Don't rate him tbh, lacks pace and seems to have all of the failings in Matt Diskins game, the only benefit is that McShane is quite bowling ball-esque by modern hooking standards, so that might be an interesting take on things, but you wouldn't want to go into games without a pacey hooker in your 17, and Sam Bolger doesn't look like he is gonna demand a place in the matchday squad, and I'm not sure we can convince proper players to sign for the Towel.

Lacks pace?! Haha. Clueless.

Indeed, He was a Scrum-Half before Leeds trained him up to be Hooker, Although he's not lightning fast he by no means lacks pace.

Whenever I've seen him play I always thought that he seemed to be a right nasty so & so who won't take any crap. Can play a bit also, good signing in my book!

Hopefully this means we have seen the last of Chad Randall.

I'd rather Randall than Rinaldi.

Randall was excellent today

Forget what I said about halves and hookers in another thread. It must be an old persons' or a London thing.

Not a bad signing

I agree Randall was much better yesterday! young Dixon is improving all the time, just think in a winning side! don't know much about Paul McShane only what I have read! Welcome Paul.

I stand behind my words, and as others have said it may be more accurate to say he does not have electric pace in hooking terms, but I would always say he was a hooker who could do a job at lock, rather than your hooker who will come on and tear through a gap he sees with a blistering, or even just a turn of pace, and that is something that we sorely lack as off-hand I can't remember Rinaldi doing that this season.

Lacks pace in comparison to the other hookers in SL; Milner, Clark, Henderson, Pelissier, Robinson, Moore, Houghton, Withers, Lunt, Hood, Godwin, Roby, Ellis, Monaghan, Higham, McIlorum, Leuluai

Not the av man on the street.

Is the Daily Star the only source for this 'Signing'??!!

I'd agree Ellis was really good for us and would have been happy if he'd stayed - so it seems weird he's on loan at Fev

Lets hope the office have not screwed up again and signed this bloke

I had that bloke in my head en all

At least we'd get Spike as well, but he's going to find the team is more Ho De Ho than Hi De Hi at the moment and anyway we have enough comedians at the club already.

So, were you Player logistics then Nudenut.

I thought it was Mike McShane, he would be a Hickey-esque prop!

Bit harsh on chad - he's been good for the club over the years. All got our sell-by!!

bit harsh on Chad? he's been good for the club over the years. All got our sell-by!

McShane supposedly training with Widnes today ahead of a loan move. We'll soon find out I guess

Just Team Mum



And one of my little darlings was in the paper last week. If you can get hold of The Rugby League Week from last Weds, there's an interview with Rusty and he hasn't changed one bit. Funny man. He always insisted when we had a bad run it was because Tony Rea had upset The Beer Gods for having a dry bus

Wildcats have a world class hooker in the form of the Papua New Guinea captain Paul Aiton who is playing fantastic, not sure why Ellis hasn't been used on the bench more but Agar likes Kyle Wood think due to him being able to play 6/7/9 from the bench.

Correct. Still, it beggars belief that we ever let him go, and re opens the question as to why?