Ian Kirke Mk11

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I'll bet that Mullally would settle for as many GF rings as Kirke won

and also for him to earn the right to be able to call the Saints his Grand Final Bitches just like Kirke can would top it off nicely i would have thought?

With this signing we have cuthbertson as the main prop. Singleton.

3 up and coming projects like mulhern mulally and baldwinson. A stopgap quality Paul Gallen wouldn't go a miss for a few years

If this opta measure was the definitive measure of defence then that would be true.

Mullally is often so far out of position that he cannot even attempt a tackle. In his first 5-10 minutes he also prone to enthusiastically jump out of the line and end up failing to make a tackle. A fair few of his tackles are the easier third man in variety. I think his number of carries and tackles is far lower than most props at Leeds.

The lad is keen and Leeds are a top club so there is a good chance he will move from being a project player to an established prop, but it will require plenty of work.

94% tackle rate- from how many tackles? What that stat doesn't tell you is how many times he fails to even attempt one.
Here's an interesting stat for you. In the game against Leeds that you all said he was great in he made 5 tackles, and carried the ball 4 times. Yes he averaged about 10 metres a carry- those 4 carries got the team about 40 metres.
If an impact prop is what you are looking for then that's what you've got. But I don't think that's what you need for next season.

How long was he on for? How many missed tackles or errors?
I remember him making a really good break towards the end of the first half but not much else TBH, although no one really stood out for Hudds last week did they?

I believe we should be making a move for David Shillington also.

Rommel, if he is Kirke Mk11, who were MK2 to MK10 ?

As with all signings, depends on what we are paying out on his contract. On balance looks like a sensible gamble.

Reckon business for next year looks like:

OUT

Jamie Peacock (ret)
Kylie Leuluai (ret)
Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Carnegie RU)
Chris Clarkson (Widnes)
Jimmy Keinhorst (rel)
Alex Foster (rel)
Thomas Minns (rel)

IN:

Anthony Mullally (Huddersfield)
Jordan Baldwinson (Loan Return)
Elliott Minchella (Loan Return)
A.N. Other (Prop Forward)


Which will leave us looking something like this for 2016:

1. Hardaker
2. Briscoe
3. Watkins
4. Moon
5. Hall
6. McGuire
7. Burrow
8. Cuthbertson
9. Aiton
10. Other
11. Jones-Buchanan
12. Ablett
13. Ward S
14. Ward R
15. Delaney
16. Achurch
17. Mullally
18. Sutcliffe
19. Singleton
20. Handley
21. Walters
22. Yates
23. Minchella
24. Baldwinson
25. Mulhern