Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Mar 13, 2013 1:15 pm  

Heard a buzz that Mick Dobson could soon be on his way to Saints.

Would be a good acquisition for them

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:25 pm  

Shaun Wane has said they have been searching for players in Super League and the NRL to add to the current squad. With players like Alex Brown at Hull KR and Chris Hill at Warrington coming from the Championship to the Super League isn't it about time we started to look for players in the Championship league.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:40 pm  

Warriors73 wrote:

Shaun Wane has said they have been searching for players in Super League and the NRL to add to the current squad. With players like Alex Brown at Hull KR and Chris Hill at Warrington coming from the Championship to the Super League isn't it about time we started to look for players in the Championship league.

we are. where do you think the Welsh lads have come from ?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:21 pm  

ShortArse wrote:

Warriors73 wrote:

Shaun Wane has said they have been searching for players in Super League and the NRL to add to the current squad. With players like Alex Brown at Hull KR and Chris Hill at Warrington coming from the Championship to the Super League isn't it about time we started to look for players in the Championship league.

we are. where do you think the Welsh lads have come from ?

Correct me if I'm wrong but both Flower and Dudson played for the Crusaders in SL didn't they?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:50 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong but both Flower and Dudson played for the Crusaders in SL didn't they?

You are correct, they both did. Rhodri Lloyd and Rhys Pugsley both came from Crusaders SL academy as well. We will no doubt pick up some others over the next few years from outside of SL though via our links with South Wales Scorpions and Wales RL. They may well come straight into our systems before becoming established Championship players though rather than being bought like Chris Hill or Zak Hardaker were.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:19 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong but both Flower and Dudson played for the Crusaders in SL didn't they?

apologies - id forgotten they were in SL then.
however, with the targeting of Welsh players, we have certainly been widening the net outside of the usual areas. Its not as tho these lads were being heavily tipped as potential candidates, or were on the radars of lots of other SL outfits, and being products of Crusaders academy is hardly the same as coming from Leeds, Wire or Saints.
the Club has deliberately decided to invest in the untapped potential of the Welsh players, and have mostly taken then on potential as opposed to proven performances.this is also shown by the link with SW Scorpions.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:57 pm  

Whats up with Lauaki?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:21 pm  

Lauaki and shaun wane have had words in pre=season [did lauaki pull out of the warrington game in pre saeson]

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Mar 16, 2013 7:39 pm  

hullandbroncos wrote:

Whats up with Lauaki?

He's been out injured all season so far (think it's his back IIRC). He's not a big loss for us anyway though going off last season's form. I'm not sure if he would be better at second row where he has smaller men to run at, but then again he does seem quite flat footed in defence too which could be exploited

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:10 pm  

Not injured. Think Shawshank is about right.