He didn't start at Saints no, and glow has got it correct about his amateur teams too, there was a decent bunch of current SL and National League players came though that year at New Springs.

Put it this way, he looked a lot better than Emmitt when he was DR at Leigh last year and he's making waves at Cas now.

quite agree with all that

the other one to look out for (IMO of course) is Brendan Worth at Toulouse - he could be a really good prop with the right coaching and with better players around him - he's going nowhere at the moment with the di@@@ead he's working under at present.
He's really beefed up this season and has added to his overall game - Catalans were sniffing around in the close-season but Fakir decided to stay and Paea came in.

From what people have posted so far he sounds like a good signing for us as long as he wasnt brought in as a direct replacement for Jammer.

I know some players earn good money away from the game and maybe thats his reason for sticking at Leigh, will be interesting to see if we pursue it

What's important about props is that you have a good set.
Look what happened to our game when Graham and Tony were off the pitch against Wigan.
Wigan won the league with a modest yet determined set of 4 props.

Realistically, if we could start a game with Perry, LMS and Puletua on the pitch with Clough and another good superleague standard prop on the bench we'll be absolutely fine in any weather, especially with the way Soliola's supporting them.

Yeah , the trick will be keeping Perry fit it seems. Chris Hill sounds like he could be a gamble worth taking, if he's as good as the Leigh fans say and he makes the step up we could end up with a gem.. and he's not an Aussie !

he actually started off playing at st pats but dont know when till. played with him for the wigan town teams when younger but he was a year younger but played at our age group. he is a very good player!

Chris Hill would be a great addition to our pack from what I have seen of him. A real grafter and he has good ball handling skills as well for a Prop. It would be like a duck to water for Hill in Super League and I think he would be a fine signing. McManus take note!!!

If anyone's interested to see how good he is it might be worth a few Saints fans going to watch him next friday against a form Super League team in Catalans. I know i'm intrigued to see how he does.

I'm guessing it's in Leigh and not Catalans. Time and date?

Have we actually signed him?

No.