Hull KR have signed North Queenslands 24yr old second-rower Cory Paterson on a 2 year deal, he can also play centre and loose forward.
Paterson, who played in Queenslands 40 -18 win over Canberra last weekend, can come on a UK passport as his mother lives in liverpool.

Bit early to be announcing signings, isn't it? Good news about the British passport though.

I suppose 6am is a bit early for some.



Can see mid July to mid August fixtures during his tenure being interesting though...

Worth a look www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at- ... -1-4677633 =#FF4000Don't link to copyrighted material. Just because we're paranoid don't mean they're not out to get us. They go for easy targets. Cheers, MR.

Worth a look www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at- ... -1-4677633 =#FF4000Don't link to copyrighted material. Just because we're paranoid don't mean they're not out to get us. They go for easy targets. Cheers, MR.

Just seen it, he knows where the try line is and does some nice hits to boot.

Stats...
Age, 24
Height, 6ft 5 inch
Weight, 16st 1lb
NRL stats, Played 86, 26 tries, 12 goals.

Have we announced it?

Is He still a practicing Muslim, Does it effect His training during Ramadan

Quote ="MrPhilb"Have we announced it?'" Trust me... i don't do Sandercock has said although he is predominantly a second-rower, he has not decided yet where he will line up for the Robins. EDIT... www.code13rugbyleague.com/2012/0 ... -paterson/

Quote ="MrPhilb"Have we announced it?'" Trust me... i don't do Sandercock has said although he is predominantly a second-rower, he has not decided yet where he will line up for the Robins. EDIT... www.code13rugbyleague.com/2012/0 ... -paterson/

Shouldn't be a problem, just play all our games on a Friday night for a month...[url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/north-queensland-cowboys-nrl-star-cory-paterson-converts-to-islam/story-e6frexnr-1226106289628Link[/url

Replacement for lovegrove?

Quote ="MrPhilb"Have we announced it?'" We have now. www.hullkr.co.uk/on-the-pitch/ne ... y-paterson

Quote ="MrPhilb"Have we announced it?'" We have now. www.hullkr.co.uk/on-the-pitch/ne ... y-paterson

I hope not.

Maybe Jake however he has a look of Rhys about him huge unit tho

Nice. Looking at that video he's scored lots of tries from high kicks sets up a fair few has a good eye for a hit.

Shrewd business maybe

Nice to see a big man getting up that high for the high ball nice weapon to have under Dobson's kicks.

Can't look on my phone will have a look later, a replacement for watts maybe I trust in rovers and sandercock to bring in the right players I'm not Sure how he is gonna talk tho a cross between Liverpudlian/Aussie

Cory is a great guy.
The Knights picked him up as a 16 year old fullback when he played for Western Australia in the emerging states tournament.
He played in the Newcastle Wests junior side that included players like Greg Inglis, Jarrod Mullen, Luke Walsh and 4 or 5 other future firstgraders.
He went on to play under 18s for NSW and in the Knights under 20s side of 2006 that dominated the comp and produced 13 firstgraders including Scott Dureau, Kade Snowden, James McManus and Aku Uate.
An odd fact is that an American football talent scout took Cory to America a few years ago and he spent a few months training as a kicker. He trialled with a few clubs but wasn't picked up.
Cory has a massive boot on him and smashes goal kicks from the sidelines, as well as having a kickoff that brings snow. He can kick an American football 70 metres on h fly and a league football 60 metres.
In the juniors he played a bit of centre and a few games at prop, but he is pretty much a wide running second row with a good passing game, a bit of speed, and the size to bust the line. He is also very good in the air and his best mate, Scotty Dureau, loved to kick for Cory to leap above the other forwards and score.

On the down side - he doesn't have a high workrate and can go missing in games. He has also had bouts of clinical depression, and one of the jobs Sanders had in his last year at the Knights was to get Cory back to firstgrade after a bout of depression. Cory says he is a muslim, but I believe that is just so he has a reason to not drink with his team mates, because drinking makes his depression worse.

Last year he was in the Aboriginal side in the Aboriginal/All Stars game, and he was one of the better players on the field in a game that showcased the best players in the NRL. After that he was talked about as a possible SOO player. Since then he has had more downs than ups and maybe the only coach who can bring him back to his best is Sanders. He was the first player cut by Wayne Bennett, I think because he was put in the 'too hard' basket by the incoming coach who had enough problems.

Potentially a great signing. A good age and great physical attributes.

NH stated after the Giants match Rovers were lining up 2 NRL players - I wonder who the oher player is?

I also wonder where Sandy is going to play Cory? I guess this will depend on decisions over contract renewals re Benny and Rhys. I can't see him as a replacement for Webbo but you never know with our coach!

Well done Rovers in what is a timely announcement, perhaps it will appease some of the supporters who were starting to panic in the light of our noisy neighbours recruitment for 2013.

Cheers Roops for the info the potential is there maybe if he is closer to his mum then sandy can bring out the best in him

A new fullback maybe Paul

I'll be very surprized if his dad doesn't go with him. Cory was brought up by a single Dad who moved from Perth to Newcastle so Cory could follow his football dreams. Cory is also recently married and has a baby who would be about 1 I think.
He hasn't cracked a regular firstgrade spot at North Qld, but i think that is because they have a strong and established pack, not because of his health issues. I think Sanders got him right last year, and he just needs to find a spot now.
He is a bigger and better version of Clint Newton and will be your best player if he gets back to top form.

Thanks roopy.

Better than Clint Newton? You've just lost all credibility with that statement.