after reviewing what alot of rovers fans expected of joel clinton to do in the super league, i.e. rip the the super league apart and smash his way through, on the back of last nights performance for the money you will pay for him, didnt for me look a stand out at all to the rest of your pack, looked avarage last night if im to be honist.

early days though

ffs it's lucy's brother/boyfriend

yes maybe, i thought for his debut and the rep that comes with him he should have been the stand out forward in your pack.

Both the same thing.

i thought he played ok actually, gonna be a gd signing for us

First game for months, didnt see "the beast" omealy setting friday night alight tbh??

He's only just got off the plane but he has plenty of size and looks pretty mobile. Desire is the big need for a front rower and it all depends whether he has it or not. If he does he should go well, if not then could be another 3 years like the one he's just had

dont know what game you was watching then omeley got through some hard graft, i thought joel was pritty quiet, doesnt look to have a thing on omeley.

Hull fans prefer o meley, rovers fans prefer clinton, think that could save 4 or 5 pages of bickering.

Good call.
It's like Top Trumps on here, innit?

Based on his first 26 mins on British soil that's some summarisation

type in joel clinton vs jerome ropatis on you tube who by the way is a centre smashin clinton and type omeley vs gibbs tells the story itself

Reminds me of the thread on the virtual terrace about which is the greatest derby! For someone reason every supporter thought theres was the best! Very strange! (we know the answer is obvious as there is only ONE TRUE DERBY!)

I agree! He was very quiet in his first 26 minutes on British soil! But I suppose forming a scrum and charging down the baggage handlers in customs is somewhat frowned upon here.

Give him chance,he's not match fit yet.thought his defence was good.Could say the same about lauaki.

Like the look of him, just what we need, big guy, made a run in the first half that none of our other props could of made, took the ball up and went through the defensive line. Was just disappointed that he wasn't on the pitch that long, obviously getting back to full fitness still, think he should be used as an impact prop of the bench.

morgan will probably mnove him to full back

It could work

never mentioned lauaki's defense nor did i state that lauaki's defense was better than joel's, for some one of such a high calibre he should have stood out thats all and for me he was very average in a very average pack.

made a run in the first half that none of our props could have made...? thats worryin because he didnt do much apart from young liam who's only 19 and he was your stand out forward

David Tangata-Toa was pretty average when he first came over here yet turned out to be one of our better players in our promotion season. Clintons only spent a week training with the team, not had the months of pre season, so cannot be judged on his first game, on a wet and muddy saturday night in Castleford.

He clearly is lacking some match fitness but, when he was on the pitch he was okay. He'll do fine for us when his fitness comes back.

To be fair, any Aussi coming over is going to feel jet lagged for a while,the old body clock out of sinc.Plus facing the great British winter for maybe the first time.Think he may be a good aquisition for you.

all i questioned was his debut perfomance but alot of nukkle heads in hear take offense when ther player is judged, all i said was for his calibre it was an average performance would of liked to see more from him

Looked a decent grafter, hard to tell off that game but i dont think hes going to be the tackle busting big hitter that many expect/wanted