Wigan Warriors • Forward watch
NickyKiss wrote:
I love watching Byrne this season. He has no respect for his own safety in attack or defence and he’ll just get better as he gets older and keeps filling out.
I’d love to know how good Havard thinks he is himself. I’d be constantly telling that kid how good he can be at this game. He’s a freak but I watch him and even when churning out big numbers, I think he plays things safe at times. That’s not a criticism, he’s only young and everyone needs to build their confidence. He’s a fantastic player already but there is no ceiling on how good he can be.
Byrne is so massively improved this season as to be hardly recognisable as the same player. He takes the ball into the defence so strongly now and has also managed to eliminate the errors he was often prone to. It's hard to say "our best prop" so far as they've all been going well in their own ways but he's there or thereabouts. The improvement in them is very encouraging when you think that Havard, Byrne and Smithies are all still very young, especially for forwards. You wouldn't expect them to peak for another 4 or 5 years yet.
Havard is a machine. I know what you mean with regards to a feeling that there's more in reserve but I'm happy for him to keep churning out 100+ metres every week! We have a very good rotation in the making right now and you feel there's still much more to come.
Special mention for Mago here as he cops some flak over his minutes. As with Wakefield he showed exactly what he can do and how we should use him going forward. I don't think there's another prop in Superleague who can do what he can. Keep refining what he does and how we best use him and we have a tremendous asset and variation to our front row.
Statistics: Posted by Phuzzy — Sat Apr 30, 2022 1:05 pm — Replies 309 — Views 266489