Thought he went very well today, ran hard and put in some good solid tackles, got plenty of game time and showed he was up to scratch with his fitness. Deserves to keep his place for the Quins game for me, hope he gets a chance to put in a string of performances cos to me looks like hes got real potential.

I like what I saw from him today, taken some time to get him here and in the first team, would be a shame to lose him if continues this progress, worth a two contract at least two see if he can go further,
its a matter of rolling the dice with frankie do we risk it or not,

I would back him

Seems a good prospect, did nothing to warrant being dropped next game?

However good he is, he's a bit expensive to put him on your shirt isn't he

There were a few posters that thought Pitts should have been selected ahead of Winterstein, well I for one was really pleased to see Frankie play.

On that display I am sure he can become an important addition to the team in our run in for a top 8 place.

Time Frankinstein was given a decent run in the team because he put himself about very well last night and for someone of his size, not exactly sluggish too.

On tthe subject of Kiwis, Stosic was awesome too. He's a real dogged, no-nonsense, good ol' fashioned prop, and a quality hit he dished out in the first half.

Agree entirely worth the effort to sign him, now he's in the groove showing his size and talent. However think the opposition pack was desparatley knackered even after 20 mins which makes the job easier.

From what ive seen hes been quite lazy at times,missed a tackle which allowed broughton to score near end.Hes a big unit just think he needs to get fit and could do with some confidence, should be a force in a couple of years.

To be fair to Frank, he did chase back 60m to break down the play before that and he was the only player onside to make a tackle on Broughton...

Bit rough on the lad there, at least he chased back and got into the line for the play the ball.

Would you not expect a winger with all that room to beat a second rower.

Seems to be coming along nicely, deffo worth a contract, offers much more than hendo, both in the short term and the long term.

I have watched the guy play a few games now and he seems to be making progress. I liked what I saw yesterday and it was nice to have a bit of size in the pack rarther than all the little pivots.

I would certainly pick him in the 17 for our next game.

A young lad who is doing fine but with no relegation should we be concentrating on developing Jay Pitts, Kyle Bibb and other local grown kids???

No problem with Winterstein but have to agree we need to develope our own first.

Whilst I totally agree that we need to develop our own local talent, Winterstein has that X-factor - pace, which, if we can utilise fully within our systems, could be powerful attacking weapon.

Why not develop him aswell!
He's only a young lad too. build him up and he could be grrreat!

You've got to be kidding. Lazy! He charged back to make the first tackle. You can understand why a winger got round him with no support. If there had been two other players with him in the line he'd have stopped the try

Your right, the 2 options are not mutually exclusive in my opinion. We need to get the mix right, and it probably proved to be the right call selecting him as many suggested we should.

For a split second he was the only player back ten metres and had no chance of stopping that try.

I'm not 100% sure about this guy but he did all he could, if others had done the same we may have stopped it.

Looks to me as though he could be a good player....however he does not seem fit i saw him on a couple of occassions after making a tackle / run afterwards looking cream crackered. Its poor state of affairs at his age and being aprofessional athlete...something the cluyb and he needs to work on if he can get fit i think he could be a very good purchase.

the guys been over here along time now i think people are knocking him when we really hav'nt seen that much off him ,give the guy a break , give him some more game time then judge the lad , has for me i think he could become a good member of the side , and yes i would love more home grown talent coming through but i still would like frank to be given a contract then pass judgement after a full season next year

Where's marsden's expert view of him

Think we saw what we have all wanted to see from big frank, ran hard certanley stood his ground well and on thing i noticed was always the first to put his hand up to do the hard work of a tap pen.I cant agree more he's worth a contract and at 22(dont quote me lol) he's got time on his hands to develop into a major force in the team and could benifit alot from learning of snitch stosic and playing of the drew brough.

Do you remember a player called Feleti Mateo?!!......played for London Bronco's for around 10 games in 2005 and hardly set SL on fire?!!.......If Winterstein is given the opportunity to get some game time I really do believe that he can become as good as Mateo......all the traits are there.

I think Frank should be given the opportunity to earn an extended contract by his displays, especially given that we are very limited in genuine back-row forwards.

Wilkes is not a second-row forward, he is a prop that makes the hard yards. He is too slow for defending out wide, Richard Horne just skipped past him as did Broughton.

If either Snitch or Ferguson get injured in the vital run-in it will leave a big hole in the team so we need Frank to be ready to fill in.

Given his age and from what i've seen, i would say he's worth looking at longer term.

I don't know how he gets on at training and if he fits in but he could be a usefull addition to the squad.