What is your opinion on his debut? Did he look fit enough to play super league? was he good in attack, defense, both or niether?

I think he looked like a player that has spent considerable time out of the game! He looks like he has bulked up a fair bit and played in the back row for most of the his stint.

Motu looks fit he will just be used as a utility player for us i would say.

He put his hand up to take a drive when whenever we were stuck in our redzone, nothing outstanding and few mistakes. He'll get sharper with more game time. Good Luck to him

The main issue was whether Motu was fit enough for the job.

He looked 'sprightly' to me and I was most encouraged!

Without wanting to drift the thread, and at the risk of going over old ground, surely this sort of signing (regardless of the performance on Sunday) is exactly what we should be getting ourself away from - and makes a bit of a mockery of our buy British policy. Is there really no alternative out there to an ageing import? How much time do you reckon we have spent scouring:

Our youth setup
Other teams A team
Other teams youth setup
Rugby union
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No disrespect, he was a decent player for Hull FC in his prime and I appreciate he has played 1 game only - its not about Motu Tony (substitute for Smith if you like) but the wider point.

Adult discussion welcomed, thought it would make a change from the usual guff about the ground.....

I think we have a lot of youngsters this year and so to put a 'seasoned' player in will be helpful.

I agree, we need players like Tony, King, Rinaldi and Morrison who have the experience to pass on to the younger element of the squad.

If we did just have young British players, i am sure some people would be complaining that we lack experience.

"Seasoned" yes - take your point.

"Imports" thats the key here.

Tony Adds little
King No issues, solid performer and Brit
Rinaldi Fed trained I understand? (It is confusing though, so could be wrong). Again, no issue.
Moro Moot point, can appreciate the comment.

If it was the above in isolation I would think you have an argument, but you forgot to add Smith, Korkidas, Obst, Henderson et al.

French players now count as a Federation trained players, as they should’ve been in the first place. It was a crazy decision to effectively only allow Catalans to field French players.

Obst Hendo and Korky have all been over in this country now that if they wanted to they could become British citizens and to me this makes them almost home grown players in my eyes (Yes i know that they are not classed as home grown even if they do have British citizenship).

As for Smith, he is classed as one of our four overseas players so i have no problem with us filling up our quota space.