Sadly, he won't be.

Your argument is as bad as your grammar.

[url=http://www.hullfc.com/article/45182/pritchard-manu-get-international-callconfirmed by the club[/url

we can still win this game without them.coyh

Cheers Patton

Loving all the tonga and samoa fans on here, its laugable , I care about hull and us progressing in the cc. I dont care about some stupid internaional between tonga and samoa half way through the season

The old grammar jibe!! Well done, your good, honestly , youve got me. Funny man

It was almost certainly in their contracts that they would be released for international duty. Fonua was also called up but the club agreed that he would stay here.

Players who are in consideration for international call up nearly always have a clause in their contacts to allow them to play. The choice is not signing current internationals or accept that you'll lose them for a few games maximum. I know which I prefer.

I understand what your saying and agree, but still doesnt mean its not stupid, why would any hull fan think its a good idea, I dont get it

Don't think anybody saying it's a good idea.

You definitely wont, you'll sit on the fence as usual. Im saying its a stupid idea, dont see the problem. FACT: It is ha

You are funny

I'm trying not to, as I'm big fans of both players, but I can't help but feel a bit disappointed by the players, this is the biggest game of the year and as soon as the draw was made, they should have cancelled their flights to play in this game.

Can't blame Hull as it might have been the only way they signed for us.

You are Yoda and I claim my £10.

Honestly can't understand how anyone would be disappointed in the players. Surely every player would jump at the chance to represent their country? Seems like a no-brainer to me.

i found out on thursday see"challenge cup"

I'm not going to condemn any player who chooses to play for his country over his club, especially when that country has appointed him captain. It's a huge honour no matter how unimportant the fixture looks to us.

Something can only really be classed as stupid or a bad idea if there was an option for it not to happen. That's not the case here. It's an unfortunate conjunction of events which I'm sure the club and players would rather had not happened. But we are where we are and there's not much point worrying about it.

Not just playing but captaining a nations team! In contracts n didn't know we'd draw saints.
Good for them though really. Imagine captaining a national team. Unlucky for us. But ellis n mini come in. Fresh

I guess Ellis's early guilty plea makes even more sense now.

Shit happens. We've enough to win if we play to our full potential. The player we miss most in the squad when he's not playing (Houghton always plays so isn't included) is Ellis. Mini is also high up that list so if they are both back then we'll still have a top back row.

Can move Watts to second row after his break for our second try. What a line!

Who's to say Minichiello will be fit? Missed a lot of games last season due to the same injury.

My sentiments entirely. Pritchard played 26 times for N.Z & became `Samoan' when they stopped selecting him, played 4 times for Samoa since.
(born in Sydney) according to his career stats.
Ditto. Manu 13 caps for N.Z 4 for Tonga. Born in Wellington.
They should be showing some allegiance to the club that pays their wages, for what is the most important game of the season so far, not travelling halfway
around the world for what is effectively a `cobbled together' curtain raiser.

He missed just three out of thirty-three games last season.