New Signing

[Derwent]

Town have signed Tongan international forward Ponepate Tongia, subject to visa being approved. Looks a big mobile unit on video.

Edited March 28 by Derwent

[Town utd]

Brilliant news,just what town needs

[Sticklebricks]

Nice to see them come thick and fast,zarrin galea outside back next utt

[silverfox]

Brilliant news from the Town  . Well done Gary Graeme and Muzza  UTT

[RL is the future]

He was linked with Salford in January. Big signing 

[homeandawayer]

Great news , just what we've needed. 

[Neutralfan7]

Surely not Town bringing imports over?! 

Only joking guys looks a powerful unit, could be a great signing

[Hate the rec]

3 hours ago, Derwent said:

Town have signed Tongan international forward Ponepate Tongia, subject to visa being approved. Looks a big mobile unit on video.

Welcome to town Ponepate, hope you get here soon.

[The Voodooguru]

Awesome news, let's hope both visas are processed quickly. Welcome to Town to both the lads, won't be long before they are eating XL and saying "Eh" after every sentence. UTT 

[Town Army]

8 hours ago, Neutralfan7 said:

Surely not Town bringing imports over?! 

Only joking guys looks a powerful unit, could be a great signing

Just another 8 to come from overseas then we'll have caught up with Haven

[dkw]

3 hours ago, Town Army said:

Just another 8 to come from overseas then we'll have caught up with Haven

Well need to find a 3 bedroom mid terrace for all 10 of them then...

[havenhater]

Subject to visa, is there any dates these players are due to arrive?

Utt

[Brookie]

Any more in the pipeline?

[homeandawayer]

37 minutes ago, Brookie said:

Any more in the pipeline?

He said 3 or 4 before these 2 were announced but they're assessing the severity of our injuries before committing to any more. A prop in the Tyler Dickinson , Jamie Acton mould is top of my list. 

[Churchill Drivers]

Apparently the Tongan prop was going to Salford on a £50k contract until they pulled the deal as they thought they had sufficient cover in that area.  The guy is still keen to play in England in an attempt to get noticed and the agents were letting all clubs in Championship & League 1 know that he was prepared to play for much less than what Salford were originally rumoured to be paying.

[donald]

1 hour ago, Churchill Drivers said:

Apparently the Tongan prop was going to Salford on a £50k contract until they pulled the deal as they thought they had sufficient cover in that area.  The guy is still keen to play in England in an attempt to get noticed and the agents were letting all clubs in Championship & League 1 know that he was prepared to play for much less than what Salford were originally rumoured to be paying.

A former Haven director told me at the barrow game in the 1895 cup game a few weeks ago that Haven where chasing a Tongan prop but it was all about getting a visa and obviously the coin . Said he would be the best prop in the championship.  I wonder if it's the same one . 

[Unicorn 106]

1 hour ago, donald said:

A former Haven director told me at the barrow game in the 1895 cup game a few weeks ago that Haven where chasing a Tongan prop but it was all about getting a visa and obviously the coin . Said he would be the best prop in the championship.  I wonder if it's the same one . 

That would be great, just don’t want another Fafita.

[Onreport]

38 minutes ago, Unicorn 106 said:

That would be great, just don’t want another Fafita.

A fit fifita Would have been a huge assett, sadly he arrived crocked

[DavidM]

1 hour ago, Onreport said:

A fit fifita Would have been a huge assett, sadly he arrived crocked

He’s a few weeks from fitness …

[Onreport]

2 hours ago, DavidM said:

He’s a few weeks from fitness …

How we ever fell for that one I will never know, quick look on NRL sites showed he was missing for half a season before signing for us, had to be a reason given he was supposedly being watched by Cowbooys etc?

[Hate the rec]

Is there any news on our 2  new imports arriving, anything at all would be good after the initial announcement and the videos links on Good Friday .UTT  

[Marrafan]

20 minutes ago, Hate the rec said:

Is there any news on our 2  new imports arriving, anything at all would be good after the initial announcement and the videos links on Good Friday .UTT  

Will depend how far into the Visa process it is. That takes time.

[Bearintown]

Maybe , I dont know, would have been better to wait until it was a done deal with the visas?

 

Just before canoes get mentioned

[Hate the rec]

I'm watching the solway all the time, will let you all know if I spot owt 

[Hate the rec]

Any good news on our signings, been up the slag banks still no sign of anything down the solway .UTT