it says in the express that we are in the running to sign him, would be a fantastic addition to the team looked good every time i saw them on tv last year

i think this would be a real great signing for us, this guy knows for sure where the try line is, he is a big centre, something a lot of people have been crying out for www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local/H ... 5765203.jp

i think this would be a real great signing for us, this guy knows for sure where the try line is, he is a big centre, something a lot of people have been crying out for www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local/H ... 5765203.jp

Seanfax it says in the courier that he is a backrower, you say hes a centre. Which is he?

It says on the thunder website his primary postion is second row. However his other postions are centre/prop/stand off. Can say i remember him playing.

Quote ="seanfax"i think this would be a real great signing for us, this guy knows for sure where the try line is, he is a big centre, something a lot of people have been crying out for www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local/H ... 5765203.jp'" I would rather we kept Bowman then pay for another Aussie. Didnt see much in Nash last year. Reminded me of Nanyn.

Quote ="seanfax"i think this would be a real great signing for us, this guy knows for sure where the try line is, he is a big centre, something a lot of people have been crying out for www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local/H ... 5765203.jp'" I would rather we kept Bowman then pay for another Aussie. Didnt see much in Nash last year. Reminded me of Nanyn.

Now that would be a great signing!

heard he could be also on his way to Barrow along with 2 others from gateshead...

henderson to barrow. Nailed on now the previous target has wavered!

I think we should keep Bowman, however we still need to continually improve our squad.
If Bowman had been given as much chance as maybe Roberts then he might have established himself in the team. Maybe its a case of you never look within to improve things rather than look outside, apart from Haley do we give our local lads a chance?

Would be a brilliant signing, he has played centre mostly this year.

am sure he played centre up there this season, and dint he score 3 try's,when they played us i may be wrong,

how many aussie players are we allowed?

Fax have bought the Crusaders Franchise and have relocated. We're allowed so many Aussies now that the Aussie Government are thinking of locating an Embassy in Clare Road and Jumpin Jaks is going to become a Walkabout Bar.

I think would be a decent signing, big strong lad with a bit of pace.. Could be what we need close to the opposition line with all those line balls we throw..

back to the brooke days then.

This is where Rugby League and the RFL are a joke. Players on European Passports etc despite being born in Australia/NZ is getting ridiculous and often why local talent are never given a chance. I doubt Gareth Widdop if he had not moved to Australia would be anywhere near Fax or any other Pro team. English players at all clubs are never given a real fair chance. Clubs will always look to sign a Aussie over a Brit if they can find a way.
The RFL do nothing really to improve the chances of clubs bringing through academy players. They allow SL Clubs to grab players from the Championship and offer no compensation. They allow SL clubs to have 5 Quota players. Really is a joke and why England struggle on the big stage as the strength in depth and quality is missing
The RLIF (Rugby League International Federation) is just as bad as for example Scotland beat Italy 104-0 last week-featuring a team with 3 Scottish born players in! Italy also had 8 or 9 none Italian born players in and have no proper domestic league. Players can chance country like they change there underwear. The game is run by idiots from top to bottom both Professionally and at amateur level.

He did score 3 trys however does say which postion he played.

under the rules how many can we have, as i thought was only 2.
being black and royston.

under the rules you are allowed one and that is black,

royston and branagan have different passports allowing them to play branagan maltease and im not sure what passport royston has

Could it be residency now?

3 years with us . . . 1 year with Batley . . . 1 with Donny . . . mind you that doesn't make sense, European?

Nah Andy was very poor at tackling in the games that he played for us, a good NL2 player for me, sorry wish it was different.

so how can we have nash? whats he come under?

That maybe the case, If tackling is his only problem, he can learn proper tackling technique fairly easily. For his limited game time he has scored 11 trys, which is 10 more than roberts who we play in centre, 6 more than Goddard,8 more than Smith so the lad knows where the tryline is. . But maybe if he spoke with a aussie twang people may look at things differently.

So when it comes to homegrown players during the next round of franchise, how many do we need to have to gain a point?

If a player at this level still needs lessons in proper tackling technique then something is wrong and maybe we shouldn't be signing such players?

Not a dig at Andy or anyone but a general comment.

I always thought he looked strong in defence. Runs the ball really well and has great footwork. Only part of his game needs looking at was that he didn't pass the ball enough. Wouldn't mind him going on loan. but we should look at keeping him at the club.