And there's a good reason why Canberra let him go mid way through the season - he was taking up good cap space without really doing a great deal.

Lot's of touchy dobbins around today. Are you all feeling tense in case you need to find a new song tomorrow?

Quite happy here in Sydney thanks, well away from you lot dressing up ready for your weekly funeral! Genuinely hope you have a good day whatever happens, can't say I'm particularly that fussed. The standard of SL is appalling these days (I'm now a fully fledged NRL snob you see

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One night away from your 4th cup final of the season and...spending your time on here, you obsessed tool.

No new song just a tweaking instead of you'll never win at Wembley it will be you'll never beat us at Wembley

This about dane tilse or them?

Unfair, you only get there every 30 years or so.

Anyway, I doubt you'll need a new song. i hope you're all miserable at about 5pm but doubt it somehow

The fact remains he has played 200 NRL games, an average SL or Championship player wouldn't get a look in the NRL. He may have been out of favour, lost a bit of form like lots do, or Canberra wanted space on the cap to bring another player in. But a player who has achieved this level is worth bringing across and giving him a fresh start.

If playing 200 NRL games is not a good enough standard to play for Rovers, what level is and do you think we have a realistic chance of signing anyone at this level while the club remains rooted at the bottom end of SL?

To answer your question, yes we do, if the club actually get their recruitment right and put a bit of effort in. Not sending Smith across here on a jolly might help - FC sent Motu Tony (someone who actually has credibility!) and look how that turned out.

Tilse is not worth a quota spot or the amount he will be taking up in the cap, and whoever decided on a 2 and a half year deal is clearly a first class pillock

because you will probably never get there again.

What a strange comment. Then again, strange is as strange does.

I've defended Tilse in the past, but he was cack today. Not the only one though.

Completely dominated by the leigh pack today. He's a donkey

Who was that Patterson bloke? He had a cracker!

Used to be in the same side as watts and taylor I think

Really? We missed a trick there then, signing those three would have been awesome.

taylor wanted out but your management binned the other 2 whilst still under contract

Patterson was totally knackered in that first half and looked awful, then when Leigh got on the front foot in the second half looked a different player.....which is how he was with us, hot and cold

Still think tilse is our 2nd best big guy . allgood donno Larroyer the destroyer and worst of all Clarkson were spineless sack of weak dog doo not a new problem and it's criminal hasn't been sorted.sio going off was game over

How anyone can defend Tilse is beyond me. A stood on the stands and watched Tilse go an average of 3 metres every carry (equivalent of him fallng over), missing vital tackles, knocking the ball on AND giving stupid passes. That was just today.

I have witnessed this all season. Yes his tackle stats look good, bit stats are easy to misinterpret, as being 3rd man in is still a tackle. His missed tackle a month ago led directly to a Batley try. The kid is nothing more than average, and can bevva lot less than that some games.

My brother describes him as an oxygen thief. I have my own name for him.....

See where you coming from but why does tilse get both barrels from speccys whilst 3 quarter of pack are worse..only greenwood and walker I'd put above him this season. Ok he is probably earning more than greenwood I'd guess?tilse is nowhere near our biggest problem. Wakey binned Webster as he steered them to relegation. Smith baled them out.why we thought Webster would do any better with us is the real problem

Tilse gets both barrels because he deserved it today. His missed tackle (one of many) gifted Leigh their last try (like v Batley), and coughing up the ball etc etc.

He knows he's crap, hence why he was the ONLY player not to walk over to the East Stand after the match. He just disappeared.

webster is in place because he's a cheap yes man. peacock has previously said he's now involved in the coaching side. webster is just a patsy

Webster doesn't seem to know anything that's going on at the club everytime something major happens he just says he doesn't know it's like he just turns up 5 minutes before kick off and goes home straight after until the next week