No KK not seen him play, its a fair point but ive seen goulding play and im not bowled over yet.

Khlav

I know I have a reputation of bagging players but I only say it how I see it. I watched young Golding closely on boxing day. His passing at times was shocking, some of his kicking was also of a poor standard and he doesn't have the pace or zip that I like to see from an half back. His one real gift is place kicking but unfortunately for him we have plenty who can do that.

I think if he did not have his fathers name he would not have got as far as he has done.

My opinion means nothing, but Agars must be respected and that's why he has not yet got a contract ,because he has failed so far to show he is worth one. Don't forget he came through the ranks at warrington and they also believed he was not going to make the standard they required.

Having said all that he could have a blinder at Fev and earn himself a deal, so its all in his hands and in all fairness we are giving him a chance.

one of the benefactors of sport, it runs in the family tosh

After World Cup final there is a big gap between Australia & New Zealand.

Funnily enough I'm just reading Mike Rylance's excellent book and came across this excerpt from 1914;

[iI think it would be better for all clubs if they paid more attention to local players instead of devoting their attention to men such a long distance from home.[/i

This was a club official's response to criticism leveled at Trinity for their policy of fielding a team broadly made up of players from Wakefield as opposed to the likes of Huddersfield and Hull, who incidentally Wakefield lost to in the final of that year, who had players from Australia and New Zealand turning out for them.

NZ were very disappointing in the final and had an off day.
Even on that performance they would have probably beaten England.
The Kiwi players still have the benefit of playing in the best comp in the world, so can improve and progress.
When you play the World Cup in your own backyard you would expect to get to the final if you are England.
Unfortunately we struggle to beat and sometimes don't beat a cobbled together Exiles team.