proves people can give credit where its due

Cusack and Radford gave many poor, anonymous performances last season IMO so i'm glad that they have lifted their game

Byrne was moved around the team a bit and got injured, i felt he was good in most of the games he played though.

Have to disagree his support play was much improved tonight and tony would not have got past the first defender as wigan moved up in 3 and 4's tony is good at getting past the first defender but, the way wigan moved up tonight would not have made the slighest bit of difference.

Come to think of it yes it would actually we would of been 3 tries down and lost the game.

Thank god for a defensive fullback!!!!!!!

I was a few feet away from Skinny's hit in the SE corner waiting to put a sub on the pitch and I have never heard such a bonecrunching hit from someone so Skinny. It allowed Briscoe and others to bundle the defender out of play.

all 12 players came over the pat him on the back too, showed good team spirit and you can tell the rest of the guys really appreciated the hit, was as good as scoring a try.

Superb hit by Byrne, made me cringe at the time. Not surprised he was winded.

Thought he was solid in defense but really offered very little going forward.

Which is what he'll offer every week. For me, that's not enough at this level, especially for a side that's not overly blessed with creativity.

Couldn't agree more. If we was a bit stronger and/or a bit faster then it might be a different matter. Nothing against the lad but he is a cover player IMO.

People are over-rating "try saving tackles". He's the full back its his job. The one in South West corner, fair enough, great tackle, that was a legitimate try saver. Couldn't agree more with trys`r`us and Robbo, he's a handy back-up player but doesn't offer enough to warrant a starting spot anywhere in the back line.

Think I'll bookmark that thread for posterity. Bound to come in handy later in the season.

Tony [ican[/i defend, you know. He's another player who's not afraid to put his body on the line when required.

Tonys's main advantage to me is how he runs the ball in on returns. Really helps us clear the line. Byrne doesn't offer as much in that regard, although he is probably better in defense.

What we really need is someone who combines the abilities of Byrne, Tony, and Hall.

We had that someone but let him go to Rovers.

Theyre as good as scoring a try, he put 2 or 3 in so why play it down? If it was a different player you wouldnt be playing it down.

You have no evidence to support that. If a full back misses a one on one tackle then it is described as a bad error so i don't feel every time they make one it should be hailed as a try saving tackle, only special instances such as the one he made on Goulding in the first half.

2 occasions there was no other Hull player anywhere near the Wigan player and he would have strolled in had Byrne not stopped him. Thats 12 points saved which would have cost us the game!

Going into this season I thought we had no-one to do a job at fullback for us and always thought Byrne was a waste of a contract. He totally proved me wrong on both counts against Wigan.

Well said that man.I was in the south west corner when he made that tackle and we all jumped back with the impact.Thought he had put himself out for the season with that cruncher.On a night when we were remembering 2 of our old players how apt that our full back should inflict an Arthur Keegan type tackle on the Wigan player.Well done Todd Byrne and it's nice to know that your fellow players appreciated what you did more than some on here did.

Very good defensive display by Byrne

So we need someone who is slow, crap under the high ball and can't tackle?

Nah...Wigan can keep Mathers!

Behind Radford id say he was our best player

Tony will have a job getting his place back if Byrne carrys on like that.

Wow, what a change of heart based on one game!!!

He showed what he can do when fully fit and playing in his preferred position. TBH he showed promise at full back every time he played last season and i was impressed with him at centre at the start of last year too. Tough choices when Motu is fit.

Bit like when Shaun Briscoe made his debut for your lot

I was one of them