yes ok, maybe not great... a decent signing then.

a great signing when you put him up against the other prop we signed from the NRL

There is a whole sheet of stats including an interestingly titled one called 'Dead Marine'.

It is just the way the game is now, everything is monitored and reviewed.

LOL. I wonder what that is. Maybe Asotasi scored high on that hence his inclusion.

2 stats I am most interested in. Result and league position.

Yes.

He's no different here then he was in the Nrl. He's never been a wrecking machine busting tackles and smashing players left right and centre, he's always been a hard hitting solid dependable forward. So I don't get what people were expecting from him? He's done a good job for us and I'm happy with him.

Very interesting comparison actually. Although their styles are quite different Trent often went unappreciated and even actively disliked by some when he was actually a very good, hardworking player on the quiet. Harrison is similar at the moment. Sims stands out more obviously but he does put in a good shift consistently. You really can't know him on this years' efforts. Some people won't be satisfied unless we've got 13 Andrew Johns' playing.

Or thane is spot on - he wasn't a blockbusting meter maker in the NRL either. He's a solid prop who's not afraid of the rough stuff. He's the ideal foil if you have a barnstorming prop alongside him, who doesn't get through a lot of graft.

Not sure it's that. In recent years we had an awesome set of props with the likes of Moz, Carvell, Wood and Hill. Now we have a pack which has broadly under performed over the last year. Asotasi has been the subject of critique and I thought it interesting to gauge views on Sims.

interesting to compare the 2, although i know they dont play the same position. Both are forwards, with Waterhouse playing more minutes.



I notice sims has done as many carries this season as Waterhouse did in the last 2.

One thing that has truck me about Sims how often he is prepared to do the hard yards... he will often take 2 out of the 5 drives in near our own line when were under the cosh. He never shirks the workload.

I've also put Currie in from this season so we have another backrower to compare Waterhouse with.... hard working my booty.

People won't realise how good/important Sims actually is until he's gone.