I agree with AG and RL88. Of course he is a great prospect and stood in for Briscoe very well on the whole last season. But he is some way from the finished product and I still have doubts as to his handling and defence. Apart from the dropped balls he also blew a couple of crucial tries for us last year with an inability to pass and being a big lad he often goes in too high in the tackle and a bit half hearted. He has the chance to develop further this year as time is on his side but I would rate him some way behind Golding and Lilley in class at this stage.

Ah yes forgot about those....but that's indicative. The lasting memories of him have been mostly good (in direct contrast to Vickery, eg). He is at least good enough to be enticed to stay if possible; as we all agree you can't expect to have superstars/world beaters in every position across the park.

He seemed to get his confidence back pretty quickly after the aforementioned howlers. A very good attribute in a young player; some would've shown the scars from that drop against cas for a long while. And let's face it, we don't have to delve too far into the back catalogue to find examples of equally poor play by Hall and Briscoe. I think he's a great prospect.

The Cas game was a couple of days after one of his best mates from his Academy days had died and he had to get through a minutes silence on the field before kickoff......I think in the circumstances I wouldn't hold too much (if any in fact) on his performance that night in the slightest.

I wouldn't hold it against any player never mind a young one. It happens, even to experienced players. As long as it doesn't happen regularly it's not an issue.

Agree with you that there is much more development for all 3 which is likely to take a few years. Appreciate different for props but think how long Leeds have been bringing on singleton before he hit his straps last season. Let's not be in too much of a rush to see the back of MCGuire and Burrow. No pair of halves have got anywhere near their success for Leeds. 14 championships between them.

Cas away by contrast he was absolutely superb in awful conditions where he was bombed constantly with Carney in his face.

He's a great prospect. Rough edges though.

True enough though even if he never improves on last year's standards he's playing at a level not far off some regular starters in SL. BJB, say.

Handley is very much SL ready imo yea there were errors but he was much more good than bad.