..... a better effort than his attempt to walk over Mathers at Wembley (who knows what would had happened if he had done the more simple thing of scoring?)

Come to think of it what happened to Mathers too? London I think wasn't it?

...and Jodie Broughton (Still at the Giants?). Like TVOC I always thought he was one that Leeds let 'get away' and would one day come back to haunt us.
However I must confess it does seem that the ones that Leeds let go never do seem to ever again reach the heights many detractors expected of them. Or am I wrong?? Even Ali seems to have faded from the limelight.

He looks like the replacement for Kylie which is right would fit with what sounds like his style I.e. big runs but needs to be spelled.

That style should also complement singo and cuthbertson, not forgetting the lad from Huddersfield.

Within a month our front row problems look sorted, on paper anyway.

And Garbutt gets half a season to bed in before jp and Kylie go.

Never doubted you Mr Hetherington sir.

Bennett didn't sign him - he was quite sought after and was signed under Griffin IIRC.

Next season If everything goes to plan, potentially we should have an extremely quick and mobile pack.
It would be the icing on the cake if we managed to find a hooker to spell aiton.

Thanks for the replies re being 'cup tied' - I probably took the words used in the more literal / football sense of 'having played in that competition for another team already'. Ta for clearing up my misunderstanding

Looks and sounds like a perfect replacement for Kylie and very much needed now just hope he settles in and makes an impact.

Is the fact he has only 12 first grade appearance at 26 years old a cause for concern?

Not necessarily, at least he won't be burnt out.
But I guess he may be injury prone.
I wish him, his wife & his new baby all the best when they arrive.
I hope that the club has good support in place to help them all settle in particularly his wife when she's such a long way from home with such a small child.
It's usually ok for the player but the wives can struggle away from all their friends & relatives.
I believe that Willie Poching's & Ali Lauitiiti's wives used to provide pastoral support previously but don't know what happens now.
Something I think that as fans we tend to overlook.

Is GH's new recruitment policy based on the fact that beards are now supposedly in/

As far as I'm concerned beards have always been in.
Along with CAMRA membership & open-toed sandals.

It's a good point....I have done it in reverse for just one year (NZ) and it is the stay at home wife who suffers the most. Didn't Eastwood go home again for such reasons? Hope they don't get a repeat with Mitch !!!

The other Aussies seem to have all settled, but I'm guessing they're all single (or were at the time of coming here)?

Why do open-toed sandals have to be lumped in with the others?

Maybe JJB is in charge of recruitment now. Konrad Hurrell next?

JJB's position as the model for next year's kit will be under threat if they keep developing a selection of bearded players to pose for the pictures..!

Brisbane lost their main prop - Josh McGuire - with a season ending injury today. Lucky we got the Garbutt deal wrapped up when we did.