Would absolutely love this kid at HQ. He'd compliment our 3/4 line immensely!

Could be that elusive "big" signing

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Hardaker - 1
BJB - 2
Reed - 3
Watkins - 4
Hall - 5
Sinfield - 6
McGuire - 7





Not forgetting Burrow - supersub ( any chance of a late England call up ?)

Doubt he'd leave Brisbane so early into his RL career.
Good player though and fitness permitting he's got that RC place for England sewn up for a long time.

Unless the Aussies come knocking.

Nah...it'll be Ryan Hall and Sam Tomkins they'll be after next

If your good enough.....

Jack reed has signed with the brocos for a couple more years

Was saying that whilst watching the game, would love to see him in a Leeds shirt.

Totally agree with you.
He's under contract with the Broncos for another year but GH might be able to pay a fee. I remember we signed Greg Eastwood from the Broncos and he was still under contract. There are enough Rhinos players in the team to convince him it would be a good move! Hall and Reed would form a great partnership with BJB fulback.

reed

hall

I wouldn't hold your breath. Looks a good player though.

Goes to show, England players aren't genetically inferior, so the plan for the future has to be to take the offspring of English professional RL players and send them off to Australia at a young age to learn the ropes. Not sure how ethical it would be....

I can't believe anyone would think that hardaker won't be one of the first names on the team sheet in the centres. I've seen enough to think he's the future there. I think he will leave a legacy as great as seniors if not better! He Has more ability(a superb kicking game we haven't seen yet), he has the speed plus the height and frame to carry the size.

He looks more complete than Watkins after a few starts.

Although I don't dispute your sentiments, I still believe his future will be at SO. Undoubtedly he is a huge talent, already proven.

to work this morning, I had the nightmarish thought that it may not be long before the NRL clubs come knocking for Ryan Hall. It would be a great move for Hall, but a bit of a disaster for Leeds. Hardaker could end up back on the wing yet! Or am I being paranoid?

What the Ozzies saw was International player of the year and unquestionable the best full back in the game today hit Hall at full tilt only to pop his shoulder out, meanwhile Hall took the hit, grounded the ball in the most impossible of situations and got up as if untouched.

This would have the most patriotic of antipodeans thinking about adding him to the squad.

Don't be surprised if one or two NRL clubs come a-knocking anytime soon.

What does HQ stand for? I assume the H stands for Headingley?

HeadingleyQuarters - catchy but perhaps would benefit from a re-write.

Err, Headquarters, usually....

Headquaters.
The place or building serving as the managerial and administrative of an organisation.

Hull Quake - As they do on every occasion they play us!!!!

To be fair to Slater 9 times out of 10 he stops the try there. It just goes to show what a finish it was, one of the best I've ever seen. He's one of the best 3 or 4 wingers in the world and the best in SL by a mile.

Why on earth would you want to do that?

Jack Reed has scored trys in all his 3 England matches, let's hope he continues tomorrow.
Incidently they were saying on the radio that the partnership between Reed and Ryan Hall could develop into one of the best that Gt Britain/England has had in recent years. It's a shame he's under contract at the Broncos as we could benefit as well (but still keeping BJB and Hardaker in the team)!

Whilst I agree I also feel that the current crop of SL wingers are not that good.
Hall does always manage to score his fair share of trys usually down to good centre play or by being on the end of a cut out pass 10 metres from the line.
I personally like to see wingers take the defence on the outside and "skin" the fullback.
Something I rarely see with Hall who looks to come inside more often than not.
Maybe it is just me as there is no way I would want Hall facing Leeds.
But as for the best in SL. Yes probably but the competition is not that cracking IMO.

Some wingers will go outside because they are speedsters. They have that burst of acceleration which can take them past their opposite numbers, The risk of this is that they go in to touch. Others take the more difficult route and cut inside, its harder to beat the man and has less space to run in to if they do break the tackle.

Personally I would take Halls work rate, metres and speed of the PTB over someone like BJB who may beat a man on the outside a few times a year, but end up in touch a couple of those.