Where would we play him i think he's a 2nd rower so he'll be competing with ryan, kirmond, ali, walshaw can he play 13?

Talk the ground yesterday was that Mathers & Sykes are not being retained so for me we a specialist fullback and some extra cover in the halves. We already need some three-quarter cover. Theres going to have to be some wheeling and dealing done i reckon.

You’ve got yourself a very solid and dependable player in Matty Ashurst. Doesn’t take a step back and works very hard, I have noticed a big improvement in his attacking game this season too with the lines he runs and his ability to offload.

Unfortunately for him we have Hock, Hansen, Hauraki, Walton, Dixon, Griffin, Rapira and Hope all playing in the back row for 2015.

Young and British too which is always a bonus, as more often than not these type of positions are filled by NRL rejects. Leaves Salford with the best wishes of the fans.

Think this just about sums up where Ashurst is with the options in the back row that Salford have.
Not a glamour player but we were falling over ourselves when we signed Tuson.
Think they are similar, only difference is, one came from Wigan and the other is coming from Salford.
May get loads of stick about my next opinion but I think Hansen is quite overrated, does the hard work but not a game breaker, again I think Hansen and Ashurst are similar players.

Matty was top tackler against Wigan and could've scored if Sau had not been so greedy, really good buy for your club , Wigan were interested last year but Nobby wouldn't sell

Wont get loads of stick from me, as I have questioned H in attack this season but in defence he really is magnificent. I can’t think of many better defenders in Super League, if he hadn’t missed the games he has with his hand injury he would be up there with the most tackles this season, which for a back rower is phenomenal.

As for being similar, Ashurst misses many more tackles than H but that’s nothing major it’s just Hansen is a freak in defence. Going forward, the stats indicate Hansen has made around 130m more than Matty this season which is surprising.