Yes. A long overdue replacement for Mullaney.

Sounds very positive.

No, he'll be at the game but not playing.

Being interviewed in the Coral Stand before the match apparently.

As he supposed to be quick will his nickname be Stirling?

Haha - think that might go above the heads of the younger ones... short answer is, well, no.7 is still available, isn't it?

Someone at the club told me he is on his way to Cas.

Looks to me that Rohan is looking to build for next year and do the best they can this year. We don't need a fullback so it's obviously a signing that he thinks will benefit the club going forward. I'm now resigned to us not making a scrum half signing of any distinction in time for the 8's, maybe a youngster on loan perhaps? It appears that they won't be rushed into a signing for the sake of it. If Rohan is here to build his own squad then I can live with what we already have this year as long as they have their sights on potential targets when more funds are available at the end of the year. It certainly doesn't excuse the signing farce that has been evident over the past couple of years though.

I get the feeling Rohan would prefer to go up this year and I get good vibes that he comes across as a forward thinking Coach who has that ability to make silk purses out of sows ears. But he should be told it's not in the Bulls psyche to have a Plan B, is he strong enough to break the Odsal curse?

First of a good few signings with any luck!

Just ahead of Adam Henry...

The time to have signed a 7 was 2 years ago or ever since. From what I have seen, it seems Rohan thinks young Oscar has potential at scrum half and I have seen nothing to contradict that. Would be great if he grew into that role, esp. seeing as I agree this signing pretty much puts the kybosh on buying in a ready-made 7, for this year anyway.

With Gaskell and Thomas at 6 and 7 we may have a decent combination, and with Addy at loose, Clare in centres and Moss at FB, we suddenly are in danger of having several people playing in position. Interesting times.

Agree - think the lack of an out and out 7 has been highlighted by other players out of position and weaker links in the team

Are we certain that Clare is definitely staying now we have signed a full back.
I want to see Clare go out wide and we all of a sudden have a very good back line.

The number 7 is now leaving me wondering whether Smith wants to see how good Thomas is before he commits this year. I suspect Smith is talking about promotion this year but inside knows that next year is the real start for him. This may mean he sticks with what we have at halves - unless someone is available that he just can't resist. That would be a bonus. I can't believe he doesn't know of a similar type of young half back who could come and do a good job. The problem is the visa rules for an Ausie who hasn't had much game time. Doesn't this new lad have a British passport which made it easy.
I would rather Smith waits till he gets exactly who he wants rather than an average player just to stop us going on about no half back.

will finally be at an end.

I'm definitely feeling optimistic. Though I confess it's more for next season.

Never heard of this kid, but then Id never heard of Mick Withers or Brett Kearney when they signed and they turned out OK.

If hes a genuine improvement on existing squad then appears a decent signing. Says a lot that we've not just got him for this year but next year as well. He certainly seems to be well thought of down under and is type of signing we were hoping Smith would make with his knowledge of game in Oz. On paper he looks like a like for like replacement for Mullaney, although hopefully not made of biscuit



Wonder where this leaves Clare. Seems to have gone quiet with regard to his imminent re-signing which T&A were heralding earlier in week. I'm wondering if that story was actually Clare putting public pressure on club to put an offer on table as opposed to him being on verge of signing. He's certainly one I'd like to see us retain next year.

Why does this signing 'put the kybosh' on a scrum half signing for the club? Don't get me wrong, given that we've gone so long without being able to sign a decent one, I'm not confident either but I don't see the link between the two?

Well the Moss signing looks to have been premature, we could have snapped up Hardaker instead!

The asking price that Leeds have stated is ridiculous. Who is going to pay that amount based off his form this season?!

The NRL clubs are notorious for being reluctant to pay a fee for a player. When Sam Tomkins left Wigan he was on top of the world and a fee was rightly paid for his services. Hardaker is a shadow of the player he was so would Leeds be best off looking for a player exchange as part of the deal?

We didn't even get that much for Sam did we? GH is just being a pr!ck, as usual.

We got £100k for Sam if I remember rightly. In fact I bet we didn't get £300k for Sam, Bateman and Whitehead combined. But that's partly to do with incompetence of our management at the time

Will anyone really pay 300k for Hardaker?

Quote ="Bull Mania"We got £100k for Sam if I remember rightly. In fact I bet we didn't get £300k for Sam, Bateman and Whitehead combined. But that's partly to do with incompetence of our management at the time'" You'll enjoy this then! www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... paign=1490

Quote ="Bull Mania"We got £100k for Sam if I remember rightly. In fact I bet we didn't get £300k for Sam, Bateman and Whitehead combined. But that's partly to do with incompetence of our management at the time'" You'll enjoy this then! www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... paign=1490

Yeh!
I bet he still wishes he was still living in his semi in Bradford!

Happy for them as all Bulls fans will be, but what could have been without Iestyn Harrisgate and therefore a few more years as Bulls before the inevitable NRL lure. One thing's for sure: they will not be personal trainers when they retire.

Watching Sunday's game on Bulls TV just now I see what Rohan Smith meant about Kieren Moss liking to be where the ball is, he was up and around the ball carrier about 75% of the time. Hopefully with a good offload from Adam Sidlow or Steve Crossley he could get a lot of tries.