In all fairness, the signing of Gavin Clinch back then was quite a coup and a little different. He was only 28 and was still playing Super League with Halifax. He dropped a division on an initial 12 month contract with the promise of a further 12 months if we gained promotion.

What a signing he was though, if I recall he won the NL1 player of the year and players player of the year.

Back on Ben Jefferies, halves are difficult to come by thesedays. Look at Hull FC they've just paid us £120k for Marc Sneyd following one decent half-a-season. From an outsiders perspective, I would trust Paul Rowley.

With higgy back could bring Kay into the half backs surely a better option

We all know quality half-backs are hard to find...we also know that you can still lead a team round the park well at a good age...look at Cooke at Doncaster, and Tommy Martyn at Leigh for goodness sake. The ONLY key factor for me is desire. We will know if he has it when he gets here.

So, for me, I give PR and DB the benefit of the doubt...could be a van Gaal moment!

What I remember about Jeffries was he had a great side step and whe he saw a gap he was through,get some of our younger faster las on his shoulder and he will do a good job for us.
Regarding Kay playing in the halves I think he is better where he is,have any of us seen him pass a ball yet,I bet they have tried him there in training and if he was any good he would of had a chance by now.I think he is a great player and out wide he can and will do a lot of damage,don't forget Wigan bought Jason Robinson as a scrum half,did'ne see him feeding the scrum much one he went on the wing.

No one knows how this will pan out unless you have been watching the guy in Australia.
He could be ripping it up or he could be in semi retirement.

It is a poor signing in terms of the state of the British game but Leigh are not responsible for that particular mess.

I can fully understand the concerns that mistakes made from 2005 are not being learned etc and to us fans it may seem a odd signing but its safe to assume that Rowley hasn't made many mistakes in the signing department so I'm certain he knows what he's doing and what he's looking for so based on that.....welcome to Leigh Ben.

to be fair he still looks in good shape here in this link and in demand www.theherald.com.au/story/22829 ... ds-rivals/

to be fair he still looks in good shape here in this link and in demand www.theherald.com.au/story/22829 ... ds-rivals/

Looking back on that 2005 season, some (most??) of our signings were absolutely woeful, not that we had a lot of choice at the time.

Although Ben Jeffries would not have been anywhere near my list of "must haves", with the good Mr Beaumont doing the recruiting I would like to think he has learned from his 2005 experience.

He doesn't appear to have played for Kurri Kurri 1st grade this year www.foxsportspulse.com/team_info ... 36&a=STATS Or Cessnock 1st grade www.foxsportspulse.com/team_info ... 28&a=STATS

He doesn't appear to have played for Kurri Kurri 1st grade this year www.foxsportspulse.com/team_info ... 36&a=STATS Or Cessnock 1st grade www.foxsportspulse.com/team_info ... 28&a=STATS

Jason Ferris what a signing he was

and does anyone remember Jason Kent ?Other than his Family

.I just hope he doesn't take up a big chunk of our Salary Cap money .

Ferris was showing some signs of being a class player just before he broke his cheekbone.

Might have helped if our coach at the time would have played him in his preferred position, instead of playing him at hooker because he didn't like PR....

Couldn't have said it better myself

And then bringing in another hooker ( Robbie Mears ) but assuring us he would be played as a half back , no wonder he no longer is working in RL, complete bell end

Im sure Ferris only played 3 games for us , which were Huddersfield (h) Warrington (a) and he got hurt in the Salford (h) game , I also think it was a leg injury , he never played again , I could be wrong though

.Hardley showing signs of a class player .

As for Dazzler ?He was never on my Christmas Card list , though I wasn't on his either , I remember him say "Rob Burrow , will never be big enough to make it in Rugby ", Dazzler knew





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And Sam OBST Was rubbish too ha ha ha
He didn't like many people Ian

He had a BIG MIRROR in his Office ,and asked it every morning who was the BEST Coach in SL ?

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Who was the coach who said Tommy Goulden wasn't big enough?

Ive just been told Jason Ferris played 4 games for us .

When i herd that story it was about Tommy Martyn, i was told that we looked at him as he wanted to turn pro but someone at our club said he wasn't big enough and the rest is history , fact?, myth?, Chinese Whispers no idea

It wasnt big enough as I recall, he said he wasnt good enough, this was just after Tommy had single handedly almost put Sheffield out of the Challenge Cup at Hilton Park playing for Miners

We wanted Ian Watson, he insisted on Robbie Mears

So Ben Jeffries eh?

What's with the Robbie Mears/Ben Jeffries thingy ?
Shall I throw another Robbie in......Paul !!!!
Or what about Ian Jeffries (sic)

This reminds me of a similar thread over on the wire board when we signed Asotasi last year. "He was great for Souths in 2007...in Smith we trust" etc. I hope that is where the similarities end!

Good signing, great experience adds to an area were we have low numbers. Who are people expecting us to sign??

Robbie Mears was history, just a reference to our coaches bizare recruitment in SL in 2005

Ben Jeffries?

,well the emoticon signals ' Thinking ' as in not sure what to make of it

Ian who?

Big enough/ Good enough... this after being Captain of a touring BARLA side... clueless.

Was amazed and disappointed that abram wasn't fired off as soon as we had won gf. He never seemed up to the job. Someone decided to keep him on despite the televised evidence as to his stupidity.