Re: Leigh (a) : Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:32 pm  

LeythIg wrote:

Calf strain. Coach has said that it's probably less than 50% chance he plays.

I think in attack we're fine. Lam Jnr and Moylan are capable of filling the void that Asiata left as first receiver. But Amone was our top metre maker, Asiata made the most carries and of course Ipape is also missing. They're influential players and I think it's showing in our defence.

I don’t think Mulhern will play either, Leigh have a bigger game next week and therefore I don’t expect Lam to take such a risk.

Re: Leigh (a) : Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:36 pm  

Job done. Feet up and get ready for next week.

Re: Leigh (a) : Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:43 pm  

Derek not at the game and complaining about the club’s social media output! I bet he’s glad he missed that one https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/its-a-jo ... age-89854/

Derek not at the game and complaining about the club’s social media output! I bet he’s glad he missed that one https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/its-a-jo ... age-89854/

Re: Leigh (a) : Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:44 pm  

Excellent win tonight, the attack just clicked into place, much better than anything else we have served up this season so far.

Passes hitting their marks, much more fluidity, much more expansive, finding key offloads, massive cut down on errors. Lightyears ahead of anything else we have produced over the last month or so.

Nsemba with a well deserved man of the match, really put himself about and carried strong. Looking forward to watching him progress. Hill was another one who was brilliant in his time on the field, really come on this year.

Only critique of that performance was that our discipline still needs improvement.

Very positive signs though!

Re: Leigh (a) : Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:46 pm  

Harvie Hill is well on the way to being a beast of a prop

Re: Leigh (a) : Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:48 pm  

Most entertaining performance of the season for me.

Finally got some fluency in attack and good to see a couple of the players who picked up a bit of criticism last week in Leeming and Isa go well.

Lots of talk about Nsemba and rightfully so he looks to be a top prospect but Harvie Hill looks even better in my opinion. I love the way he plays the game and he is turning into one hell of a big lump.

Most satisfying element tonight is the axis of Smith, French and Field seemed to be gelling again.

Really good way to back up after last week.

Re: Leigh (a) : Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:51 pm  

apollosghost wrote:

Harvey Hill is well on the way to being a beast of a prop

Agreed, I would think that him, Nsemba and Havard in particular will already be very closely monitored by the NRL teams.

It’s very early days and a huge comparison but I’m seeing in style at least a lot of similarities between how Hill plays the game and how Webke went about the game.

Re: Leigh (a) : Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:57 pm  

Really pleasing performance. Field looked more like himself, Wardle is just great to watch, French with some usual genius touches and the forwards went well. Really pleased to see Leeming bounce back, Nsemba was excellent, Brad O’Neill is getting scarier by the week defensively and I’ll echo what’s been said about Harvie Hil, he’s almost going under the radar, especially to the wider Superleague audience but he’s got so much going for him. I’d start him again next week and challenge him to make it hard to leave him out.

Re: Leigh (a) : Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:58 pm  

Completion rate of 93% tonight. When Wigan get anywhere near that number and keep penalties to a minimum they'll be incredibly difficult to beat.

Aside from the early penalties very strong all round. Plenty caught the eye but a word for Liam Farrell with 140m gained.

Re: Leigh (a) : Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:59 pm  

Well played Wigan.

Well deserved and the future overall looks awesome.