Jake and Texy's excellent adventure.

I can't imagine how this is going to work out.

Before Jake moved to Newcastle he had always lived with his very supportive parents and there were stories about him only having a few tracksuits and no idea about how to get them washed or how to feed himself.
Tex has also always lived with his family. He "moved out" last year, which turned out to be he spent some time sleeping on Kalyn Ponga's couch.
Jake has spent a few years looking after himself now, and Tex has been trying, so they might be ready to move to the other side of the world I suppose.
They are like the poster boys for Gen z who have never had to develop life skills, and are off to conquer the world.

Just watching these clips of Clifford from last season he reminds me almost of Jamie Lyon in terms of build and the way he moves. If Clifford has half as much impact for us as Lyon had for St’s I’ll be more than happy.

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The world can wait. Super League play-offs first.

We’ve now got a New JC.
But now with discipline and pace
Yehhhh !!! ( just a bit of banter no harm intended )

good signing,been impressed with both hoy and clifford when ive seen them.should do well over here.

They should both fit in perfectly

"Be excellent to each other and party on Dudes"

Interesting last sentence in the clubs press release
They’ve also announced his sponsor.

Interesting that he said he had a zoom call with Tony Smith and Clarkey about 10 days ago?

Just please please please if we can do one thing and thats not to demand too much or get on his back if he hasnt set the world on fire his first couple of games.

Lets not ruin or put preassure on another spine before its even had chance.

Never in doubt

Picked a great night to fly overnight and miss all the action.

Really happy with this signing, probably the best we could have asked for, a young but experienced half, with a lot to prove if he wants to go back to the NRL, reminds me of Salford signing both Hastings and Croft, both talented, but didn't quite work out for them in the NRL.

As big a loss as Connor is, this gives is a better balance at 1,6 and 7, along with the other 4 signings got to be pretty happy with out recruitment, still lacking in the pack, particularly in the backrow and am hopefully we can still get one more in (Longstaff or English), but I am sure that every team in SL has a weakness in their squad, even Saints with the loss of Grace who hasn't been replaced.

Can’t see how the club could have recruited a better available half back. Ticks all the boxes.

Connor is one of the most naturally gifted players I’ve seen in the black and white, but we look far more balanced now we’ve adjusted the pivots.

At least now we’ve sorted out the crucial spine positions, we can adjust the rest of the squad in the next window, with so many OOC.

Out of the halfbacks who were getting linked to us Clifford was the best by a distance.

Think his situation mirrors Hastings & Croft because they were both hyped up and seemed to fall out of love with the game due to things out of their control, in Cliffords case AOB being a weird bloke who has zero interpersonal skills. There is the worry about homesickness with him for sure but it was 100% worth the risk.

A totally new dynamic spine along with a coach known for promoting a 'eyes up footy' approach sounds like a very exciting combination.

The 'clause' is a bit of a strange one, back to the NRL at any time if an NRL team wants him.

Hes a great signing all the same

TBH most overseas players who come under 30 have this, I would suspect it would be at the end of a season.