Mahe Fonua : Sat Sep 30, 2017 10:24 pm  

Totally deserves his own page of thanks and tributes.

Been a great servant to Hull and one who will live forever in the Club's history.

Two Wembley wins, three Wembley tries and one of the best catchers of the attacking kick that the game has seen.

Totally embraced the great spirit running throughout the club these days.

Thanks Mahe and good luck in the NRL.

Re: Mahe Fonua : Sat Sep 30, 2017 10:29 pm  

Sensational recruitment from Radders and Motu - been fantastic. Huge boots to fill both on the field in terms of talent and off the field in personality. It's been an absolute pleasure, hope he's a huge success at Wests and that some day he comes back to us.

Re: Mahe Fonua : Sat Sep 30, 2017 10:53 pm  

Best Centre then winger in the league for the past 2 years, going to be a massive miss

Re: Mahe Fonua : Sat Sep 30, 2017 11:14 pm  

One of our best ever imports. Superb player. We'll really miss him

Re: Mahe Fonua : Sun Oct 01, 2017 6:29 am  

Brilliant signing who'll be missed. The occasional error aside he's been excellent at centre and on the wing. Great at taking the ball up and a brick wall in defence. He's a great character too and always comes across humble in interviews.

I wish him well at Wests, would love to see him back at Hull some day.

Re: Mahe Fonua : Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:09 am  

Fonua has been absolutely brilliant for us. Knew nothing at all about him when he signed too. I hope Faraimo is at least half as good as Fonua. Wish him all the best

With Fonua and Michaels leaving does that mean Rawsthorne will get some game time behind Tuli and Faraimo?

Re: Mahe Fonua : Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:16 am  

rodney_trotter wrote:

Fonua has been absolutely brilliant for us. Knew nothing at all about him when he signed too. I hope Faraimo is at least half as good as Fonua. Wish him all the best

With Fonua and Michaels leaving does that mean Rawsthorne will get some game time behind Tuli and Faraimo?

In the short term I'd imagine we're more likely to see Griffin as back-up winger. Rawsthorne has potential but probably needs to bulk up a little to play the role our wingers do.

Re: Mahe Fonua : Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:33 am  

Cardiff_05 wrote:

In the short term I'd imagine we're more likely to see Griffin as back-up winger. Rawsthorne has potential but probably needs to bulk up a little to play the role our wingers do.

Agree - we've signed Miloudi as well but not sure how far off he is.

Re: Mahe Fonua : Sun Oct 01, 2017 8:11 am  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Agree - we've signed Miloudi as well but not sure how far off he is.

Personally I'd doubt he'll play for the first team unless there's an injury crisis.

Re: Mahe Fonua : Sun Oct 01, 2017 8:15 am  

Cardiff_05 wrote:

Personally I'd doubt he'll play for the first team unless there's an injury crisis.

Same. There's also Jack Logan in the mix, not sure where he's up to.