Re: Wigans 19 for Thursday against Huddersfield : Fri Jul 13, 2018 4:40 pm  

About time Locks retired only did 20 minutes again, came off injured.

Re: Wigans 19 for Thursday against Huddersfield : Fri Jul 13, 2018 4:52 pm  

Ashton Bears wrote:

About time Locks retired only did 20 minutes again, came off injured.

Surely not, According to most he is going around again

Re: Wigans 19 for Thursday against Huddersfield : Fri Jul 13, 2018 5:29 pm  

So how did Kabula go?

Re: Wigans 19 for Thursday against Huddersfield : Fri Jul 13, 2018 6:38 pm  

Levrier wrote:

So how did Kabula go?

I was going to ask that!

Re: Wigans 19 for Thursday against Huddersfield : Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:01 pm  

From a hudds fan he ran decently but in my opinion was very poor in defence

Re: Wigans 19 for Thursday against Huddersfield : Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:49 pm  

Joehudds wrote:

From a hudds fan he ran decently but in my opinion was very poor in defence

I'd agree, not the finished article by any means, but lots of potential

Re: Wigans 19 for Thursday against Huddersfield : Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:22 am  

Ashton Bears wrote:

About time Locks retired only did 20 minutes again, came off injured.

Don't know about retirement but i think he needs to have a serious think about International Rugby . Not going to make the next World Cup so whats the point . The last thing he or Wigan need is for him to extend this domestic season with 4 International games .

Regards EW

Re: Wigans 19 for Thursday against Huddersfield : Sat Jul 14, 2018 7:50 am  

I honestly thought Kibula really struggled. He did have one great run though.

He came out way too fast in defence and made some poor tackle attempts resulting in high tackles. That may well be over enthusiasm on debut.
A good comparison is Kibula and Matty English. Very similar in age, but it's clear that Matty English is way ahead of Kibula currently.
The main thing for Kibula will be game time. Once he gets up to super league fitness and speed I believehe could be devastating. But he's got lots of hard work ahead of him and needs to stay patient.

Let's be honest, seeing a huge guy taking a hit up is always a great sight.

Re: Wigans 19 for Thursday against Huddersfield : Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:20 am  

Chetnik wrote:

I honestly thought Kibula really struggled. He did have one great run though.

He came out way too fast in defence and made some poor tackle attempts resulting in high tackles. That may well be over enthusiasm on debut.
A good comparison is Kibula and Matty English. Very similar in age, but it's clear that Matty English is way ahead of Kibula currently.
The main thing for Kibula will be game time. Once he gets up to super league fitness and speed I believehe could be devastating. But he's got lots of hard work ahead of him and needs to stay patient.

Let's be honest, seeing a huge guy taking a hit up is always a great sight.

Kibula is still only 18 years of age. Two years is a lot at this stage. I actually think that Liam Byrne and Ollie Partington will be challenging Kibula for that prop spot.

Re: Wigans 19 for Thursday against Huddersfield : Sat Jul 14, 2018 4:11 pm  

I was only able to listen to the radio commentary in spells at work and heard Kibula only took 1 drive in 15 mins. That simply isn’t enough but I won’t judge an 18 year old prop on just his debut. He’s got the talent and years of development in him and I reckon he’ll be a cracker.