I know what all Trinity fans think of Fifita, but I just have to say, that 1st try under the the posts was awesome, for a prop forward to side step a full back & score was pure class. His 2nd try, when he received the pass, he knew that to run straight to the line that he would be tackled short ! So he can back at an angle towards where the ball was played knowing the defenders relaxed & had not re-set them selves with correct footwork & body set to prevent him, he then saw this & straightened up all at speed & scored, brilliant, a skilled player who has the confidence & ability to win through. What a player.
It is with great credit that the Huddersfield coach set out his game plan on Fifita only to be denied by Chester & Fifita !

Big Dave is just, well, too good.
(That's two games he has won us now.)

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Thanks pop tart !

Words cannot explain what Big Bopper means to me!

Wonder what the odds are of him finishing our top try scorer this season

We were right in front of the sticks last night when he scored

I nearly fell over in excitement, it was an amazing moment
Can't wait to see it on trin tv

It was an amazing effort from a very gifted forward who is a pleasure to watch

Love how he responds to the fans too

He’s a big fish in a small pond. He’s the heartbeat of the team and fans love him. To come over from Australia where he’s not a fans favourite and chanting his name can only make him love Wakefield. Yes can get more money no doubt but won’t have the same freedom and loving from the fans as Wakefield.

Odds on man of steel??

There's been many props over the years that have rightly deserved the praise given to them but David Fifita just seems in another league. Without doubt the best in the comp and I dont know if there is such a thing as fan funding but Some of us have said we would chip in if we thought it would help keep him at Wakefield

He'd certainly be worth a few extra quid on the price of a season ticket



The sheer joy on his face as he's knocking off tacklers or carrying them over the line is worth the admission fee on it's own.
Long may it continue

And we used to think that Michael Korkidas was a "great" prop and fans favourite!!

I never rated Korkidas and I’m on the record loss of times. As usual I was more than happy to swim gains public opinion on that one. Not that i didn’t rate him at all as he was definitely the best we had at the time - just to many flaws for me.

Where Dave is concerned I’m more than happy to go along with the masses - he’s the real deal and imo the best prop in SL, definitely on form. Long live the King so long as he plays for us.

For me it’s not just on the pitch, where he is excellent, but it’s clear to me he is a major part of the squad togetherness and high morale round the place. It’s no coincidence that since he joined Trinity the squad as a whole have really pulled for each other. So off the pitch as well as on it it’s vital we get big Dave to sign.

After last year's World Cup final performance, my dream would have been to have David at No8 and their kid at No10.

I agree with you though Vasty, I don't think that MK was all that good, but he certainly pleased the majority of supporters whilst not quite achieving "cult" status.

It's all reletive isn't it.
Korki then was good for us but just good.
We didn't have the props we have now to compare.
He'd be better in the team we have now as it wouldn't all be on him.

But I can't think any prop, that has had the impact that Fifita has. Clearly the game has changed for props so unfair to compare eras but certainly he is up there with the best.

How times have changed. Not many on here will remember ex Fev and Trinity prop, Les Tonks. I swear I once saw him break into a walk. They were there for their "beef" and one of their main functions was to literally support the hooker in the scrum. Totally different game now.

Yeah Les Tonks was one of the last just scrummaging props. Remember David Jeanes late 60s , early seventies (Trinity/Leeds/GB) was more of a rip roaring running prop , but still had to prop properly.

No place for big Les in todays game but David Jeanes would have been tremendous I feel. The bloke would run through a brick wall. Hated it when Leeds nicked him as per...

We are both hugely lucky and unlucky at the moment. We have on our books for the first time since the 1960s probably 3 players who are arguably the best player in there respective positions in SL. That’s Fifita, Tupou and Johnstone.

We are hugely unlucky to have two of them out for long periods. That said due to great team building we can just about cover them. Thankfully we have a host of nearly as good players such as Ashurst, Brough and Wood but to be fair it’s all of them. We simply don’t seem to have any passengers, quality may vary slightly but the commitment appears absolute.

It’s an honour to watch Trinity these days regardless of whether we are actually good enough to win something.

On that Vasty I wholeheartedly agree.

Fifta has been awesome this year there is no doubt about it

his brother was on TV here over the weekend and he said "my brother went to England and is the best front rower in super league"

I don't think he is wrong

Without doubt one of the best imports we've ever had; his larger than life personality and desire to win lifts the whole crowd, and he has that magic ability to convince you that so long as he's on the pitch, something might happen.

I felt a bit for the Shudds lads who ended up 1 on 1 with him - that massive hand off and the big, insane grin on his face when he's running into heavy traffic must be bloody terrifying - and even when he does go down, he's up so quick that he draws lots of penalties.

A *genuinely* top quality player - and I'd also be happy to chip in to help persuade him to stay!

I’ll send Wakey a tenner as well, he’s that good, he raises the spirit of the community, and it’s good to see. Nice to have the NRL - super League drain reversed.

What I cannot get my head around is how the NRL clubs missed his clear talent whereas his brother Andrew has gone on to rack up almost 200 NRL games with numerous rep call ups?

Because he's not as talented as his brother, no wrong he is probably as talented but lacks the drive. SL is far less streesed than the NRL and I don't think David was suited to it, his brother struggles. However in the more relaxed SL at a small club where he is the biggest fish by some way it does suit him.

I don't think we should get carried away, Dave just fits at Trinity in a way he probably wouldn't eleswhere, especially the NRL.