Good point, had forgotten about that part of things. Though IIRC players over 21 do count on first team cap and not sure on rules for players coming from eslewhere? I.e. if we signed Ben Davies on big contract from Wigan etc etc. Be interesting to see how your 23's (or whatever we are calling it this year) takes shape

Slightly o/t is this, but where are the players for the u23's going to come from?

Awsome news. Best news i heard for years.
wat a pack
Barlow packing in at 13 with josh on the bench.
Delighted with the news and glad he stook with us and remained loyal
Up the fax

Get Maloney into the mix and we are slap down every other opposition pack in the league...

Get in, a real character Sam just needs to watch his discipline.
Josh sounds like one for the future and now we have an U23 should get some game time.

Fantastic news!! Loved watching Sam play

great news having them both sign.

Apparantly a sponsor helped out to be able to sign him. Thats wat the fax website says.
Wonder who it were.
Cracking news. Not seen josh play but heard great reports.

It was Pete McNamara from the Ivy House.

I have been speaking to him about it and he is proud as punch to have been able to help the club.

I for one will be popping in the Ivy more often, at least we know that putting money over the bar there helps the club indirectly!!

Well done again Pete!!!!

Thank you to those people for their positive comments. Im absolutely delighted that i was in a position to help both the club and Sam. It would have been a travesty had we lost him IMO.

To be fair, the credit should go to Sam himself who could well have earned more elsewhere but chose to stay with his home town, and also to Martin Hall for making it easy for me to contribute an achievable amount. The most important thing is that we all do our bit to help make the club more successful, regardless of what it is.

As not to forget Josh, you will have to forgive me as ive never seen him in action but im really looking forward to seeing him play as he will add more youth and depth to our squad.

Thanks again.

Peter.

It warms me cockles to read stuff like this on this board. We may not make it into SL soon but we'll never die, that's for sure.

This is correct. For whatever reason at Halifax there are always people who are willing to dip in to their pocket to help the club out. This has been so true over the years and will continue to be so. The people who love RL in Halifax are very passionate about their club.

A big well done to Pete and the Ivy and Big Sam, who like has been mentioned could have earned more elsewhere but has chose to stay. One of the reasons for me we kicked on last season.

I personally think it were the catalyst for our sucess when he came. He added so much to our pack and lead us forward.
Apparntly josh is a great player and will get a spot on our bench.
Thanks to the ivy house i too will be visiting more often.

Massive appreciation to Pete and the Ivy House.

Just wish such a great pub like this was my local.

Well done to the ivy house and martin hall for securing 2 of the most bright prospects in halifax.
We all salute you guys.
Great work. We will win bk to bk double