I thought this was an odd signing for Wasps. They also signed Tom Varndel (already with England international experience), they have Walder playing well at 10 and are thinking of Cipriani at 15 (who for some reason they seem contractually obliged to play no matter how rubbish he is). They do seem to have a lot of backs in the squad, wheras they unloaded forwards. I can't see where Smith fits in. IMO he's already wayyy better than Cipriani, who only seems to be able to play behind the better pack, and who can't goalkick for toffee (oooh, when will he get his confidence back? Kelly Brooke has ensured he's marketable for another few years without ever putting in a decent rugby display, so Lee better get himself a celebrity bird asap).

And yes, I'm back from my yearly wonderful 2 weeks of torture in the US equivalent of Slough.

Indeed

Remember how Widnes put Jonathon Davies in their A-Team for about half-a-season before unleashing him on the league ?

T'was only the Leeds of old that spend big money on a cross code player and then throw him straight in, only to see that player washed up and battered 9 months later his confidence shot to pieces.

Quote ="Clearwing"According to this www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 8,11193157 it seems as if the wasps coaches have questioned his level of fitness. Fans aren't having a go but it may, in part, explain his absence from the team.'" Jesus, he must have let himself go, if he's not fit enough to play Rugby Union

Quote ="Clearwing"According to this www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 8,11193157 it seems as if the wasps coaches have questioned his level of fitness. Fans aren't having a go but it may, in part, explain his absence from the team.'" Jesus, he must have let himself go, if he's not fit enough to play Rugby Union

Lets hope he does sign for Wigan, a big loss to RL as he is a natural try scorer with a bit of in him which I like in a player.

Good enough to make 17 saints his bitches for three years on the trot though. Then again you can say the same thing of the entire Rhinos squad. HTH

Kapowwww

Apparently he's not in Wasps A team match tomorrow, so I'd guess he's either nowhere near playing or he could be in line to make an appearance for the first team very soon.

He was at Headingley yesterday supporting Matt Diskins' testemonial, unlike the majority of our fekkwitt, bandwaggoning, excuse making supporter base.

Brian Noble was at Headingley too, [size=50although he probably wasn't there simply for Diskins' testimonial [/size

Supporting it how? did he pay to get in ? I doubt it very much .

Was in a fatness or fitness test he failed ?

quality

Well I'm glad we cleared that up.

Chris Ashton isn't a winger IMO,
So if he can score the bucket full of tries he has, then Smithy can too!

Imo Smithy will start on the wing but could end up at full back, which could prove to be his best position afterall

Why are you so bothered about what others spend their money on? It's getting tiring now.

Ashton can't defend though so thats why he's ended up on the wing at Northampton. He's doing a fine job of it at the minute though by the sounds of it and seems to be going through a period where everything he touches turns to gold just like happened when he first came through at Wigan. His pace is immense and in a winning side he's a great weapon.

As for Smith I just think he's choose a bad time to make the move. He's worked hard at Leeds for years to nail down a regular spot and just as he did that he decided to move onto Rugby Union. He should have stayed in League for at least another 2 or 3 years imo.

Go to sleep then bumbaclot.

I presume thats the old mans version of bumberclart?

I an I was righted with mi spelling but naa worry bout it.

Is it not 'Bumbo claat'?

A few players on here giving him a bit of banter www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2 ... 7522032..1

A few players on here giving him a bit of banter www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2 ... 7522032..1

If he'd stayed at Leeds he'd probably have ended up as fullback taking over from Webb in the long term. He was not and never will be a centre IMO.

So you weren't there either then.

Did a more than adequate job there last year. In fact, a very good one. His England call up at cenre was more than justified,

I agree he looked a natural full back though.