Apparantly he's signed for the Bulls..

Just wondered what your thoughts were on him having watched him week in week out??

He's always seemed to run his weight and graft rather than being anything special?


Thanks..

That about sums him up.

Does loads of minutes,gets through a lot of tackles without pulling any trees up.
Sort of forward all teams need,our only problem for the last few years this type of forward was all we had.
If its true Thanks Ewan Great service and good luck.

He allways works runs it in very often although most of the time he makes very few yards once he makes contact with the opposition players. Also untill recently i thought he had very good handling as i perosnally had never seen him drop the ball (cant get to most away games so that maybe why) but recently i have noticed he has droped the ball on a couple of ocassions also his form seems to have dipped due to the fact he knows he is leaving i imagine. Good defence but dont be expecting him to break any tackles.

He is what every team needs...A good solid workhorse.

Ewan's a funny one, on one hand no one can deny his attitude, his workload or his fitness however as a prop he makes no impact in the tackle at all IMO, both in defence and in attack. He's the softests prop in the league IMO. In 2005 he was ok as he had the fitness etc.. and the impact bit wasn't so true however the size of props has progressed IMO and he hasn't at all. He's the weakest link in our pack IMO.

People say 'oh all teams need a player like Ewan' but if you look at when we play Wigan or Leeds he makes no yards at all and if that's what we're aiming for then we have to say Goodbye to players like Hall and Dowes especially on the size of contract Ewan is on (i.e. he may have been worth keeping if he accepted the reduced terms).

Best of luck Ewan and thanks a lot for been an integral part of our 2005 CC winning pack and our 2006 GF reaching pack.

Thanks guys.

I expect the Bulls have signed him as a short term measure to bring the Burgess twins through. Also with us being a prop down all season due to Sculthorpe being out who i can now see being released.

I'd keep Dowes over Radford, If true Bulls have a good player, Player swap for Lynch?????

Not every team needs a Ewan Dowes though.

If this is true there could be some truth about movement on signings coming in!

Best of luck to Dowes if he's gone. I'd rather be playing against him than have him in our side so i'm pleased with the option taken by FC.

Bout time, been at the club for 2 years too long!

Thanks Ewan for your service, but time to go.

Hopefully this is true!