Tony didnt have the right to pick and choose were he played, It was so simple, Briscoe was our first choice fullback, Motu came in when he was injured and played better for the back end of the 06 season in our grand final run in so when Briscoe came back he was second choice fullback and had to play in the centres and eventually cover the wing when Tingha left the club, then the next season we had Tony contracted and Briscoe off contract, we offered Briscoe a deal but he wanted a deal that was more then he was worth (at the time) and was offered this at Rovers, he left and become a much better player and fair play to him.

In hindsight it was a bad decision, but to say that Briscoe was released becuase Motu wanted to play fullback is stupid, he earned it at the time.

Very sad news if that's the end of his career at Hull. I know he's been injury blighted for a while, but it's not a nice way to end your career.

Best of luck Motu.

Agree, never shirked anything and always gave everything good clubman and never forget the try in Cardiff

i think his chances of a new contract are very slim.i still believe that we will bring in someone else,as i can't see us just going with jordan tansey at fb with horney covering if needed.tansey as i have said before is a replacement for byrne,a utility back,and therefore can see a new signing coming in at full back.

Probably worthy of its own thread but we seem to have had a lot of people retiring permanently from the game (or semi-permanently like Scott Logan) over recent years. We probably need a witch doctor to come and purge the KC of its bad karma. Anyone know one?

Sounds pretty horrible. Hope he makes a good recovery.

Great player but we need to move on. I will remember him for 3 pieces of magic

1) Try at Cardiff (Obviously)

2) Try against Bradford in the GF eliminator 2006

3) Stanley Gene getting knocked out when trying to tackle him in the 1st SL derby at caravan park.

He also suffered a horrific facial injury when playing for NZ didn't he? Probably the smallest player in the squad but hard as they come.

I'm sure he'll pick up a contract somewhere. Good luck Motu and I hope the club give the fans a chance to say goodbye

It will be sad to see him go, he has done very well for us and I will always remember that try at Cardiff and the night he ripped Leeds apart at Headingley.

No room for senitment though, even if he recovers I would not be offering him a new deal.

This is absolutely right - on all counts.

Excellent summary.

Very bad luck for Motu, and I think that probably signals the end of his career at Hull. I will be sad to see him leave as I think he's been a great servant for us and produced some moments of magic that will live in the memory long after he's gone.

Hope the fans get a chance to say goodbye to him.

Are you insane? Nobody we already had on the books was good/ready enough to step into Swain's shoes at that point. We coped ok-ish, but were notably weaker in his injury absence. We needed a hooker and got the best one on the market. IMO there can be absolutely no complaints about the recruitment of Berrigan. How we've utilised him and the platform he's been given to perform since are a different matter.

Shame if tony was to finish his career like this, he was a very good player for us in 2005/06 and will always be rembered for his try in the CC final.

Hopfully he can recover from this latest set back and get a contract with another team for next season.

jesus mate,you had a bang on the head

nice comments from you

Absolutley gutted for Motu.
A class player,total proffesional and a real gentleman too.
He does'nt deserve to finish his career here in such a sad way.

Get well soon Motu.