Baptiste is a great hooker. He'd be great addition to the squad. He showed some nice touches with the ball and solid defensive work in his first game for PNG. My concern is he could quite easily get an NRL deal better than what we are able to offer.

Clark has a been a massive disappointment for me and has seen his form plummet to become third choice England hooker. ....I think Baptiste would make us serious contenders next season...

Clark is an absolute machine week in, week out. He game revolves around a quick ruck and runners either side of the ruck hitting a hard line. We've just been through two years of every set consisting of 4 scoots and a kick to the corner. I expect to Clark to go back to his MOS form under price, he was being smothered with mediocrity under the latter years or Smith and Agar.

He's not a bad player...you rarely win a MOS if you are.

However he has zero kicking game, and this separates the Cameron Smiths and Josh Hodgsons from the rest of the Worlds Hookers. (Monas Had a great kicking game too)

Baptitste created a try for a forward in the PNG game by giving a disguised short pass. it was simple enough but those cute plays also seem to pass Clark by.

one of my favourite NRL hookers was/is Mitch Rein at St George.He was similar to Clarke in he was/is great at Dummy half running. And its so exciting to watch a hooker make that decision to not pass but instead take on the half gap left by tired defenders.
But that doesn't suit some teams and is Why Rein only got a handful games at the Panthers this year and has now moved on.

What happens When Clark loses his pace what will separate him from the run of the mill hookers then?

He's clearly played injured last season so another reason to have a good back up hooker....

Hmm, you just said "he signed"?

Give me Daryl Clark over Josh Hodgson any day of the week.

That was the info I got and posted it on the rumours thread.
I will post and be dammed.

If we lose a winger, the reserve is likely to be a academy player.

If we lose a Clark, the reserve is likely to be Smith.

Pretty thin on ground both spots compared to a plethora of cover elsewhere.

We ought to be like the Pies.
Promote from within for backs.

Ought to be, but we aren't are we? We need anotger winger IMO I hope taylor Prell works out as cover but to be honest I have no idea whether he is ready or ever will be.

We seem pretty good at producing generic back rowers, not so good at backs. Pomeroy for one more season as cover?

A certain Mr Tony Smith took up a position today as elite coaching mentor for the FA.

Is it dammed or damned?
Is it like your damp squid?

A chap called Higham seems to have become available - you may have heard of him.

Squib

It has to be "dammed" because he's a duck