Forgot Dowes....

Still, 15 in the squad this year, and 15 playing elsewhere in Super League.

Personally I'd take a side of:

Smith, BJB, Watkins, Ablett, Hall, Sinfield, McGuire, Bailey, Burrow, Moore, Jones-Buchanan, Clarkson & Ward

over

Mathers, Fox, Walker, Gibson, Broughton, Gale, Tansey, Scruton, Diskin, Carvell, Golden, Netherton, Murrell.

even if the latter would roundly beat some of the SL whipping boy rabble down the table.

All this proud to have academy graduates in the side is fair enough,but in the present era were you influenced by the Leeds way of doing things?

Is This William, AKA Keith??

Academies were also around before the Super League Era.

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So not really 'Leeds heaviest ever defeat at Headingley' then.

Wigan's 42 point margin of victory (1st June 2012) equalled Leeds' previous 'heaviest' SL Era defeat at Headingley (19th May 2000 - Leeds 2 Bradford 44) - while the 50 point haul remained second only to Bradford's 56 on the 4th August 1996.

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Leeds' heaviest ever Headingley defeat could be viewed as the 3 - 54 hammering they took at the hands of Bradford Northern during the 1945/46 season (a few days earlier Leeds also went down to arguably their heaviest ever away defeat 71 - 0 at Belle Vue.)

In today's money those results could be interpreted as 4 - 68 and 88 - 0.

(The Queensland touring team also left Headingley with a 2 - 58 win to their credit in 1983 but whether that qualifies as a recognised fixture I'm none too sure.)

Saints did it in 1999/2000. That's why we had to win it three times in a row, to put them properly in the shade.

Quite correct ,game set and match to the highwayman.

And Another......

rlhttps://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12217/8195342/Former-Hull-KR-full-back-Shannon-McDonnell-agrees-to-join-Hull-FCrl

They're building a strong looking side. Although they seem to always have 6 or 7 injuries preventing them putting their strongest 17 out, their doesn't look to be much depth in their squad.

From where i am looking 5 or 6 of last season regular first team will be backup and if Scott Prince does sign over the weekend(and its not certain yet) then we will for the first time in many many years have better squad coverage than ever.

I think in some small part Leeds have to be thanked because they ticked our chairmen off big style with the Briscoe affair (Leeds did nothing wrong btw - but we know the alleged story) and he is putting his money where his mouth is to try and knock Leeds off the top of the tree.

It wont be next year but at last we are a club spending money where it counts, I did read early in this forum about Leeds/Wigan youth setups and who is best ect ect and yes your both a benchmark we hope to follow.

It doesn't matter how much money he has, he is only allowed to spend to the maximum. I smell a Rat tbh.

You would, because you're a partisan fan of one of their rival teams.

The squad Hull have put together next year is easily capable under the current salary cap.

We've had a couple of likely big earners leave to make space, some of those coming in will probably be cheaper than those they are replacing. We've replaced McKinnon, Sharp, Manu, O'Carroll, Moa, Turner, and Aspinwall with McDonnell, Crookes, Ellis, Watts, Johnson, Arundel, and Galea. Martin has also gone and we've brought in Holdsworth. If we get Prince he'd be the only real additional player on last season.

Salary cap is audited 'live' these days is it not?

I suspect if Hull's squad looks better for next year (and I think it does) then it is more likely to be due to a more efficient and effective use of money, rather than actually spending more.

Hull fans - is therre a matching investment in the academy? I think some previous Hull administrations have been a little guilty of short term-ism with their spending in the last decade or so. I'd like to see that change. I love Hull for being an RL city, and I think the sport benefits form one or both clubs really delivering what they're capable of.

JUST SIGNED SHANNON MCDONNELL AS WELL