So we've signed a new back rower for a month - thoughts? My initial thought was that we have enough back rowers already.

Where you heard this ?

Something I realised at the weekend is that my current highest hope for this season is that we have someone turn out with the number 50 on his back.

So whilst we do need some direct runners and this will be a help with that, this is actually a big step forward towards a larger goal.

It's in the member's email that came out today. If you have a season ticket you should have a copy. (I don't, cos I'm not a member, but I have seen screenshots on FB).

Ta - just seen it

Can I be the 1st to say "Why do we need EVEN more 2nd rowers" ??? Perhaps he too used to play SH / SO in his "youth" !

Didn't he come on loan once before but not make an appearance?

I think ally of what Rohan is doing is ahead of next year tbh. We could potentially lose Olbison, Ferguson and Addy at the end of the year so assessing options isn't a bad thing.

Better than signing a second rate Aussie based on YouTube clips!

Sounds to me like somebody might be injured - Ferguson perhaps?
Anyway Philbin is actually pretty good from what I've seen of him playing for Wire.

Interesting. Johnny Campbell on loan at Keighley too which surprised me.

As Northus said, maybe we've got some I buried to cover over the next crucial month.

With us apparently looking to sign two Aussie halves, your dream might become a reality!

Only if they get a whole number each.

Fnar fnar

Mellor & Olbison have hardly been setting the world on fire lately. Ferguson and Addy were injured for the last match. Haggerty was having to play in the halves.

When you consider all that, it doesn't make signing a second rower on a month's loan quite as crazy as everyone's first reaction of "not another second rower!"

Tough bugger, low centre of gravity, industrious, literally never pulls his socks up, his actual socks that is.
Will hold his own, grew up on a farm so graft is ingrained(no pun) in him.

He's not in the Joe Vagana ,or Stuart Fielded class though.