To be fair to him he has acknowledged on Wildcats web site the need to increase his fitness.

I hope Smith gets his mojo back, but it must start with him getting to full fitness (he's played a part in over half of Leeds' games prior to moving to Wakey, so the lack of SL starts idea doesn't really wash). He's never been that quick and obviously isn't a big player (I passed him and Calderwood when England came to Brisbane under Tony Smith and couldn't believe how small they both were compared to the Broncos and Origin backs I've met), but prior to his union stint he was very good value wherever he played, with a real 'big game' mentality and he obviously has a rugby brain.



The other issue is he himself needs to work out where he wants to play. Personally, I think his lack of size and pace mean its either fullback or where Leeds seemed to be working towards this year, in the halfbacks. I wouldn't start him there this year, but I have a feeling he could make a very good stand off if given the chance.