Re: Lee Kershaw - Speed Merchant : Wed Jul 14, 2021 11:45 am  

1315trinity wrote:

pleasantly surprised - I didn't have LK down as a speed merchant at all!
Must be quicker than he looks.

He's definitely quick off the mark and in a straight line but as we know Trinity rarely gives these kinds of players the opportunity to exploit such gifts. Hence we think of him as a packhorse at times.

Re: Lee Kershaw - Speed Merchant : Wed Jul 14, 2021 12:06 pm  

Bet he clocked that when he took the intercept at Hull, I remember thinking at the time "Christ he is shifting"

Re: Lee Kershaw - Speed Merchant : Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:45 pm  

Reminds me of a Tasmanian Devil.
..... In the nicest possible way as a RL player I hasten to add......

Re: Lee Kershaw - Speed Merchant : Wed Jul 14, 2021 7:06 pm  

Typical Trinity winger, he is strong and robust and gets through loads of work. The mistakes are gradually reducing with the more experience he gets. He can shift in open space, just needs to get that wingers instinct and back himself nearer the line. If he carries on he will become a decent SL winger. Not in the same class as Johnstone, but I dare say he'll play more games in the long run as his body seems more likely to stand up with how we want our backs to play the game.

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Re: Lee Kershaw - Speed Merchant : Wed Jul 14, 2021 7:52 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

Typical Trinity winger, he is strong and robust and gets through loads of work. The mistakes are gradually reducing with the more experience he gets. He can shift in open space, just needs to get that wingers instinct and back himself nearer the line. If he carries on he will become a decent SL winger. Not in the same class as Johnstone, but I dare say he'll play more games in the long run as his body seems more likely to stand up with how we want our backs to play the game.

You mean he's built like a brick launched from a cannon rather than a race horse.
Will help him in the long run.