Wes wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 7:13 pm Very good scrum half but doesn’t possess the size needed or have the speed to hack it over there.

We need to look after him and keep him a 1 club man.

I personally don’t think he’s good enough for NRL.
He doesn’t do enough taking on the line for me.

I'm finding this forum very strange tonight. Very quiet after a brilliant comprehensive win in a semi final to take us to old Trafford. Maybe if we got battered a few on here would be a little happier to come on and have their say Not much to say in all honesty. The lads were awesome yesterday but ...

Cracking start.
Video ref don’t half drag things out!!!
Mind numbing

The reffing did change in the second half, though. And, I think, rightly so. Without wishing to assume bias, i get that refs in semi-finals will tend to let more go, and let the game flow. We see the same in the NRL come the Finals and Origin. But it was almost like someone said to him at half-time...

Just watched the game, get in there Catalan!!! Good old Sam of all people to the put the f**kers out!!!
Scrappy game but loved the intensity in defence.
Got to be up there with the worst reffing I’ve ever seen. Lost count how many times Saints flopped on the tackle Dodd especially

Get him back to his best and he will be the best prop in the league by far.
Only time will tell….

What a game! Thought the Broncos had it when they went 24-8 up. But hats off to the panthers for digging in. Cleary is a superstar. Talk about taking the game under your control, will go down a game legend. Thank you for posting the result of this GF, I’ve been out watching our Reserves & Wheel...

I suppose we’d always say ‘it’s too soon’ with any young player you want to keep but I genuinely think it’s a couple of years too early for Smithies yet. He’s developing his game really nicely, adding a bit of ball playing and maturity and in time, a move to test himself in the NRL is one I wouldn’...

What a game!
Thought the Broncos had it when they went 24-8 up.
But hats off to the panthers for digging in.
Cleary is a superstar. Talk about taking the game under your control, will go down a game legend.

If we sign Thompson I’d by fine with letting Cooper go. Bad injury and at the age of 35 he might struggle to get to full fitness