The World's best centre has spent this evening in Tony Clubb's back pocket

Indeed.

the lad played well!

still, i expect a few tries from the king/penny partnership when the weather improves

Tony Clubb made Matt King look scared of getting hit all evening.

Plus he made a few foraging runs, leaving the Test centre in his wake.

A decent youngster from Kent makes an Australian international look very, very average.

very nice to see that the majority of the squad are british players too.

Definately not a top centre as is being claimed from certain people. For his size he looks incredibly weak, particularly in defence.

physically weak or technically in defence?

He is a big lad and so he could be coached to use that size better.

He flew out the line and dominated Matt King, on other days he may have missed him and been caught out, not today.

He is raw. Some people see him moving into the second-row at some stage of his career. At this moment he is a hard-working youngster who has potential, a good solid centre or winger.

Sorry I wasn't following the thread properly

The Quins lad did very well, I was talking about Matt King, who is both physically weak and technically in defence.

Clubb, Mbu, Worrincy... all grafters punching above their weight because of the amazing work ethic and team spirit at Quins (Joe wasn't even rated at Donny FFS...). Goes to show the value of local pride... and there's more coming through after 7 or 8 years hard development work (following 2 wasted decades of short term fixes). The future's bright in London, bring it on!!

It's funny because my dad ( who doesent watch much rugby league these days) pointed out King the other week on a Sky game and described him as a bloody big lad who runs like a big girl!

He walked in tonight just as King was being flung into touch.

He needs to improve Asap because even thou a great player for Melbourne. He is playing absolute sh*t!!! for Warrington.

Aye , in those perfect conditions tonight you would expect the backs to shine wouldn't you

Strange, Clubb, Sherrife, Sharpe and Wells had decent games

How many tries did they score between them? Lets face it this thread has been set up and has been joined by jealous fans eager to knock a top player that is playing for somebody elses club. Would any super league club not want Matt King in their team? Lets wait until the grounds firm up before we write a aussie international back off as not good enough.

An International back was kept in his place by a young player from Kent, now who do you think would have more experience of playing in wet conditions, a young lad from down south who's only been in the game a few years or a guy who has played a few winter seasons in Melbourne, a climate not renown for being dry?

A good player plays well no matter what the conditions, Penny saw p1$$ poor service all night.

Seemed to me that neither centre had a lot of faith in their wingers.

You've got to be kidding. Never heard his name mentioned once!

On King, give the guy time. It took Lyon about a dozen matches to get into the swing of things and he was playing in a good team.

King owned yet again

It's frustrating to watch him as a wire fan at the moment. But I believe he'll come good once 'the ground firms up', as people say. Even signing for Warrington can't wash that much quality off him!

After last night's game it would be difficult and harsh to assess anyone properly, but well done to quins, played the game as it needed to be played in the weather.

King may not be fully fit....but Clubb owned him last night!

I know unbeliable isn't it. On that dry frim pitch you would think the ball would have been sprayed out to the wingers.

If he only plays well in the dry then why buy him?

Horses for courses, i think it's generally excepted that in dry conditions you play with your backs, when its wet and slippy (last night was a quagmire) you would tend not to pass to much and lets the forwards do the work. Of course you knew this already, you just wish to act obtusely.

No, what happens is the backs come inside and share the work something the Quins backs did in bucketloads and something that King didn't want to do and when he had the odd chance of passing the ball he made an @rse of it.

Well said.

King is a top class player but he still needs time to settle in. He has had a few knocks too which won't have helped.

He will still prove to be a major force as the games go by.