Must say i am a little confused with this news. I thought you signed a lan player usually when you require cover for injuries, or to strengthen a perceived weakness in your team, none if which imo fit with hopkins, firstly imo our pack is the best in the league, we have few injuries currently, and we have quality like, thornley, duffy, ostick, acton, bate cant get in. A simple question, why do we need him, especially at this stage of the year. On saying all the above i hope he destroys the hornets pack on sunday.

Acton scares the bejeebus out of me so god knows what he does to the opposition.

Acton s ear looked a mess when he came in the pitch at the end but he looked ok, probably didn't come back as as a pre caution. Him and OLLI are best props yesterday.

Agree with Olly Wilkes, he had a stormer of a game. Acton wasn't on long enough, and whilst it was some hit in the tackle, the fact he never came back on really put the pressure on the other forwards fitness. They had to do longer spells which contributed to the closeness of the game.

I thought Sam Hopkins looked really off the pace on Sunday. Rochdales second try was purly down to Sam being lazy getting back into the defensive line.

Once he gets match fit, he will be a great addition to the squad. Would not surprise me if he will be with us for the season, especially now he is cup tied for Wigan

Said the same myself was surprised how quickly Sam tired he wasn’t anywhere near match fit. Supposed he may have had to put more minutes in than was originally planned with the Acton injury.