or produce your own like us, last count 9 academy players trained at hull played v wigan

In Fonua signs a three year deal.

Out Rankin. Hull were hoping to keep him but he made it clear he wanted to return to the NRL if he got an offer. Very good player who had a great rapport with the fans. He will be missed but Shaul will be his replacement with Naughton as back up.

Out Sa. No big loss. Never really got going through injuries.

Updated after the past couple of weeks.

Some of the 'Ins' to SL are looking pretty decent.

How many of those are regular first teamers and not just in the team due to injuries?

Regards

King james

Maybe play a few less and try to give Wigan more of a game then

Justin Horo to Catalans from Manly. Good signing.

So much for developing french players. Catalans reliance on the NRL is becoming a joke.

Maybe time to end the failed French experiment.
The French game nationally is no stronger, to get competitive games England don't even bother playing France anymore. The top team is stuffed with overseas players, many of whom have been booted out of the NRL and the best young players move to other SL clubs because the don't get selected.
They bring nothing of value to the other clubs, the home game against Catalans is the least profitable for every other club who would all make more money with a game against Leigh/Bradford/Sheffleid/Featherstone/Halifax.

Couldn't agree more NT. Well said.

I have a bit of sympathy for Catalans here. Yes they have recently signed two NRL players - but they are also losing Dureau, Henderson and Taia and possibly also Oldfield and Pomeroy. All NRL imports, so at the minute they actually have fewer imports for 2016 than they do for this season.

Add on to that the fact that they are also losing Whitehead to the NRL and also - perhaps more importantly - Ben Garcia. I have been really impressed every time I have seen Garcia play this season, so it must have been especially galling for Catalans to have a youngster with such promise up sticks to the NRL so early in their career.

There are plenty of decent French players in the Catalans side and earlier this week they also gave new full time contracts to Yaha and Lucas Albert.

An away trip to the South of France, or an away day to Featherstone? Hmmmmm.

I'm pretty sure Garcia is an Aussie but, I get your point.

He's French but did spend some time playing for Brisbane's under 20s before joining Catalans. So a bit of both I guess.

Garcia is french, as is Gadwin Springer, another french lad to move on from Catalan.

Escare, Duport, Elima, Casty, Mounis, Bosc, Pelissier, Garcia, Cardace, Bousquet, Baitieri, Maria, Guasch, Robin, Yaha, Gigot, Margalet, Sigismeau & Albert
Id say the french development is going pretty well...

As for the imports,
Pomery, Tonga, Oldfield, Carney, Dereau, Henderson, Taia, Anderson, Lima, Inu & Whitehead
At least 4 are deffinetly leaving, with a couple more rumoured.

I dont think its much better at Hull Kr as it is Catalan.
Mantellatio, Sio, Blair, Kelly, Allgood, Campese, Tilse, Puletua, Chisholm..

Hull Daily Mail have reported Hull FC have tabled an offer for Sika Manu. It's probably the usual made up crap from this paper but is he any good?