I agree with offering him a long-term contract but only on the proviso that he invests in some proper rugby boots and dumps the divers' boots, he currently wears, in the bin

Calderwood was injured right at the start of the season and Whiting was picked in the centres with Hall moving to the wing. HTH.

There have been games where he has been selected even though everyone was fit. He has been preferred to 'future international' Craig Hall in most games. He is not in the side just because of injuries, he's there on merit. Do you reckon if he's still playing as well when Calderwood is back he'll lose his place?

Also, pre-season there were people saying Turner was ahead of him for centre and Whiting would only get a look in if he was injured. Look at the thread Wolfie linked to - you might even be one of them...

To re-iterate my point, Whiting wouldn't have played much imo if it weren't for injuries but when he stepped into the side he's done that well that people's opinions have changed slightly based on form.

He has been picked when everyone is fit but would not have been picked at the start of the season. He's played his way to been undropable.

Pre-season Turner was ahead of Whiting for a centre shirt and Whiting publicly said he wanted to play backrow. Injuries changed the way Agar had to approach the season and Whiting cant be knocked for his role in making Agars mind up for him.

But you don't need to give a penalty to put an incident on report. The referee clearly continued with the play, as he followed it up the pitch and only blew the whistle after the tackle (the next stoppage). There was no need for him to bring it back at all. He should have stopped play, put Newton on report, and played on from there. Giving us a penalty was rewarding the offending team.

He was picked because his pre-season form was excellent and it has continued to be so. He would have played against Saints regardless of whether Calderwood was fit or not. However much you don't want to accept it.



And yet he wasn't selected in the centre against Saints.

IIRC, Whiting was centre and Hall was wing against Saints. That's also the way they've listed it on Super League's website.

That's correct, yes.

Just realised you meant Turner wasn't selected at centre, not Whiting.
Mis-read. My mistake.

As you were...

To a point you can.
I coached sprint & endurance running and anyone can pick up their pace and I'm sure Hull have been doing that with Rich.
It all gets technical though with athletes having 'Fast Twich'/ 'Slow Twitch' muscles and Rich probably falls in the former to a certain extent. Sprinters are in the Fast Twitch type. Rich, as has been said on numerous occasions, makes up for this with his 'brain' and sometimes that is better than just raw speed.
Don't worry about Whiting's pace, it's t'other's around him that need to be switched on.

He didn't he ran to keep up with play.. Rovers should he been penalised were Whiting was tackled ..Watch the recording of the game and if he had scored the try would have stood because the advantage at the time was in Hulls favor ..The only time it should have been took back if Hull had made the foul