On Papali’i and Tapau, there are both well past their best, but undoubtedly they are power houses. Vaughan, Harrison, Yates, Currie are all superb, but more about big minutes and effort areas. Philbin can, and has recently, been a disruptor and can scatter the pigeons (first carry yesterday, in a difficult position!) but with no disrespect, Tapau and Papali’i could do 15 minutes of fire and fury and create some actual chaos, Papali’i in particular close to the line is a threat. 

But, as Or Thane says, it’s a short term plug. We need to find a space for Thomas when he returns from injury, and Green and Whitehead are in the way, we can’t block the path for a pay day. 


If you look at the “outs”, Johnson, Russell, Ratch and Crowther would be on the hit list, if we can. I’d add Tai and Powell to that personally. We need a right back row, and we need to look at that 14, a hooker/utility. If I was Leyland, I’d be playing for that 14 shirt. He can play fullback and half, but if he can develop to be a back up hooker, he would be a strong candidate for that role.

Tomato Tomatoe

There was no hope at all of Williams escaping criticism on this one. No comment or telling it as it was at the time ... he was going to get stick. 

I'm just happy we're keeping him to be honest, couldn't care less what people say, he's class and has been since we signed him.
A crap forward pack and weak inconsistant team have made his job much harder than it should be. We're not a one man team but people seem to think he should be working miricles and winning our games single handedly.
He's been completely up front about everything, glad he's staying, if we can keep Vaughan, with Byrne and a fitter  TPJ coming in we're much stronger next year.
I wonder if Dan Okoro will be in and around the team next year? Cas have ended his loan spell and he's being loaned out to London for the rest of the year apparently?

I'm just happy we're keeping him to be honest, couldn't care less what people say, he's class and has been since we signed him.
A crap forward pack and weak inconsistant team have made his job much harder than it should be. We're not a one man team but people seem to think he should be working miricles and winning our games single handedly.
He's been completely up front about everything, glad he's staying, if we can keep Vaughan, with Byrne and a fitter  TPJ coming in we're much stronger next year.
I wonder if Dan Okoro will be in and around the team next year? Cas have ended his loan spell and he's being loaned out to London for the rest of the year apparently?

Yes I am glad he is staying. We have probably been guilty of squandering his time with us since 2021 with the pack we have had.