Re: Hampshire doesn’t have a club : Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:36 am  

Further to the announcement regarding Danny Kirmond today, the Club can now confirm the players that will leave at the end of November when their contracts expire.

Ryan Hampshire, Anthony England, Tyler Randell, Keegan Hirst, Chris Annakin, Luke Hooley and Lewis Wray are all out of contract.

CEO Michael Carter commented:

“I wish all the players that are leaving us the very best for the future and thank them for the service they have given Wakefield Trinity.

a bit surprised about Hooley, as i thought he was highly rated?

Re: Hampshire doesn’t have a club : Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:38 am  

Willzay wrote:

Jowitt’ll be next.

Considering he's contracted till the end of 2021 I can't see how any situation can be comparable to the Hampshire saga?

And, as captain caveman has posted above, 6 other players have actually beaten MJ to be "next"

Re: Hampshire doesn’t have a club : Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:43 am  

No player is bigger than the club. This is the 2nd season he's played it to the wire. Noticably no other club has come in for him.

Re: Hampshire doesn’t have a club : Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:49 am  

It looks like we are not signing any of the three loan players. We should also add Baldwinson, Reynolds and Horo to the list. I hope we are looking to add a scrum half because without Hampshire we currently have no cover.

Re: Hampshire doesn’t have a club : Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:52 am  

Disappointed to lose Ryan and it is unfortunate that it has been played out in public like this. Good luck to him wherever he lands for next season. For me its an error letting him go but move on time now. Lets see who comes in to take his shirt.

Re: Hampshire doesn’t have a club : Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:56 am  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

Considering he's contracted till the end of 2021 I can't see how any situation can be comparable to the Hampshire saga?

It isn't but some people like to do the 'local boy done down' routine and I'm sorry but it doesn't work for me.

Jowitt came through our system and despite the early promise and a heap of bad luck he's yet to cement his place. All the same, he's still got another season at least to prove himself, if thats not the club playing fair I don't know what is.

I have no gripe with Hampshire and would love to have kept him but I don't know the wheres and why's money-wise to truly take sides. What I do know is that Hampshire wouldn't sign for his 'hometown club' as a kid, I have no issue with that as such but he didn't and that's a fact. So unlike Jowitt and Johnston and hopefully a host of others in the future we owe him nothing other than our gratitude for two seasons in which he mostly played well.

Others may see it differently but I see local players as those who come through our junior ranks rather than those who happened to be born in Wakefield but ply there young talent elsewhere. That's their choice and I don't blame them but I certainly feel the clubs juniors are the ones we owe our loyalty to and those who deserve that little bit extra.

Just my opinion.

Re: Hampshire doesn’t have a club : Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:59 am  

Perhaps we have our eye on another overseas player to replace him.
By my reckoning our quota currently consists of:
Tupou
Miller
Fifita
Tanginoa
Arona

Unless I've missed someone then we have some space. Aren't you allowed 7 these days??

Re: Hampshire doesn’t have a club : Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:00 pm  

I forgot Pauli Pauli. With regards Hampshire not signing for the club when he first joined the professional ranks the same could be levelled at Chester who also avoided his home town club but in his case for his entire career.

Re: Hampshire doesn’t have a club : Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:17 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

I forgot Pauli Pauli. With regards Hampshire not signing for the club when he first joined the professional ranks the same could be levelled at Chester who also avoided his home town club but in his case for his entire career.

And it was.

Re: Hampshire doesn’t have a club : Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:38 pm  

Hampshire not been signed,leaves us short of cover on wing and in halfs . Hope the club as got there eye on a top half and not brining in a player who can play there now and again .Brough was very hit and miss last year, and is age as cough up with him.Would have kept the two forwards we had brought in on lone than a guy from Hull with a knee problem on a 3 year contract and the forward from London .We have 7 players coming back from injury next season.Was hoping we were signing quality not quantity