For me both Sao & Satae need to be secured asap. I think as GB mentioned Sao has often been underrated, the guy can play for long minutes and yes he’s given a fair few penalties away but I feel that most were born out of frustration and busting his nuts for the team. Both him and Satae are key players for us and integral to us moving forward.

key player for us but not for NRL clubs

Sao has just moved house and referred to Hull as "paradise" so hopefully he's planning to stick around for a while yet.

Sao is a potential candidate for captaincy for me, in particularly if he does make the move to the 2nd row following be success their during the WC. Doesn’t seem the loudest of characters but does his talking through his effort and commitment.

Sao has been average all season in the front row then add in his discipline issues he'd almost become a liability. Now your all lauding him as amazing and a must re-sign after a few good games at second row for another team



He's one of the players like Taylor who needs to seriously up his game next season or bye bye

Who said that he's "amazing"?

Agreed certainly not as good as people are making out

Loads of penalties and silly errors

Played well at times for samoa is clouding people judgement of him for us

Alot of the time satae was carrying the pack on his own

Sao was one of the form props in the comp before he injured his knee.

Plays much longer minutes compared to the other 3 senior props.

Contract wise one thing we'll have to watch next season is Sao, Satae, Evans and Taylor will all be 30 plus.

He has to play long minutes to make up for the 3 weeks of suspensions he recieves the following monday.

Wow! Just wow! He's a consistent 7 or 8 each week, the only prop we have that has an engine for a full game and I actually think he played better at Hull than he did with Samoa , so no clouding of judgement there, for me he's up there with the best props in SL. Satae is great,when he's in the mood, but he needs spelling frequently as his stamina is sometimes questionable - that is not a criticism, merely an observation and those two props are our best combo since Taylor and Watts in their pomp.

Sao and Satae didn't get a great deal of NRL game time, so their bodies should be good for another couple of seasons, the other two have a lot to prove this year if they are to be retained, in my opinion.
There is little doubt that their was a fractious and toxic culture within the club under Hodgson, which may or may not have been down to him personally, but under Smith it already feels better and I actually think we will do well this year if injuries do not kill the squad.

Jesus wept- I typed their in that post when it should have read there! That's age , sorry to anyone of the grammar brigade, unforgivable sin, for which I always chide my offspring!