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Does he mean since he retired?

Farrimond has a lot of attacking capability but his defence is woeful. He’s a liability

Tate looked like he was running in treacle to the corner there. Grounding looked dubious

This is painful watching

It was clear Cini knocked on from the first replay. Just make the call

Grant Anderson signs for Brisbane for 2026 as a replacement for Cobbo

Has he paid back the £500k yet?

Good player but not sure where he’ll fit. He’s a loose forward who can play hooker but less effectively. Would mean Pitts moving position to second row id imagine

We shouldn’t be signing antipodeans as back up players in my opinion

Cotric is 26 and Pangai Jr 29 so hardly old although it feels like they’ve been around for ages. Cotric is somehow near the top of the Man of Steel leaderboard too, which I can’t quite understand because he’s not done anything to particularly impress me in any games I’ve seen him play this year

Ponga certainly seemed happy with Young being back, running up and embracing him at FT, seems a good fit

I don’t think we’re demanding enough. Participation in the so called hotbed of Hull has been withering on the vine for a number of years now because of lip service paid by the 2 professional clubs there. Hull KR are only now realising the consequences of that. Not only should they have been ensuring there was a strong conveyor belt in and around Hull but they should also have been looking to expand their presence to adjoining areas. Lincolnshire is a virgin untapped territory without any major sporting teams. The only community club of note is in Immingham, which developed without any help from either Hull club AFAIK. In fact it’s Trinity who have been providing some support

Great game in the end, Souths stuck in it, like a typical Bennett team. I reckon Storm will look to offload NAS at the end of the season, ship him off to Union or something. He’s become a liability in recent times, suspect handling and a penalty machine

This could get embarrassing for the Rabbits

We better hope that Wardle and Farnworth stay injury free because Newman got badly exposed again defensively tonight, shooting out the line on several occasions and getting sweet FA. Robertson is destined for NRL

Has Dodd been named in the Aussie media as Lewis Dudd yet?

Yeah but the coach driver is vastly more experienced and did a first aid course in 2012

You answered your own question, because it’s the easy option. Putting down and expanding development pathways takes a lot of hard work and costs more money. The fruits of that labour also take 10-15 years to deliver

Official line is to counteract the increasing number of homegrown players going down under. That's a smokescreen IMO - there are only a handful of players going there, so it's to cover up inadequate attempts at growing junior development

It's at odds with clubs wanting to increase the overseas quota though. I think the balance is right, and am firmly against increasing it further, to pad out squads with NSW/QLD cup players. Leeds already have Clark-Wood who's played 1 game and not looked like getting near the first team. A complete waste of money

Cas sign Joe Stimson. An extremely underwhelming signing, although does allude to the point McGuire made about it being difficult getting people in. Stimson is noones first choice, Jacob Host would’ve been a decent pick up but it appears he wants to fight it out at Souths

Unfair to judge him on the bargain basement squad they have this year. If they continue to invest, then next season will be the time to assess

Castleford fortunate that they’re playing Hull KR in the lull after the challenge cup

He’s lucky, you can get arrested for that these days

If it was such a prime bit of real estate…. it wouldn’t have been left as wasteland for many years. The remediation costs on the land are considerable