Just on Watson (please I hope I don't jinx him), he has strung a couple of games together, doesn't look like breaking down anytime soon and he has been one of our best players nearly every game.
I think if he keeps fit, he will be a key piece going forward for us. At the Roosters and when he first came here, he wasn't skilled enough with the ball to be a real half nor did he have the grit or sense to be a full-time hooker but with the game shifting in a new faster and slicker direction, I think we have struck gold with the lad.
The Connor Watson role. An impact middle forward who is quick, shifty, defends well, can make something happen when darting out from dummy half and can poke his head through with his carries. He is different from the traditional backrower mids and isn't an enforcer middle like Victor Radley. He is playing the Connor Watson role.
This season so far he has had to carry more of the attacking workload because we had Ponga and a Pearce out and had to rely on Mann. Once we get the lads back and Connor can go back to being himself (just run the ball, sniff for offloads and get into dummy half for a quick run) I think we are going to see an almost rep level player.
Or he will go down injured on the weekend and I would have wasted five minutes....
