Getting rid of a scrum half purely because he's small in stature at age 19/20 (BEFORE he's finished physically maturing) is a bad idea. Clearly Brown didn't think Hewitt had an obvious size handicap or he wouldn't have bothered mentioning the kid. Let's be honest, Nathan Brown knows more than a thing or two about half-backs. Even if Hewitt doesn't grow another inch - there's nothing to say he can't emulate the outstanding defensive attributes of players such as Geoff Toovey, Allan Langer or even Rob Burrow. All three are about as small as you'll get and yet overcame this drawback with copybook tackling technique. No, I think this has to be about more than just size.

Feel sorry for the lad and I hope he turns a corner at Oldham.

Slightly more concerning is the fact that Hewitt is the THIRD promising half to have exited the club in recent years before establishing himself.

I've seen Dave Hewitt play since he was around 14 and going forwards he's always been an outstanding prospect.
Physically he's not the biggest and can be spotted in defence.
He's exactly the kind of player who needs an U21, 23 or A team environment to step into.
Saints will learn a lot from his time at Oldham.
I may go to the Swinton / Oldham game next week so should be interesting viewing.

Totally agree mate, we 100% need have another age group above the 19s. I've seen fair bit of Hewitt but Imo ive never expected him to make the grade at top super league club.

I've not seen as much of the u19s this year as Id like but my mate told me thst Hewitt was even getting picked for u19s ?

I've been a fair few meeting regarding scholarships etc and all clubs now a looking at how they feel the lad will develop physically as that is such important part of the game these days. They even look at the size of parents to see how big they are etc. Most clubs will usually go for a decent big lad over a decent little lad.

Hewitt now has the chance to prove KC and saints wrong that he's ready.

Scored on his debut for Oldham. Game still ongoing. He started at scrum half with ex academy player Danny Langtree also playing for Oldham.

Think he's scored again judging by Oldham Twitter updates.

How much smaller than Quinlan is Hewitt?

Hewitt not being kept at Saints

Hardly a surprise since he was wanting to leave early in the season but link?

Signed for Warrington.