Signings needed for next season

[town2018]

Well now the season is finished and couple retiring were does everyone think we need to strengthen and any names 

Personally ive heard young bragg from Hensingham signing good young half back 

[Brookie]

Probably need to see who has been retained, and who is leaving

[Town and out]

Key will be how the new coach goes.  The overseas player signing and a couple of hardened ex super league or experienced championship players particularly in the forwards and hopefully a good group  of local talent around them. Supporting Jamie Doran to build a winning team. The championship will be a tougher competition next season without doubt. Salford, Halifax will be better and possibly  Featherstone rejoining .So without these signing i can't see being competitive.  Thats just a honest opinion before anyone kicks off. UTT.

[bobg]

8 hours ago, Town and out said:

Key will be how the new coach goes.  The overseas player signing and a couple of hardened ex super league or experienced championship players particularly in the forwards and hopefully a good group  of local talent around them. Supporting Jamie Doran to build a winning team. The championship will be a tougher competition next season without doubt. Salford, Halifax will be better and possibly  Featherstone rejoining .So without these signing i can't see being competitive.  Thats just a honest opinion before anyone kicks off. UTT.

Don’t think anybody will kick off as you are 100% correct, this is the  championship and we need championship quality players, we got away with it in L1, but this a whole new level and the recruitment is crucial. Hopefully our new coach and rugby director will have this sorted or it will be a another long season in 2027.

[Town utd]

For starters town need a front 3 who can go forward, 2 props and a hooker who can direct and can complete sets and go forward, bit of quality needed to improve. 

[Onreport]

10 hours ago, Town utd said:

For starters town need a front 3 who can go forward, 2 props and a hooker who can direct and can complete sets and go forward, bit of quality needed to improve. 

Absolutely, then our halves might have a chance of controlling games 

[dkw]

A rebuild for next season is going to be incredibly difficult with the lack of central funding and low salary cap.

Hopefully the nonsense fixture list from this season isn't repeated, we should really just be playing against other teams in the same cap level as us, or the one above at worst.

[Brookie]

4 hours ago, Onreport said:

Absolutely, then our halves might have a chance of controlling games 

Who are our halves? Dom's gone, so a scrum half needed

[Onreport]

1 hour ago, Brookie said:

Who are our halves? Dom's gone, so a scrum half needed

No idea,thought we had signed an aussie hooker/ half,  But without dominant middles our halves will never be able to control

Edited September 13 by Onreport

[donald]

2 hours ago, Brookie said:

Who are our halves? Dom's gone, so a scrum half needed

Rumours he's signed for us

[Brookie]

3 hours ago, donald said:

Rumours he's signed for us

Who?

[donald]

15 minutes ago, Brookie said:

Who?

Dom 

[Timmy Streets scrumcap]

Amused that some think Town are a decent halfback away from success

based on this seasons offering you could have Jesus Christ himself at halfback and still look useless

it's some proper experienced rugby players that you are lacking and sadly you aint gonna find them at Hensingham!

signing inexperienced kids is great if you have some seasoned pros to bring them on 

go on shoot me down again 

[havenhater]

38 minutes ago, Timmy Streets scrumcap said:

Amused that some think Town are a decent halfback away from success

based on this seasons offering you could have Jesus Christ himself at halfback and still look useless

it's some proper experienced rugby players that you are lacking and sadly you aint gonna find them at Hensingham!

signing inexperienced kids is great if you have some seasoned pros to bring them on 

go on shoot me down again 

Could you tell me which person said town were a decent half back away from success?

Everyone knows there is a lot of work to do and singletons fresh approach is something worth a try after this season of doom and apart from the new Aussie coming in and the handful already signed on for next year, there's a lot of ins and outs to be sorted, but haven are now millionaires also now so theres gonna be some heading that way in the yearly merry go round as well as down the south lakes also.

 

[Timmy Streets scrumcap]

2 hours ago, havenhater said:

Could you tell me which person said town were a decent half back away from success?

Everyone knows there is a lot of work to do and singletons fresh approach is something worth a try after this season of doom and apart from the new Aussie coming in and the handful already signed on for next year, there's a lot of ins and outs to be sorted, but haven are now millionaires also now so theres gonna be some heading that way in the yearly merry go round as well as down the south lakes also.

 

"Singletons fresh approach" - could you expand on that?

i'd love to hear more about that 

[dkw]

16 hours ago, Timmy Streets scrumcap said:

Amused that some think Town are a decent halfback away from success

based on this seasons offering you could have Jesus Christ himself at halfback and still look useless

it's some proper experienced rugby players that you are lacking and sadly you aint gonna find them at Hensingham!

signing inexperienced kids is great if you have some seasoned pros to bring them on 

go on shoot me down again 

There isnt a single person that said that, so why lie, why make stuff up? Is it because your rather hard of thinking?

Edited September 14 by dkw

[havenhater]

9 hours ago, Timmy Streets scrumcap said:

"Singletons fresh approach" - could you expand on that?

i'd love to hear more about that 

Well looking out in social media then, like everyone else we are looking forward to hearing about it.

 

[wonky]

19 hours ago, Timmy Streets scrumcap said:

Amused that some think Town are a decent halfback away from success

based on this seasons offering you could have Jesus Christ himself at halfback and still look useless

it's some proper experienced rugby players that you are lacking and sadly you aint gonna find them at Hensingham!

signing inexperienced kids is great if you have some seasoned pros to bring them on 

go on shoot me down again 

Jesus Christ never player rugby, just saying 

[DavidM]

20 hours ago, Timmy Streets scrumcap said:

based on this seasons offering you could have Jesus Christ himself at halfback and still look useless

 

Funnily enough I spent a lot of time this season sitting in the stands mentioning him 

Edited September 14 by DavidM

[wonky]

22 hours ago, donald said:

Dom 

I can't see him getting anywhere near your team to be honest, really struggled this year. 

[donald]

53 minutes ago, wonky said:

I can't see him getting anywhere near your team to be honest, really struggled this year. 

Haven't really seen him play at this level just a few games at kells which they won easy and he stood out in them games but it's a different level

[Haven 123]

Dom & Lewthwaite gone Kells big year if next year if they get promoted, there gonna have a good side. ( Kells ) 

[town2018]

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Edited September 15 by town2018

[Sticklebricks]

4 hours ago, town2018 said:

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You can’t beat an in-depth and well thought out post, welldone marra

Edited September 15 by Sticklebricks

[Oweyeh]

On 13/09/2026 at 19:51, Timmy Streets scrumcap said:

Amused that some think Town are a decent halfback away from success

based on this seasons offering you could have Jesus Christ himself at halfback and still look useless

it's some proper experienced rugby players that you are lacking and sadly you aint gonna find them at Hensingham!

signing inexperienced kids is great if you have some seasoned pros to bring them on 

go on shoot me down again 

 

On 13/09/2026 at 23:21, Timmy Streets scrumcap said:

"Singletons fresh approach" - could you expand on that?

i'd love to hear more about that 

Yawn