Melbourne Storm were after him, according to the mole and Tony Adams down under

Yes, I saw that before too.

Good player, and a local lad too, I believe.

Maybe the York player, it should be someone like him would be a good shout

Teanby is an ex-Trinity Academy player aswell I think...

Yes he was, then played at Dewsbury with Jordan when Jordan was on loan, good no nonsense forward who did the basics. Similar build to Battie, I haven’t watched him for a couple of seasons now so wether he’s SL standard I don’t know, but a good kid on and off the field.

That’s half the battle.

Anyway what is a SL standard player? My answer is any half decent player who wants to be.

Natural ability or freakish physicality helps of course it does but without attitude and desire it’s nothing.

You only have to look at the U17 and U15 international teams of the past to see how few make it. Being those ages many players appear better than they are due to physical attributes. Once that equals out they can’t hack it.

I know nothing of this lad but if he’s got over the disappointment of not graduating from his academy club but has still forged a career and got noticed there must be something there.

Huge weakness of the British game is the lack of second chances. I’d vote all day long on these players than past it NRL players. Especially with forwards where pure enthusiasm and bravery will get you a long way.

Must be a full moon or something as again I find myself agreeing with Vasty.

We agree more than you think.

Walker back to London in exchange for Battye by look of things

Where's that from? Fantastic if correct.

It was muted in the press as a possibility but it would not take a genius to come up with that scenario.

Probably pulled directly off here, League Express is pretty poor.

Andrew Dixon if the players Instagram is anything to go by...

Andrew Dixon ?

Apparently its an old post, did think we had enough back rows!

I hate it when that happens!