A good signing for us.

Welcome aboard Ryan

Unfortunately he only got a grand total of two starts for us at stand off, one of which was the week after the CC Final when we played the reserves, the other was when George Williams got injured in the warm up.

He was loaned to Cas because he wanted to play 6, and they promptly used him at FB/Wing instead despite injuries to their halves. It's a shame because I was a big fan and thought he would be brilliant for us. I don't feel like he ever got the chance to show what he could do for us at 6, but you do wonder when numerous coaches all decide not to use him as a halfback, can they all be wrong? Hope he goes well for you, he definitely has the talent in him.

Unless it's a situation where coaches knew he was a good player but there was always someone slightly better already in position? And the same might happen for him next year too.

Hope it goes well for him though. And I'm pretty sure he won't be at full back. Pretty long queue already there.

He might actually 'smile' now....miserable sod !

He was on a 12 month scholarship at Wakey, then went to Hull FC on a 2 year scholarship, then Wigan signed him from Normanton Knights who held his registration at the time. HTH.

I love it when people who support the Trin become involved with the club, even better when it's a quality player who will strengthen an already impressive squad.

Welcome home Ryan!

no Idea what he plays like but happy we signed a young half

Welcome on board Ryan

I don't think that if you had been one of J K's family at the time you would have thought that. It all got very nasty. I too have met both JK AND Rockys' father many times, They are both decent people and hopefully that sort of thing can be left in the past where it belongs as far as Rocky's concerned can't see how he is going to get in without injuries. At full back we are well covered In my opinion with better players, I think his best spot without a doubt is in the halves but at the moment Finn and Milky are far better players. On his side is youth , speed and time. What he needs is someone to give him a long run in the halves. The only way that it will happen is through injuries. Think the lad is fed up of being a bridesmaid . He has the ability in time to be top class

I see him regularly stood in the North stand at our home games. A cracking signing and hopefully can be a long term successor to Finn.

If there's one half who's made the absolute most out of the talents he was given it's Finn. So I hope some of his smarts and knowledge can be fed into young Ryan and make him the player he wants to be.

Interesting it's just for a year.Just my opinion but I'd have thought he or we'd have liked a 2-year deal, I wonder who's call it was on the length of the contract.

Anyway, welcome Ryan and I hope you finally settle here.

A real positive feel about this signing. Always remember Nigel Wright showing his best form in a Wakey shirt no matter which other clubs he played for.

Thinking about it some more, you could draw a lot of similarities between Miller and Ryan. Their style of play is similar, both quick, with a step off each foot & can create off the back of it. In Miller's case, he came over to England as a 21-year-old, with very little first-grade experience & was given the task of being SO at Hull, which is a lot of pressure to take for someone with little experience, under the spotlight of the fans at Hull. While he's been at Trinity, he's grown vastly as a player and become far more well rounded, such as when and when not to take on the line, plus has just generally matured as an RL player
Similarly, Ryan was brought into Wigan's first team at such a young age & found it difficult to really nail down a place because of one reason and another, that's been talked about before. He's then been to Cas, then to Leigh & is still only 22, nearly 23. He could definitely learn a lot from Miller's journey (plus what he's learned already) and how he's developed his style of play.

Anyway long story short, he's got 2 really good guys to learn off

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I know what you're saying and how you're saying it but he's a really nice kid.

Welcome home Rocky.

Always good to see one of our own in the Red, White and Blue.

How did Ryan acquire the Rock tag,

His name begins with "R"

Don't know how it started but even his dad calls him Rocky.

One of my sons played in the same team as him at Stanley Rangers, his mam and dad used to call him the pocket rocket, Ian Sampson who was coaching the under 8's over heard them and thought they were calling him rocky and it's stuck from there.

Check out @dannyparki’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/dannyparki/status/9 ... 86561?s=09 Interview with Rocky

Check out @dannyparki’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/dannyparki/status/9 ... 86561?s=09 Interview with Rocky

Thanks for that wollow. Explains rerick Turner.

I think he balances our side up perfectly.

Except for one are. Nothing to do with Ryan but we don't have a backup kicker to Finn anymore.
I wonder who will take that on now.

Joe Arundel has done a bit of goal kicking, so if he was in the side I would expect it to be him. Then Miller.

huby kicked 43 goals (for castleford?) previously....
Grix has kicked 31....

Theres a few that could fill in, but I doubt any would be to the calibre of Finn.

I'm sure we all know why Derrick Turner had that nickname.

Miller kicked a few goals for us in 2015. Different skill set, but his drop goal from half way, in a pressure situation, to me would give an indication that he has got a decent boot on him.

On the other hand, Hampshire kicked 24 goals in his Wigan days, and if he is going to take over long term from Finn, then potentially, he could end up being the kicker.

Also, should he get his chance, and go well, doesn't Ackroyd kick?