For what it's worth, Luke Yates played a little bit of hooker at Newcastle.
He played several short stints in reserve grade at hooker before getting a run as bench hooker in firstgrade, but was so bad they took him off after 5 minutes and never asked him to play hooker again.
I thought he wasn't too bad in reserve grade.

Just read that we are trying to offload Cunnngham and Ashworth to Leigh for Peteru and Peats.

That's good if true, Jack Ashworth was great for us @ Leigh in the 2019 season, albeit in the championship.

Yes apparently that then gives Leigh two quota spots which they are working to fill.

3 of the players have completed their loan swaps, apart from Cunningham who won't be coming to lovely Leigh.

You aren't missing anything, im not sure he is even championship standard, never seen a player have less impact, the only thing i have really noticed him doing is pass from dummy half, that's about his game. If he thinks he is too good for leigh he is sorely mistaken,

Strange of him to refuse as he will likely be frozen out of the team here.

we are currently running with just one on loan hooker, we are desperate, he wont be frozen out. but I cant remember the last time I saw such an ineffectual hooker.

we need a 6 or 7 ASAP Russell shocking .yesterday after going 12 up we should be winning . our d was better but still a poor Wigan score 3 tries and
we dont look like we will score if we played 80 hours if our coach is happy then he is in he wrong job

Sam Wood now off at the end of the season too - Hull KR apparently.

I'm gutted by this news, Sam has always done what's asked of him, played in a multitude of positions and will always put in that little extra effort to get to the man to make a tackle. Just the kind of hard working player that Watson claims to like. A home grown player we should be looking to keep!
lets hope Watson does a better choice of replacing him than he has with the players brought in so far.