The point is that we should be signing a good younger winger on a 3 or 4 year contract

Signing Hall for one year gives our academy lads a pathway still.

We should have been after Johnstone, Davies or Makinson whereas we're taking Hall off KR's hands, so they can sign Davies.

I'm a bit concerned that Rohan Smith is making signings as we'll then need to give the next coach three seasons to make it his own team before deciding if he is any good.

Confirmed now

Hall is a one year deal, in order that we can keep opportunities open for young players at the club.

I do hear what you're saying though. Johnstone or Davies would have been good, I can only assume that other clubs were willing to pay more, and that we really feel like we want to give youth a chance hence not tying ourselves to long-term contracts (bear in mind we already have Handley who you'd imagine is a shoe-in when fit).

The timing of the announcement is baffling, 8 games into the 2024 season, when both our first choice wingers are injured. It just piles on the frustration we are feeling.

That's one way of seeing it

Another is a club legend is returning for one last hurrah and to mentor our future wingers.

Have we got any genuine wingers coming through from our academy? I feel like the ones mentioned are centres / full backs who can cover on the wing, but could be wrong!!

I’m not massively fussed about the players coming through being specialist wingers at this point, what they need is pace and awareness. Positional play can be taught.

Are we about 'last hurrahs'?
Is this going to be the basis of the club's marketing for next season, like when they hung their hat on '20 years of Jamie Jones' as there was nothing to say about the actual product on the pitch.

He was never the fastest even in his younger days and lacking the pace even more at his age.The modern day game needs wingers with pace more than ever like all the top ones have.
Been a great player in the past but is this our ambition.
Further signs GH has lost the plot.
What next JJB putting hos boots on.

Hall makes sense, given the position we are in.
Great way to save money. Will it be spent elsewhere in 25? Hope so.

Yep totally agree. Pace, awareness, skill under the high ball basically. If a FB is quick they should be able to play wing too.

We do have about five options for wing with young players, but none of them look ready to step up to regular first grade for 2025. So if we don't want to play Roberts there, Hall does make sense on 1 year to me.

Roberts is an interesting one - he is still really young and has loads of development in him. I'm not sure whether he'll end up at centre or back row but I think he's been pretty solid most games. He just has the occasional costly drop in him.

To be fair to Roberts he's not really a winger, and trained the off season in the centres. He's an OK reserve, and really not the worst of our problems by a long way.

Hall would make sense if it were with immediate effect.
But for next season, it's a bit pointless.