Yeah , the trick will be keeping Perry fit it seems. Chris Hill sounds like he could be a gamble worth taking, if he's as good as the Leigh fans say and he makes the step up we could end up with a gem.. and he's not an Aussie !

he actually started off playing at st pats but dont know when till. played with him for the wigan town teams when younger but he was a year younger but played at our age group. he is a very good player!

Chris Hill would be a great addition to our pack from what I have seen of him. A real grafter and he has good ball handling skills as well for a Prop. It would be like a duck to water for Hill in Super League and I think he would be a fine signing. McManus take note!!!

If anyone's interested to see how good he is it might be worth a few Saints fans going to watch him next friday against a form Super League team in Catalans. I know i'm intrigued to see how he does.

I'm guessing it's in Leigh and not Catalans. Time and date?

Have we actually signed him?

No.

Thing is what people forget about Chris Hill, is that he used to play centre and back row, hes a very agile forward. Also he played super league at 17 in a struggling Leigh side. The guys no replacement for Graham but would be a good signing for you guys, but would he come to you on a 1 year / 2 year contract, time will tell?

I hope saints don't sign him. I don't think he's going to make a top super league prop.

The silly thing is, we let emmitt go who was showing signs of being a good young prop and then we are after hill.

I just hope if we do sign him then he's on buttons.

Friday 20:00.

He's a far better player than Emmitt, quicker, better ball handling skills, equal to Emmitt on defence.

Disagree,Hill has far more potential than Emmitt.
Unfortunately I don't think we'll sign him,wish we would though.

What is with this love in for Emmit? He was never anything more than a borderline solid squad player with us and is nowhere near as good a prospect as people make out.

This Hill character is an unknown to most of us. He obviously has potential given there are rumoured to be several big clubs interested in him. A step up to full time training could bring the best out of him.

I just think emmitt was looking very good and had potential to be a good solid prop for us, much like the love in you had for eastmond really.

Not quite. Jake has moved onto playing in front of 6,000 at Castleford whilst Kyle will be playing in front of 80,000 and watched by 17 trillion viewers worldwide every other week.

I look at the rugby union crowds every week. I don't know where you get 80,000 from as bath don't get that.

The union crowds are only slightly bigger than we get at league.

Unless you refer to england rugby union?

That's the one.

It would really make me smile if League fans put their usual whinging about the national game aside this season and turned out in massive numbers at Wembley in the autumn! I'd definitely indulge in a little childish, petulant smile should that happen.

England don't play every other week and nothing to say Kyle will get picked for England.

So for now he'll prob be playing infront of lesser crowds than we will be playing in our brand new stadium.

A lot has changed in RU since Robinson changed codes. Kyle will be deemed too small to play wing/fullback for england.

I expect him to rip it up for bath, get selected on the england squad at first as a novelty but not be able to convert it into a regular starting berth, then end up on the international 7s tour.

There is a lot more money in Union! and with the grounds they have on TV they do look well supported, also their international season takes up a long period and it gets the media coverage we never get, what will happen if BBC Local Radio is cut even less coverage!

Chris is in his first year of a new 3 year deal, works in a local Gym (I believe) and made his debut at 16/17 against Saints in SL 2005. He also played for GB academy v Aussies.
He makes good yards, has great feet and hands (think he played 6 in younger days), very quick over 20/30m and does 60+ mins per game. He will make a great SL forward for someone but with a young family he wont be able to afford a drop in wages so a min £50/60k would be needed.
I understand that if we tick the box this year Chris may be off to Wire.
I hope he has a clause that allows him to move back should we make it to SL next time - his best years are in front of him and he is suited to the pace of SL.

£50/60k? no way never is he on that now, the job at the gym probably pays him a few £100 a week tops

£50k for working in a gym? Do you know if there are any jobs going there?

Get in line.

I think he means combined Gym and Leigh wages lol ... if not I'll be applying too

But how much can you make playing part time? I would say 20K tops (complete guess).