how did the youngens play? : Sat May 23, 2009 11:34 am  

the likes of eastmond, wheeler and emmit. does emmit look good for the future? who is better him or magennis?
hopefully we will see foster next week.

: Sat May 23, 2009 11:36 am  

Emmitt was good when he was on the field. Right now he is on a par with Bryn I would say.

Eastmond had a spell in field, looked lively, but we need him at first receiver.

Wheeler was solid out on the wing, didn't get as much ball as I would have liked him to get.

: Sat May 23, 2009 11:40 am  

do any of you think foster will play next week.

: Sat May 23, 2009 11:42 am  

I'll just consult the psychic powers and channel Potter's thoughts...

: Sat May 23, 2009 11:48 am  

Ski wrote:

Emmitt was good when he was on the field. Right now he is on a par with Bryn I would say.

Eastmond had a spell in field, looked lively, but we need him at first receiver.

Wheeler was solid out on the wing, didn't get as much ball as I would have liked him to get.

Honest to god! Let it go man!

St Ty

: Sat May 23, 2009 11:51 am  

joe d saint wrote:

do any of you think foster will play next week.

He's injured.

: Sat May 23, 2009 11:59 am  

One thing i did notice is that quins showed alot of respect for wheeler, for example, in the first half we were on or near their line about 15 in from pop side. Quins put 4 defenders on the blindside where only wheeler and i think it was gilly at the time where on so 4 on 2, this left the whole other side of the pitch stretched. Nothing came of it but they did seem to be watching him alot, which shows he must be doing something right.
Eastmond (and saints) desperately need eastmond to play at very least a full game at 7, to see what he's made of.
Emmit, IMO did very well for a 20yr old prop

: Sat May 23, 2009 12:19 pm  

Eastmond sidestepped some tackles during the match and also came out of his line - I'm still not convinced about him defensively - but he also made some good half breaks, caught really well and passed well, though to be fair Quins were on him quickly so he didn't really have much chance to shine.

Wheeler was fine again, worked like a trojan, but as has been said, Quins marked him well and so he wasn't able to move in the same way as in other matches.

Ashurst seemed fine.

I didn't really notice Emmit (except I knew he was on because his was one of just two clean shirts at the time!) but good on him for making his debut and I'm sure he did fine for his first time out.

: Sat May 23, 2009 12:19 pm  

Ski wrote:

Emmitt was good when he was on the field. Right now he is on a par with Bryn I would say.

Eastmond had a spell in field, looked lively, but we need him at first receiver.

Wheeler was solid out on the wing, didn't get as much ball as I would have liked him to get.

That's a big call to say emmitt is on par with bryn!

How many times you seen emmitt play 1st team rugby?

Christ the was few on here sayin bryn should be in the England squad.

Now ski says he on par with emmitt.

: Sat May 23, 2009 12:49 pm  

Don,t think Emmitt did much wrong he did what job role he had to do.

Eastmond needs to start a game at Scrum Half on a more regular basis, thinks its unfair on the lad, he can,t get a run in the team.

Wheeler is already in the 1st choice 17 for me, like to see him at 6 with Pyrce playing his usual role but at loose forward like Sculthorpe use to play.