If you offered me either of them to play in my team though, I'd still take Houghton over Hodgson. Irrespective of what Steve McNamara thinks.

Deluded.

Aye, you can always rely on a Rovers fan to provide an impartial judgement when comparing players from the Hull clubs.

Thanks for your input.

As a neutral (in terms of the Hull clubs) I would tend to agree with this statement. Whenever I've seen them I've always regarded Houghton as better than Hodgson.

In the 2013 season, Houghton impressed me everytime I saw him. I think [iindustrious[/i would be the way I would describe him.

I think I've seen posts from Hull fans suggesting he went off the boil in 2014 but I haven't seen as much rugby in general this year, so I'm not sure.

Hodgson seems a solid choice, decent service, robust player, but I thought he was one of the players in the WC that just looked to (solid but) limited. If my club were signing one, I'd go for Houghton, I think he's more likely to [imake something happen[/i.