What's everyone's opinions then on keeping Smith?

I personally think he had a solid game and he could be good cover if needed, but keeping him shouldn't mean dropping the youngsters.

Waste of salary cap IMO. If we have some left keep it in case houghton gets injured

Smith did step into the hooking role yesterday on a few occasions

I agree with Jake

He's not a specialist hooker though

Neither is washrook

Although his passing accuracy wasn't too shabby from dh

Yes we need two specialist hookers in the first team squad like every other Super League club.

Think we'll see this less with the reduced interchanges. Just need someone who can spell for a bit IMO

It's not the 10 minute spells that are the problem, it's if houghton gets injured. If he does we'll be screwed trying to use washbrook or smith for full games

Yer fair enough. Litten didn't do much wrong on Sunday, though.

He's a kid and not up to the rigours of playing hooker for 80 minutes at SL level

So was Kruise Leeming and I imagine he'll be trying to push to get into Huddersfield's 17 this year. They have Hinchcliffe given the 9 shirt and then players such as Wood, Ellis, Robinson who can cover during the game and also Leeming in the squad. Don't think that's too dissimilar from Hull this year?

I thought he did alright. Set up Claverings (I think) try and also having him at fullback gives another kicking option. I thought he was similar to Rankin in that he's a ball player, something which Shaul maybe needs to work on. He was supporting the runner on a number of occasions too and I really don't think that having him in the swaud would be a bad thing, should they get him for a good price.

Its good to have options, and depending on who the opposition is, it will enable Radford to select a team to utilise specific skills. It can also leave other teams guessing at the squad he'll pick, rather than having the same predictable team each week.

Not this season. Only NRL and internationals have reduced them.

Leaming is 3 years older though.