I know Matt very well, he’s a good bloke and is as honest as they come.



He calls it as he sees it and won’t patronise you just for the sake of something to say.



Beware though because he’s an excellent coach, if he sees Wakefield as a top team carrying a genuine threat he will have Wigan ready for anything we could throw at them.

Quote ="vastman"Hall is the most natural raw Centre talent I have seen since Paul Newlove. He's a bit to go but his natural ability and his composure shine through. I think Murphy is a natural athlete again and has the composure but he's not the natural IMO that Hall is or TJ was at that age. He will have to work at his game but if he does he will do very well indeed. Also, TBF if it was a big step up for Hall it was a huge one for Murphy. Well done to them ">both.'" Paul Newlove, that's going back a bit. Trouble is I remember his dad, John, playing for Feath and Hull icon_smile.gif" alt="icon_smile.gif" title="Smile" />

Quote ="vastman"Hall is the most natural raw Centre talent I have seen since Paul Newlove. He's a bit to go but his natural ability and his composure shine through. I think Murphy is a natural athlete again and has the composure but he's not the natural IMO that Hall is or TJ was at that age. He will have to work at his game but if he does he will do very well indeed. Also, TBF if it was a big step up for Hall it was a huge one for Murphy. Well done to them ">both.'" Paul Newlove, that's going back a bit. Trouble is I remember his dad, John, playing for Feath and Hull icon_smile.gif" alt="icon_smile.gif" title="Smile" />

Yep it was great to see them against Warrington and then Wigan neither looked out of place and will only get better. Hall looks special and Murphy is doing himself no harm I would like to see him on a distant break to see his pace

Quote ="phe13"Paul Newlove, that's going back a bit. Trouble is I remember his dad, John, playing for Feath and Hull icon_smile.gif" alt="icon_smile.gif" title="Smile" />'" I thought of the old Featherstone Baldies front row the other night watching Cas. Many of Cas's forwards are baldies by choice rather than age I admit though.

Quote ="phe13"Paul Newlove, that's going back a bit. Trouble is I remember his dad, John, playing for Feath and Hull icon_smile.gif" alt="icon_smile.gif" title="Smile" />'" I thought of the old Featherstone Baldies front row the other night watching Cas. Many of Cas's forwards are baldies by choice rather than age I admit though.

Quote ="Fordy"I think that the young lad Newman at Leeds could go a very long way too, to be fair, if he can get over the ">injuries.'" I agree I think Corey Hall is at the moment behind the likes of Farnworth (who I am very excited about as an England fan) and Newman. The latter 2 though are 3 years older and have had much more exposure to a higher level of rugby than Hall who it is easy to forget is still in reality in his first year of SL. He has a lot of potential and I see no reason why he shouldn’t be pushing very hard for a starting berth at the World Cup following this one as he has all the tools to do it, he just needs to keep working hard and getting games under his belt. I’ve always been a country over club man as I think we need a strong international game for rugby league to thrive and it’s refreshing to see quality outside backs starting to push through the development systems in numbers. If we could get some more quality and depth in and around the halves and 9 we won’t be far off in a few years time….big IF though.

Quote ="Fordy"I think that the young lad Newman at Leeds could go a very long way too, to be fair, if he can get over the ">injuries.'" I agree I think Corey Hall is at the moment behind the likes of Farnworth (who I am very excited about as an England fan) and Newman. The latter 2 though are 3 years older and have had much more exposure to a higher level of rugby than Hall who it is easy to forget is still in reality in his first year of SL. He has a lot of potential and I see no reason why he shouldn’t be pushing very hard for a starting berth at the World Cup following this one as he has all the tools to do it, he just needs to keep working hard and getting games under his belt. I’ve always been a country over club man as I think we need a strong international game for rugby league to thrive and it’s refreshing to see quality outside backs starting to push through the development systems in numbers. If we could get some more quality and depth in and around the halves and 9 we won’t be far off in a few years time….big IF though.

Quote ="jonh"I agree I think Corey Hall is at the moment behind the likes of Farnworth (who I am very excited about as an England fan) and Newman. The latter 2 though are 3 years older and have had much more exposure to a higher level of rugby than Hall who it is easy to forget is still in reality in his first year of SL. He has a lot of potential and I see no reason why he shouldn’t be pushing very hard for a starting berth at the World Cup following this one as he has all the tools to do it, he just needs to keep working hard and getting games under his belt. I’ve always been a country over club man as I think we need a strong international game for rugby league to thrive and it’s refreshing to see quality outside backs starting to push through the development systems in numbers. If we could get some more quality and depth in and around the halves and 9 we won’t be far off in a few years time….big IF ">though.'" I think we’re starting to see some quality come through in the halves. Olly Russell at Huddersfield hasn’t looked out of place this year Rowan Miles has stepped up when asked at Hull KR Truman has done well at Castleford There’s still loads to come from Harry Smith at Wigan The headliners though are Mikey Lewis at HKR Lewis Dodd at Sts Will Price at Huddersfield That’s more home grown halves playing at SL level than we’ve produced in the last 20 years

Quote ="jonh"I agree I think Corey Hall is at the moment behind the likes of Farnworth (who I am very excited about as an England fan) and Newman. The latter 2 though are 3 years older and have had much more exposure to a higher level of rugby than Hall who it is easy to forget is still in reality in his first year of SL. He has a lot of potential and I see no reason why he shouldn’t be pushing very hard for a starting berth at the World Cup following this one as he has all the tools to do it, he just needs to keep working hard and getting games under his belt. I’ve always been a country over club man as I think we need a strong international game for rugby league to thrive and it’s refreshing to see quality outside backs starting to push through the development systems in numbers. If we could get some more quality and depth in and around the halves and 9 we won’t be far off in a few years time….big IF ">though.'" I think we’re starting to see some quality come through in the halves. Olly Russell at Huddersfield hasn’t looked out of place this year Rowan Miles has stepped up when asked at Hull KR Truman has done well at Castleford There’s still loads to come from Harry Smith at Wigan The headliners though are Mikey Lewis at HKR Lewis Dodd at Sts Will Price at Huddersfield That’s more home grown halves playing at SL level than we’ve produced in the last 20 years