Dude he sh*t, he doesn't have a run from dummy, he has no speed, he doesn't kick and his passing is crap. I've never seen a worse dummy half than him when he comes to passing.
The only good thing that Matt Keating has done in the last 2 years is score that very good try against Penrith in late 2009. He actually ran the ball. Apart from that he has been sh*t house.
He runs from dummy half quite a bit actually. People just don't notice because often he is throwing a lot of
dummies.
He is adequate in speed.
I doubt it's his fault he didn't kick much in 2010. Keating has a very good kicking game and he would know that, only reason I can see he didn't use it is because of pressure both on the field and from the coach.
His passing is fine for a dummy half.
He's no superstar but he is easily the best hooker at our club and far from "sh*t".
He was brilliant in tandem with Kingston in 2009, you may not have noticed because Kingston was involved in the latter stages of each half when we tended to score more points; that's why I believe Keating will do with Mitchell in 2011, see out the first 20-25 of each half then let Mitchell come on for the easier stages to tear up.
Keating is one of the best defensive hookers in the game, and he's the type of player every club needs; solid, dependable, high work-rate, and some skill with kicking to boot.
