Thought the referee had a stinker, could not control the off sides, holding down. The game looked to fast for him . Seemed in bewilderment many times at what to do next. Missed loads of forward passes, think there was one penalty for an offside late in the game.

Being very fit and able to run fast does not make a good referee, at least he was the some for both teams

Just read a statement from Danny Orr, in reference to cas, saying, "we we're out muscled". OMG, when was the last time we heard that against SL opposition. Emmit looks a cracking deal, what were cas thinking when the let him go in return for particularly unathletic Ryan Boyle, and Walne isn't letting anyone down. Collectively the front row is actually better than last seasons.

Couldn't agree more, our front row are laying a good platform. We are still missing a Stapleton or Cashmere to give us some experience up there though.

I thought Foran looked sharp at acting half-back. He was getting the ball away from the ruck area quicker than Wayne Godwin does. I've a feeling he's played hooker before.



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...but that's a good thing, surely. It means the opposition don't know what he's going to do. Saints used to use James Graham in a similar way. Mauro certainly has the ability to put a decent pass out (he threw out a real defence splitter at Wakefield that led to a try) so why not use it?



Maybe it was a deliberate ploy to make sure he wasn't involved in that first play, because all the receiver ever does it shovel it on to the nearest forward. He never tried anything different did he?



I thought he did OK. Gave very few penalties and let the game flow. I'd prefer that to a nit-picking performance with lots of whistle.

Don't really understand where this anti-Foran stuff comes from. He looks quality to me; very sharp, vocal, good organiser and a good kicking game. He is obviously still a little unfit so can only get better once his fitness improves. Maybe people knock him and Mauro because they're Veivers' signings?

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Neither Foran or Mauro did themselves any favours by arriving so out of shape, which might be causing Foran's lack of pace. Neither let us down on Saturday, and Mauro showed plenty of strength, unless we find a true world class forward he's worth keeping hold off.

I have a sneaky feeling Foran will become like Josh White was, most people knows hes crap but some will back him to the end and then he will leave our club never to appear on the rugby radar again due to his lack of quality

I think Foran needs to go to the toilet before going out onto the pitch, either that or he's got his legs on the wrong way!

True , He has a distinct way of walking/limping , gingerly .He must be carrying either an injury or an impressive set .

Foran is nowhere near as bad ad people have made out. Don't get me wrong he's no world beater and I think we already had better in Sneyd, Evalds, Theo and Owen but even so the criticism is harsh.

The criticism of Foran and Mauro is because they arrived massively unfit and if anything appear to be getting less fit. They've been here since February and there's been no improvement in their fitness. As you say about Foran 'he's no world beater', so why on earth did he get a three year contract? I breathed a sigh of relief when they both waddled off on Saturday.

I thought they were signed on 2 year deals?



They arrived unfit because they had only recently begun pre-season training in Oz, this move wasn't in the pipeline for months it literally happened in days. Neither should have played vs London but Veivers thought he knew better. Mauro in particular was unfortunate to pick up his injury which hampered his already lacking fitness.



I thought both contributed more than enough on Saturday night, especially Foran who had more impact at dummy half than Wagga.