: Tue May 12, 2009 5:10 pm  

Hope the lad goes well for you, seriously I do because as a guy he is top notch - very enthusisatic about his rugby and seems to be very popular with his team mates.

However his time at us was spent when he wasnt fully fit to begin with and never regained fitness.

Hope he succeeds more at the HJ than our place.. See you all next Friday.

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:05 pm  

Catch ball, pass ball, kick ball, run with ball, tackle opposition, score points.

Im sure he could do that in any of the back positions. Does it really matter as long as he plays well.

: Tue May 12, 2009 11:24 pm  

sally cinnamon wrote:

In general rugby fans like the idea of playing a player in a different position, remember people used to say Mark Gleeson would be a good six, or Chris Bridge should play loose forward etc.

I have said that and still believe it.

: Wed May 13, 2009 6:33 am  

I think PJ may be the one to miss out, Mathers will be a smith boy and adds an extra dimension into attack, Riley to the wing will give us that pace we need there.

: Wed May 13, 2009 7:27 am  

Does anyone know if Mathers is any good at try saving tackles, this was Riley's weakness IMO (although he did great with that one at the end of the magic KR game)

: Wed May 13, 2009 9:14 am  

Dawson wrote:

Does anyone know if Mathers is any good at try saving tackles, this was Riley's weakness IMO (although he did great with that one at the end of the magic KR game)

He stopped Matt King scoring a try. However he did get sent off in the process.

: Wed May 13, 2009 9:24 am  

mark_m wrote:

He stopped Matt King scoring a try. However he did get sent off in the process.

post of the year

: Wed May 13, 2009 1:30 pm  

Dawson wrote:

Does anyone know if Mathers is any good at try saving tackles, this was Riley's weakness IMO (although he did great with that one at the end of the magic KR game)

See the Wigan game last year with King.

: Wed May 13, 2009 1:38 pm  

Wire On The Telly wrote:

See the Wigan game last year with King.

I take it you don't read all of threads?

: Wed May 13, 2009 2:04 pm  

Dawson wrote:

Does anyone know if Mathers is any good at try saving tackles, this was Riley's weakness IMO (although he did great with that one at the end of the magic KR game)

Was it Riley against Celtic where he ran nearly the length of the field to save a try? I think it was Celtic, Moz wasn't far off catching him either IIRC.