Damien

He certainly has all the physical attributes you want at centre. I remember being stood next to him after the Penrith game and knew there and then he had the attributes to be a top centre. For his age he is a man mountain. That's the really pleasing thing is now we have centre options that have that size and athleticism that the Aussies and Kiwis have and are producing more, for a while that wasn't the case.

Yeah that was a cracking tackle that won the game for Saints.

If you ignore people splitting hairs for gotchas it's clear Davy has ploughed an awful lot of money into the Huddersfield Giants and controls them. They certainly wouldn't be in SL without him and his support in my opinion. RL certainly needs a lot more owners, or defacto owners through limited companies, like that.

It happens in all sports too. Using your strengths and exploiting weaknesses is how teams/individuals win in any sport. As far as I can see everyone has condemned the unsavoury aspects of this, such as the noose drawing, and draw the line at foul play or intent to injure. No one has condoned that. Cheat sheets and fairly exploiting weaknesses is absolutely fair game though.

I mean it's quite clear. You replied to post about SL clubs taking a stand (which I presume you agreed with) and said that this suggests this is less common practice than what posters would have us believe. As every poster has condemned the noose element, so it obviously can't be that when you refer to what posters would have us believe, what do you think SL clubs have taken a stand on and what are you suggesting is different than what posters would have us believe?

You replied to a post saying SL clubs have taken a stand on this and that this is less common practice than some posters would have us believe. What do you think they have taken a stand on if it's not the noose element (which certainly isn't common practice and which has caused the widespread condemnation)?

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I don't think anyone has said putting a noose around a picture of a player is common practice and as far as I can see everyone has condemned it.

Just don't see the point.

Not really an excuse on a Thursday night with no Euros on though.

I don't blame the broadcasters, it's what you'd expect when a sport isn't really played within the country. It's akin to expecting the BBC to give coverage to the Lacrosse World Chanpionship.

Zach Eckersley is pretty much an out and out centre. Sure he filled in at full back last night with injuries but I'd be amazed if he played there in the longer term.

Great to see all nations, apart from Scotland as usual, picking domestic home grown players.

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I'm with @Sports Prophet on this and Im not a fan of quotas. I don't particularly believe in giving amateur domestic players spots for the sake of it. I am much more of a fan though of having much stricter requirements regarding domestic setups before nations can compete in World Cups or qualifiers. Nations should also be competing in competitions at their level which should mean domestic players are getting a shot. The IRL thankfully now seem to be enforcing this with the recent demotion of Ireland and Scotland to affiliate membership level and them, as well as others like Italy, no longer eligible for World Cups.

The discussion is broadcast coverage. What highlights on TV and what channel? I saw zero. I never even saw a score given and havent seen mention on RTE for at least a decade. Never on TG4. Some passing mention on a radio station readining out generic sport from its parent station and a snippet in an online article is not coverage. RL fans make a big deal out of this when frankly it's little better than nothing.

As I said before it doesn't sound believable in the slightest. He has played the last 5 games or more, including a Challenge Cup final, and was always going to be playing last night with the injuries we had. Someone has got mistaken.

So no coverage.

Cherry picking a few points doesnt mean it hasnt had failings.

He's also played the last 5 games or so, there's not a chance he was ever not playing tonight with the injuries Wigan had.

I never said you did. I thought it was obvious I was referring to your comment about Wigan being lost. Missing your spine, bar Smith, and not having a recognised hooker does that.

Forber is injured, as are Leeming and obviously O'Neill. That's the first 3 hookers out.

Losing your full back, stand off and hooker tends to do that.

Interesting comments from Wellens on dropping Lewis Dodd. I know Saints fans have been disappointed by Dodd this season and this obviously extends to the coaching staff too.