Apparantley signed from Wigan according to John Davidson RL Journo. Thoughts?

If you were to separate our props into tiers, where would he fit?

World Class - N/A
Excellent - Cooper
Very Good - Hill, Philbin
Good - Mulhearn
Promising - Butler, Doro
Underwhelming - Akuoala, Clark, Davis
Poor - N/A

Somewhere between Mulhearn and Butler I would say. Late 20’s, so reaching peak years for a prop. I’d put that signing in the ‘uninspiring’ box, which is getting quite cluttered with Holmes and Matautia

As a replacement for Sita I’d be ok with it, not sure if want him as part of a first choice 4. So if Hill is going, wouldn’t be happy with a Hill > Bullock swap https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby- ... es-3241565

As a replacement for Sita I’d be ok with it, not sure if want him as part of a first choice 4. So if Hill is going, wouldn’t be happy with a Hill > Bullock swap https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby- ... es-3241565

has anyone heard of rugbyleague hub before?

bang average on a good day. Penalty and knock on machine on others.

We seem to vacuum these players up never to be seen again . Not a lot of point if they turn out not to benefit the team.

Size and athletic ability to be one of the very best but either doesn’t have the drive or the confidence to manage it so far. He is 28 years old yet I still see him as an inexperienced junior because that’s how he plays. I thought he’d cracked it last season but he’s struggled this season in his limited spells. If the penny ever drops with the lad he could be anything but there hasn’t been too many signs so far. I will be sad to see him go though because not many lads can move a frame of that size at the pace he has but he’s flattered to deceive so far.

He'll go ok with you guys. Powell will get far more out of him than Lam ever will.

The odd good carry.

10-15 minute spells.

Terrible in the defence.

He’s like Sita but without using the quota spot.

From what i've seen of him he's a big guy and steady, nothing more. Can't be worse than Sita but another signing that doesn't inspire much.
Powell does seem to be able to take players to another level so you never know


I see somebody has already changed wikipedia saying he plays for us ha ha

100%
Wigan’s answer to doing a Chris Hill, while finishing up with an Anthony England.

If Powell rates him that highly then he would have been at Castleford by now. Seems its down down deeper and down ...

Excellent Doc

Looks like a Championship level player in SL. Certainly big enough but that's about it. Rather see Doro get more of a chance.

Well how would he have been at Cas by now if he's been contracted to Wigan? If Powell only first got to see him whilst in Super League he couldn't have signed him.

Powell could be the man to unlock the potential in Bullock. It’s huge IMO. He’s a freakish bloke really in that he’s 6ft 4 and about 17-18 stone but he is pretty rapid. The issue to me is that his mentality seems quite weak. He lacks belief by the looks of him and seems to just want to pick up his money and do a fair job but not push himself. He bugs the life out of me as a Wigan fan because I keep saying that he should be playing for England based solely on his physical attributes.

Potential-huge

Reality so far-reasonable

Talking about a 28 year old having potential is a bit strange though but if Powell makes the penny drop then you never know.

From what I saw of Bullock in 2020, there was a lot to like. Haven't seen much of him this year, but he's a good prop in the making.

Very good Nicky Kiss

Big fan of Bullock, can’t wait til he’s back. Was good last season when we were awful and he looked very effective this season.

I can imagine that JB will learn a great deal from Mr Vaughan and be a much better forward for it

Is he due back next week?

Wakefield

Be really good for us when he's back, he was playing really well for us.
Him and Vaughan starting with Philbin and Kasiano off the bench until Dudson is back looks good.
I think Harrison will be back about the same time as Bullock so that will be a big boost as well, will allow Kas and Vaughan to cut back on they're minutes each game.

Just read on Twitter that DP has said that Bullock may be back on Thursday. If so, that would be ideal and Kasiano can return to being the good impact player that he is.

What is Bullock's injury? thumb? You would think he would be able to play with it strapped up. But i am no doctor..