Been a good servant for Trin,solid player

hope he gets his just rewards from his testimonial

Ho,and by the way,his mum and dad are one of the nicest couples you would wish to meet and have worked tirelessly for his testimonial year

Good solid SL player.



Ironically been one of our performers in the pack recently and seemed back to his 2012 form so a surprise he's not going round for one more season but understandable. Best of luck for the future!

Did I read somewhere that Andy Raleigh has been studying an MBA whilst playing RL?

If so, I expect he'll do alright in retirement; rumour has it that he's a very clever lad - despite appearances!

James Deighton on Twitter mentioned he was the smartest RL player he knew.

There are more than ever now.

I remember when Andy Mason was an oddity because he was an accountant and not a pit man.

I know as full timers player don't usual have a career yet but many are now well qualified to pursue one when they finish.

Even some who don't get qualification are often quite bright, Paul Cooke is a great example of that - flawed but very bright.

Andy is a clever lad studied a degree in Newcastle, played a fair bit with him at rep level as a student. To be honest I was always shocked when he signed for Hull KR as he was never the best player but was certainly the most committed.

It's a credit to him that and his work ethic that he has made a career or rugby and I am sure given his work ethic he will go on to do well whatever career path he follows.

Another clever bugger

is Jon Wells with a law degree or something of a similar ilk.

He was student player of the year and player of each tour he went on ( Russia and NZ) of course he was a great player. A book came out recently calling him the best student player to come into the professional game?

I don't understand your shock at Andy signing for Hull KR. He signed from Sheffield Eagles where he was outstanding, and was voted players player, fans player and coaches player of the season, as well as being in the division Dream Team.
He clearly has more than a great work ethic, although I would agree he has that in spades.

It was a rather reserved, backhanded compliment wasn't it?

I think he means pro player rather than student player

To me if didn't read like that, anyway the point still stands he was in the league two dream team 2 years on the bounce before he went to HKR. Hardly someone who wasn't a good player, just committed.