i see what ya mean id like to see him in halfs with seymour think its our best option with houghton fit but i can see what other people are saying with the rotation because thats why houghtons picked up an injury to much game time
but id certainly give it ago think it would be a good partnership until end of season

Just because Heremaia can play h/back it does not mean he will be as effective at the role as he is at hooker! He became an International once he went to hooker not h/back, we had this with Berrigan he was a class hooker but only an average h/back as we saw.

How many times you seen Heremaia play 6?

He played in the halfs for Leigh in the NL and was ordinary.

Yep, then went to NRL and made his name and got rep honours as a hooker. Now we want to play him at 6, brilliant!

Only in Hull.

for a short period, nobody has suggested longer term

He has to stay at hooker, be it starting or interchanging.

You watched him , how many times ?

He was quite often 2 steps in front of everybody else at Leigh , he won MOM on a regular basis and most of the other teams targeted him from the start of every match , Him and Webster were the best 2 H/B s in NL 1 in 2006 by miles

Having said that it was always thought his best position was 9

Unbelievable

TBF Jamie Ellis was arguably one of the best h/backs in NL1 however he has so far failed to make a big impression at h/back in SL

Great example with Berrigan at half, he was average there but when he played hooker he was one step ahead of everyone else in the side, and now we sign another international hooker and do the same thing!

He has to stay at hooker, its a no-brainer.

As for Whiting, he was good on Sunday, but good in a versatile sort of way, not good as a halfback. He didnt do anything differently to what he would have done if he had been playing at 13, 11, 12 or 1. He made his tackles, he swept up, he showed some good touches.....he did what he always does. He's a good squad player, no more.

Cue the abuse no doubt.

How dare you put into question the capabilities of Sir Richard of Whiting!

So you are suggesting what? , that no player in the Championships ( NLs ended 3 years ago ) can move up to SL?

As regards Jamie, always thought he was more a loose than a 6/7

our pack was well beaten tonight. Sinfield showed when you got time and space how a half back can dominate.
seymour was put under constant pressure and it showed in his game.
Without a at least one more prop to help lynch / watts we are going to struggle. we cant blame the backs !
Heremaia is quality. if we get some decent signings next season he will really get us moving

watts was poor tonight other than one run. Was being dominated too easily IMO

Moa, Ogre and Tickle out, pack was always going to struggle. Thought Pitts had a real good first stint.

watts not match fit yet, he will get better, yea i like pitts tackles well above his weight,looks more like a loose forward to me

Thought Watts did ok to be fair

what is stopping us from walking into bradford and picking one of there big props to come now?
its what is needed to get us a few vital wins, if we thaught we got dominated 2nyt then next week against a bigger pack and id argue a better team then leeds it will be like men against boys in france

would agree that watts doesnt look match fit yet. Disappointed that we didnt cherry pick a bulls prop.

salary cap

Watts did well tonight, IMO.

Still time for Bulls players. Interesting week ahead, probably.

I thought Heremaia's distribution was very slow even in the conditions. He looks ok coming out of dummy half but nothing special. Houghton looks a far better player.