Leeds will need a few players like Achurch in the coming seasons. Average Joes who'll do nothing more than bridge the gap between the ageing stars departing (Peacock, Sinfield etc) and the youngsters coming up. a 4-year deal seems about right.

That's a super positive post from you, you think he's a good signing don't you

Whats hulls excuse then, oh wait aminute just thro money at it itll be rite

Mac likes lots of second rowers. He will replace Burrow and Mcguire with forwards come the time

Was that supposed to be English?

Huraki and Kirke to leave then? Ablett to move to centre perminently?

There's another vid of Achurch on youtube.. where he makes his debut for Penrith.. the commentary team of Warren and Sterling like the look of him very much indeed!! Say he's a very good prospect

again.. another good effort

Whilst a average RL player, Achurch really excels in video editing.

At just 8 years of age, Achurch created all the special effects in the film, Independence Day. At the 2010 Oscars, Achurch accepted (and gave an emotional speach) the award for best special effects for Avatar.

As a hobby, he also creates videos of himself playing Rugby League and posts them to Youtube. The video you mention was actually filmed in his back garden. He used a blue bedsheet, his mum worked the camera and he dubbed commentary over the top. He suffers with low self-esteem.

It's more to do with the exchange rate rather than the salary cap. A decade ago, SL clubs could purchase an NRL player by matching or improving on the offer he had down under. Therefore when there were 3 dollars to the pound, an Aussie on A$300K a year could be persuaded to join a SL club for £150K as it represented A$450K. Today, any Aussie player looking for the equivalent of A$450K would require a SL club to offer a salary of over £300K!


I'm still waiting for someone to utter the comments... big unit, no nonsense, Glanville/Furner type signing, will do a solid job, etc, but that's a bit difficult given that hardly anyone has ever heard of him.

I'm hopeful that he'll go better than Cross and Hauraki.

I'm disappointed with the signing. Basically Mitch Achurch is a reserve grade player who has played a handful of games for a team that are favourites for the NRL wooden spoon! He's a big unit but has had major shoulder injuries in the past. I assume that GH must have been recommended to sign him for his possible potential. If you remember both Gary and Brian McD said we would only sign players who could add quality and experience to the team. On the face of it Achhurch could fail on both counts. GH said he was after changing the squad so I hope this signing works but as part of a bigger overall.