It's good for SL in Wales IMO.

Regardless of peoples opinions of RU Thomas has been a great player over a significant period of time. He's always been the model pro never afraid 2 stand up and be a leader.

He's a real Welshman for a start and also a Welsh sporting legend meaning it will give the Welsh public someone 2 get behind and relate with.

Cant understand why Catalan arent kicking to his wing??? Not once!

It's the lack of first choice HB's IMO. When they played us they struggled for direction and they are missing Bosc big time.

I don't like his carry, it's dangerous. He's going to get hurt.

Hearing he's gone off injured.

What happened to him?

He s hurt

Which is exactly what happened.


Can't fault his attitude, just needed a bit more common sense.


He played tonight like he had a big target on his forehead. "Please hit".


Good footballer in open space but not an RL player. If he was 7 years younger then he would have a chance. It's a bit too much to learn at 35.

Needs to work on his body position in contact looked to be hunting the ground rather than driving into the contact and looking to bust, very much a unionism, promising debut thus far looked hungry and on the 1 occasion he did stand tall in contact took some putting down.

Hope he comes back in the second spell, after a rest and a bit of hopefully someone coaching him on his drive.

He looked like he had been in a car crash when he was helped off, i only caught him getting helped off on SSN. Welcome to rugby league

He took the ball in twice and couldnt handle it.

To be fair to him he did spend a good few times out in union with major head trauma because he was too brave trying to find the deck to get the ball back in impossible situations.

Nothing he has not experienced before but hopefully with a bit of good coaching not something he will have to go through too often again.

So basically he is screwed given the staff at Crusaders.

Dont talk daft, he took it in a good few times and as I expected went hunting for work, the issue is his body position. Its not a matter of being able to "handle it" Ronny Gibbs would have been in a bad way had he ever carried the ball into contact like that.

Utter tripe.

He got hit early on and bounced right back.

Cat's pack are not exactly something to laugh at.

Fair play to him for his attitude, it's his technical abilities that are off the mark atm.

As Jonh said it's his body position that needs work.

Some of the things that he does "naturally" in RU don't translate. Simple as that.

I just worry that he is too old to learn the game.

That was his problem, again trying to be too brave, he should have stayed down, but wanted to get a quick play the ball. Inexperience on his part and no doubt it will be a steep learning curve, but mentally and physically i think he will handle it.

isn't that what Jonathan Davies said was the hardest thing to adjust to when he started ?

I still stand by that he couldnt handle it, he was thrown in way too early - he wasnt even running the ball in right so he clearly doesnt know the game enough to be playing super league. Crusaders have been so desperate in trying to get the publicity and bring the crowds in that they havent handled him correctly, even Dwane Chambers had a better RL debut!

wtf was that hot tub about

I want in.

Hello ladies.

Which one of them ?

What a joke of a ref Alibert is!! Twice now he has said held up then "Oh i have my good friend the video ref" what a pratt!!

Do you stand by the comment he took it in twice?

At least there is no danger of rugby league messing up his pearly white showbiz smile.

The one with the big juggs

I really dont care, it was just a number off the top of my head, but if you want to make a petty argument out of it then go ahead