Quote: the_next_morley "It might not be as simple as you think.
Anyone remember when we signed Johns, he wanted to have number 77 but it was refused by the RFL and we were made to use the next available consecutive number. Seems strange to me that Hicks has been granted a non-consecutive number, with the number 5 shirt still available.
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Its probably because hes going to be 34 next March and likely to be his last year playing so thats why hes been given it