I'm not saying he's slow, just that for a back he isn't particularly quick.

I need a better report than that. Lomax is very slow. Wellens wasn't registered as moving as per the speed trap machines used in training

How does he rate against those?

It did take him a while to sign, so he can't be that quick!!

I'd imagine he'll be faster than Lomax and Wello, but slower than Swift/Makinson/Percy. We'll see

Looks quick off the mark.

Probably similar to McDonnell, but the unknown is we don't know how long its going to last. He could get injured in training.

I'd say he's quicker than McDonnell. He is no Darren Albert but I doubt too many will be able to catch him should he get through the line.

The ability to back up is an often underestimated skill, and an area where we are lacking massively.
In the Leeds debacle we made a couple of breaks in the second half but nobody was within 20 yards. Even early in the season when we was flying I remember Vea making a few 60m runs with no support.
With the lack of pace at 6 and 7 we need a fullback who is going to be on the shoulder - and Quinlan certainly looks that type

McDonnell could shift. Perhaps Quinlan is quicker over the first 20 but I'd bet on McDonnell winning a foot race over the distance.

No doubt he'll be faster than Lomax after 2 knee reconstructions either way. McDonnell might lose half a yard too

Quinlan looks like an Escare type running to me. Will be one of the quickest in the league over the first 20/30 but may get run down over long distances.

Well if he is that's great.

Because once you hit 20 or 30 meters, apart from Mose there are very few who will chase you down.

Brilliant

Seem to remember McDonnell getting chased down a few weeks back before passing to Swift to score and after he looked like he needed oxygen.

I seen Jonmy lomax out and about yesterday. I asked him what Quinlan is like and he said very quick.

He also said despite infection in his knee, he is well ahead of schedule in his rehab. He said he's about 3 month ahead of schedule.

Cool story bro. 3 months ahead means he'll be back for pre-season?

In [url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/gareth-widdop-says-young-dragons-fullback-adam-quinlan-is-a-similar-player-to-melbournes-billy-slater/story-fni3g9a3-1227018232666this article[/url, from a round a year ago, Gareth Widdop describes Quinlan as possessing 'lightning pace'.

I'd prefer it if we stopped mentioning Johhny. It breaks my hear that a) we've seen so little of him since he hit the big time and b)the feeling is (rightly or wrongly) we'll not see the same player again.



Hopefully he'll successfully come back, but I have to guard my self against futher heart break.

You mean, after he evaded or broke free of four would-be tacklers who broke his momentum each time?

Quite right

Well Quinlan's off the mark with a hat-trick. He backed up down the middle, which we've missed, and took his chances. But I hope he carries on scoring for fun, because he's going to concede two tries out of every three breaks. The lad is TINY, and he was being bumped off tackles all night tonight.

I'm sure that will be a future RL trivia question.

Who was the last player to score a hatrick on an appearance debut for their team.

When I arrived at saints and seen him warming up with his leg all strapped up I thought what the hell is he doing here but he did ok.

Took some nice high balls and got on score sheet three times and I my landed less than week ago so it was very good debut.

I was surprised how deep he was in defence. I've never seen a fullback so deep. Maybe KC told him too stop Brough going 40/20. The chip over the top was on all night.

Great to see someone who actually knows what support play is. The rest were stood watching.

Yeah. For at least one try I thought I was watching Steve Prescott again. Wellens would have kept it out. That said, it's hardly fair to attack someone who's just got off the plane and scored a hat-trick.