Its too light-weight for that. Plenty of skill and guile not much power though. A hardened super-league forward would knock that side about a bit I think.

Edited for accuracy. Leytherjay won't mind.

From my completely unbiased viewpoint (Leigh shirt in the West Stand as I couldn't be bothered queuing for the South), I thought Hill didn't look out of place in the slightest and to play the full first half and opening 10-15 minutes of the second half was good going for such an early run out.

Thought the scoreline flattered Widnes in all honesty.

he's already got plenty of expereince and with full time training and some mentoring from Moz; I think Hill will go very well this year.

chris Hill is going to leave a massive void to fill in our team this season. A cracking lad who lead from example. If Adrian can mentor him I think you will have another international in your team. Ran himself to a standstill some games.

If Widnes have Isa and Ah Van on that left side this season then it'll be the weakest centre/wing combo, worse than Charnley/Tomkins IMO. Both seem suspect in defence and lazy in attack, which we'd seen from them last year.