He was pretty solid at the Sharks too, but definitely has stepped up his game since coming to Newcastle. Definitely one of the buys of the year in the whole comp.
Sticky found out the hard way in 07 in favour of bs rotation of his hookers.
Sheensy took him from lock to dummy half as he had fears that whilst he was good enough to be in lower grades he wouldn't last long in firsts due to lack of size.Size of heart never disputed.He's painfully shy and it showed early on when trying to fit in with dominant characters on field.This was the case at the tigers and early on at cronulla.There is the added bonus of smith being great with young blokes who are still learning their craft.He must have a bit of hillbilly in him as he has fitted in a treat at Newcastle.
Yeah , In lower grades and was just as important to the teams as he is making himself now. But sheens thought it was not in his interests if he wanted to make firsts due to quality and quantity of back rowers around these days that are a lot bigger than him and so obviously have more of an impact in the role they have. So hooker was the option that would benefit Isaac and at the time the Tigers as a back up to Farrah.That turned to sh-t as Flannagan was the bright eyed boy being pushed by the basket weaving side of the merger.So here he is.
