On that note - I'd take Sam McIntyre back in a heart-beat!
Great hands - the cardio fitness to keep pushing up in the ruck & staying on the ball (as the best contemporary 13s do) - and he has the consistently best mid-riff tackling technique of any forward we have had since Ben Galea!!
He not only hits & sticks - but he knows how to use his shoulder and really stings his opponents!
A concept that is very foreign to Luke Garner for instance - or even Twal who is extremely effective but never hurts his opponent.
He may not be as dynamic as Radley or Murray - but he is a bigger body and has all their other attributes.
The fact that he had a negotiated contract extension printed but that was never executed while our hopeless CEO went on holidays - leaving the Titans to gazump us is yet another black eye and major embarrassment for our dysfunctional and incompetent senior management team!
He is also a great kid who loved the club and playing under Madge - & he was very happy living in the Ryde area.
Can’t have been that happy, took off without even seeking an extension with the club…
And went looking for a run at a club that had bought about 2 mill worth of back rowers (not including him) on top of what they already had…
The outcome is as expected - he barely gets a run!!