Great signing if true. Loads of potential and British.

Don't know much about him to be honest, I guess he's someone to provide cover to the first team squad with a view to breaking into a place in the 17? Can't find any stats on him with regards size and only a short video of him smashing a Hull KR player from the kick off last year. Doesn't look small though.

Whatever happened to Leiws Bienek from London? After watching his youtube clips I remember being disappointed when we missed out on him and he went to Hull FC, but doesn't seem to have done much since...

If we Did sign butler he'd play every week off the bench for me ahead of Sita, if we've signed him we've a raw quality forward.
Bienek is still at Hull i think but with the pack they have i can't see him getting much game time barring injuries. He's a massive lad with shed loads of potential. I think he was on loan to a championship club last year, could be wrong on that though?

Bienek was on loan at (my club) Doncaster briefly in 2018, Batley in 2019 and has again gone out on loan for 2020, this time to Leigh.

I'd also have to do some checking, as far as i can recall from last year he wasn't a big forward, more joe philbin than carvell, i stand to be corrected on that though.

There's a picture of him lining up with Toby King on his twitter feed, he looks at least as tall as King and he's 6ft 2. Butler looks 6ft 3 ish to me...

How did he do?

Quote: Alffi_7 "There's a picture of him lining up with Toby King on his twitter feed, he looks at least as tall as King and he's 6ft 2. Butler looks 6ft 3 ish to me...'" i'll take my comments back i think i was thinking of Gee or yates, who were a bit more on the davis size. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tv1O8URxxU number 23

Quote: Alffi_7 "There's a picture of him lining up with Toby King on his twitter feed, he looks at least as tall as King and he's 6ft 2. Butler looks 6ft 3 ish to me...'" i'll take my comments back i think i was thinking of Gee or yates, who were a bit more on the davis size. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tv1O8URxxU number 23

He (Lewis Bienek) looked like he would do a job at Championship level but would need to improve quite a bit to figure on a regular basis in Super League. It wasn't the biggest surprise to see subsequent loans to Championship clubs.

Confused, who are we signing, Butler or Bienek?
Both, I have to admit, are under my radar as I cannot recall either of them.

Butler, according to League Express.

Thanks, MKK. I note that he's had game time at London, before Covid19 interrupted most facets of our existence.

Sorry that’s my fault. The potential signing of a London prop for next year (Butler) reminded me of a year or two ago of missing out of signing another London prop (Bienek) who looked a beast on his you tube video. By all accounts Bienek hasn’t progressed well with the step up to SL.

No problem. If Bienek was a good prospect a couple of seasons ago, then he hasn't managed to realise that potential.

2 pages into this thread and RD hasn't commented yet on how we should be signing battye and not butler. He will not be happy!!