That makes it sound like he isn't good enough to play 6 because he needs the space playing at full back gives. I think he would be even more devastating at 6 and would have a running game few teams could cope with. As to a realistic player of equal quality to replace Tommy, who is he?

Well he's made the Ull FC 19. So he's in with a shout of playing on Saturday. Looking forward to seeing what he can do.

Is there another specialist FB in the squad?

I think Russell could potentially be a big hit on humberside. Remember the last youngster we sent over there on loan? he turned out ok.

I hope he tears Leeds apart on saturday.

With Horne being out injured the only other possible choice is Whiting, but he has bulked up this year to play 2nd row, and I think we will go with Russell

Good stuff. I will certainly tune into that game on saturday night.

Great performance from young Matty tonight. You have a real star in the making there.

All parties benefit form this loan deal. It's a shame we have to go to other clubs like this but hopefully now that we have an owner who invests in the youth structure and a coach prepared to give them a chance we will have have more Hull youngsters like Crooks coming though.

I saw most of the match tonight between Hull and Leeds and I thought that Russell had quite a good game,in fact Hull fans are saying on the Hull site "sign him up full time).
What I would like to see now is leave him at Hull so that he can get an extended run,if Wigan have to bring him back if circumstances demand it, only do it if we really need him.
It must be hard on a young player trying to get some first team game time to be recalled,find himself in the 19 and then find out that on the day he is left out.
Let the lad develop with a team who can give him extended game time.

Yeah he should be at Hull for the rest of the season. It'll only help him.

Great deal for both sides if he continuous to play well and get selected.

He had a pretty good game, but he looked a bit nervous to me, perhaps understandably - he's usually a lot better than that in attack. He wasn't tested much in defence, which can be his weak point, though that tackle on Leuluai was pretty good!

Well done on a well-deserved win!

Take it he went well at fullback then?

And that mr Clarke is why Russell is on loan playing at fullback at Hull instead of being played out of position on the wing at Wigan, losing all his confidence and dropping down to the under 20s never to be seen again.

can we keep him?

can you lot honestly see Tomkins moving back into the halves, as has been mentioned on here?

Cheers, been waiting a long time for that.

Mr Clarke thought they should be playing a young man from the local area... Ask him to explain, don't look to me for an explanation.