I think Tupou was his own worst enemy, he had all the credentials for a stroming winger but never showed them. I recall him playing at Cardiff year before last, and when Leeds broke away on the opposite wing he had the speed to catch the player, but just gave up the race and let the opponent put the ball under the posts. I hate a player who won't try, but anyway good luck to him in Aussie.

How much time could we afford to keep paying him though?

Anyway - it is indicative of the McNamara era. Just divert the blame onto any other easy targets.

The expectation of him being better than Rikki Sheriffe would have been too high. At least Sheriffe can be bothered. Well, most of the time.

It was a bit strange with Tupou. He always looked, what shall we say, Lethargic? Right from the off he seemed stiff and unathletic but in his early games he was, despite all the supposed shortcomings, surprisingly effective and scored just a little under a try a game in that first end of season period, though I`ll draw a veil over his defence

You might as well, it'd be about as effective