is he as good as, say, Ricky Leutele, who had a good career at the Sharks at left-centre? Maybe, we'll see, but of course I'd love him to stay.

You forget, he kicked a short kick straight into the arms of a defender in the first half, sefc! But all round, yeah, very good.

I was dubious too, and I still thin it can create some anomalies, but it cleaned up the game so much that I I'd take it, on balance. But also, I think part of the reason the Aussie game looks 'cleaner' is that, frankly, their players are bit better disciplined and don't push their luck with the ref ...

Really glad he did well. Bellyache will not be pleased by that.

If Sky did it, they'd bang on about it every five minutes, which would ruin the point. On the NRL, I can take it or leave it. And yeah, their commentators make all ours sound so bad.

Billy was as fast as he needed to be. It's amazing how many players "nearly" caught him. Back to his side step, an International winger shook hands with Billy after a game at Central Park after Billy had run over him twice to score and said "Billy I believe you have a good side step&...

And Huddersfield?

Lams to the slaughter.

Something had to give. In these parlous times, the sport cannot afford (both literally and figuratively) to have two sets of fat cats making a fine living out of the game, and often pulling in different directions.