By MARK CASHMAN

Christian Poidevin is still very much in the early stages of his Shute Shield career but he underlined his worth to his side Randwick at the weekend in their 42-24 win over Sydney Uni on Saturday.

Poidevin has been missing for the past three games - Northern Suburbs, Gordon and Eastwood - all matches they lost with the game against Norths heavier than the other two and one that may be looked upon as a turning point.

Randwick skipped out to a 28-0 lead in the first half hour of the 7TWO TV match of the round with Ben Donaldson, feeling a lot more at home than the week before, and Dave Horwitz doing some good stuff.