Pardon

Ah! Eric, Oldhams finest son.

Would that be the Eric Sykes who played rugby for the RAF, or some other Eric Sykes?

Was a good player at London/Quins...we played him Full back or centre...where all he had to do was pick a gap and run hard....did a good job for us. Then we sold him, along with Mr Sheriffe and Worrincey to the Bulls and look at the stella performances they've put in since that move!! Loving it

Broncos-Quins SL record:

2001-2007 - 127 games, 41 tries about 1 try every 3 games from mainly full back, but also centre.



Bradford SL record:

2008-

67 games, 26 tries, most from centre.



Until this year, he was averaging one every other game...so unless he is setting up loads, I would think he is best played at centre or even FB.

His try scoring record is still better at Bradford though, but I suppose on average we score more tries.



He hasn't scored many (if any) at stand-off, but he has 9 assists this season so that makes up for it I suppose.

His strike rate is better from centre than it is elsewhere (was the same at Broncos)/......2 tries and 9 assists from 17 matches would point to him being better played in the position that England/GB capped him......

Trouble is that we have no-one else.



Also his defence is much less exposed when he's nearer the middle. When he defended at centre I used to despair, he took so many wrong options.

Still, at least you've got another three years to get those deficiencies out of his game.

Don't rate him one bit.

So the Bulls have signed him up for 3 years. Do you think that the new coach been consulted?

I'm fairly pleased at this.



Home-grown and can cover 3 positions to a reasonable standard.



Not been at his best the past few weeks, but he is versatile & come through our academy so is the type of player we should be tying down to a longer deal.