Fair point, probably was harsh for me to call them average however. I do not think they have a better 17 than us, much closer!

I would say 8 of our players are better than there; leaving 9 players better than our own and I do believe we could have an argument for Lyne and Randell when on form.

Gigot vs Jowitt
Tierney vs Jones-Bishop
Mead vs Lyne
Wiliame vs Tupou
Yaha vs Johnstone

Langi vs Miller
Drinkwater vs Hampshire

Simon vs Hirst
McIlorum vs Randell
Moa vs Fifita
Jullien vs Ashurst
Garcia vs Batchelor
Casty vs Horo

Interchanges:

Bousquet vs Pauli
Anderson vs Arona
Edwards vs Wood
Baitieri vs Huby

It's a testament to the high standard of players they have when their best forward Bousquet rarely gets a mention.

I think Bousquet is just the type of player that we are missing in the pack here, constantly punching holes in the defense, landing on his front, getting a quick play the ball. As you say he very rarely gets a mention and a lot of his work seems to go unnoticed to most but he sets a great platform.

Like Simon when he came over, the problem is with a lot of these French lads; they get home sick and generally don't last very long.

Not sure what the stats say, but I wouldn't mind betting he's not far off the top for offloads.

3rd on 39 offloads so far this season.