....and over on the other side our old friend Denton reckons we are done recruitment wise and is not happy with the make up of the squad (for example he would have kept thompson). however even he could not rubbish this signing

Note Radford got his customary bagging. It's quite clever how he manages to do it. I wonder if he talks about him in his sleep.

I don't know which is more of a concern, that he spouts it, that he believes it or that he thinks others agree.

Or that people are still following him!

FFS who cares what he posts, he's not on here anymore.

All the posters who regularly mention him presumably?

If only AP had acted on his beautifully drafted petition?

Don't follow the NRL closely but judging by reactyions on here he'll be fun to watch!

As an aside - Hull already seem to have a lot of overseas players to me and have signed a couple more. I can't keep track of the rules on it these days but you seem to have far more in the squad than I would expect the rules to allow, but maybe I'm completely wide of the mark.

Edit: Faraimo, Tuimavave, Kelly, Minichello, Manu, Paea, Naulago plus Ma'u and Fonua on the way?

Manu, Mini and Paea will leave at the end of this season. Naulago is exempt.

Minichello retiring
Manu - probably retiring
Naulago - British Passport

For completeness, there is also Andre Savelio, but given that Talanoa left us earlier this season, its like for like when it comes to quota spots.

By my reckoning

Faraimo
Tuimavave
Kelly
Paea
Ma'u
Fonua

Paea is OOC at the end of the season, not sure about Tuimavave. Kelly contracted but could be attracting attention from NRL?

Andre Savelio has played for England U18's so I doubt he takes up a quota spot.

Savelio is British, his family moved here before he could walk. He's played for England at junior level.

Clearly a massive signing far and away hulls best signing in the last 3/4 years.The guys a monster,powerful,quick for a big man averaging over 120 per game this year.Can we loan him till the end of the season.?

Would Ma’u be a marquee signing?

We operate to the same restrictions as everyone else

Good signing , but can’t help feeling ,people are bigging him up a little to much . Pritchard was by far a better signing, and not many on here was this impressed with him

just be pleased we are adding some biff to our pack



I wouldn't compare him to Pritchard; look at him as a replacement for Mini or Sika in which case he ought to be a good if not better addition to our pack

Pritchard was a good signing for us in more ways than one but posters will always find something to moan about

I must admit that as an a NRL watcher he has not stood out for me as a special player. However, there are some great second rowers in this comp.

Am going to attend the West Tigers v Parramatta game on Sunday so looking forward to seeing him.

Pritchard was a class above him in the NRL.

Born in New Zealand, moved to Warrington, Samoan heritage, so technically he is a New Zealand national, but this RL we're talking about so anything goes.

Played his academy and junior rugby here, so counts as a federation player.

Thanks Dave, all the quota/fed.qualification through grandparents stuff is't clear anywhere I have read.

I think Pritchard gets a raw deal from a few on here. He was mainly used as one of the middles. Due to his reputation he attracted defenders, which opened up space elsewhere. Its no surprise that with him in the team we had a great season. Pritchard also made a lot of yards. From memory, the good friday derby were we pulled it around from 20 - nil down, Frank made more than 170 yards. That in a game where we massively under performed for nearly an hour.

I Dont watch NRL regularly enough to pass comment on Ma'u. From the bits I have seen of him, if looks like is a much younger version of Ellis. That cannot be a bad thing.

Don’t get me wrong , in this day and age , he’s a very good signing for us and sl. But like Freddie , I watch a lot of nrl and have never really stood out , scored a good try the other week and reckon he’ll do damage in sl. I loved frank , agree think many didn’t appreciate the affect he had on us , on and off the field

pritchard best game was his first in the friendly against rovers. Did a good job of the field but never hit the heights on it for such a big signing

As has been said we never saw the best of Frank because Radford moved him to play down the middle.
When he was used as a wide second row such as at Catalan his general play,offloading and combination with Tuimavave was exceptional.
If that left edge was left Carlos would have been one of the top try scorers in Super League