No part of me wants him to go to Aus but I suspect he might. Can't we sign him for 5 years and then do a 2 year loan swap with an Aussie club and get a top player from said club in return ? That would be a way of guaranteeing his return to us. Cloud cuckoo land I know but I don't like seeing international players leaving the club.

We need some way of retaining him if we can.

I like your suggestion for a number of reasons. But I would like to add a proviso to his contract though, an iron-clad one (which is probably illegal), in that he can leave after two years to the NRL if on his return to the ESL it is to FC.

Briscoe needs incentivising to stay at Hull if NRL clubs are genuinely sniffing. Tying him down long term may not do that. Give him the carrot of success with the team for a get out to Australia if trophies don't start to appear. Either way his will try his heart out.

Even with another two seasons beyond his current deal, he will only be about 25/26 years old.

Personally I'd like to see a good, talkative centre next to him to help develop his game.

That second try he scored last night was 1 that no other winger in the league would have scored.

You cannot knock the guy for wanting to go to the NRL and he has always been pretty upfront about his wishes to go and try it over there.

back to his best,

Form is temporary,class is permanent!

Briscoe's game would go up a notch again if he had a centre inside of him who can put him away like Turner and Crooks have done the last couple of games. Yeamo to the right for me!

Could see the difference is his running the ball back, had the thought to myself that we hadnt had a Briscoe special break for a long time and the signs were there for it to happen.

The phrase form is temporary, class is permanent really came in to play last night. Briscoe has been average all season, then that run just turned the magic back on just like that, a try from absolutely nothing that only a World Class player would have scored.

I'd never have thought it possible to do that from a standstill and then skin 3 of them in to the bargain. A stunning piece of work.

That's how it appeared to me as well. He has been trying hard enough in the previous games but was obviously struggling at times, getting back slowly and looking a bit short on pace. The rest from the week off looks to have done him a world of good so hopefully its back to his brilliant best for the rest of the season.

What made his performance that much better is that he was playing against TWBW (according to Leeds fans and Eddie Hemmings, but no one else)

excellent performance last night from tom! back in to form, best game of the season by far! hope he signs a new deal but cant see it happening tbh

the more we start to creep up the league table, win big games and look like we might challenge for trophies the more likely players like Briscoe will stay. Some players out there are only motivated by money and that won't ever change...but there are also a lot of players who would accept slightly less pay to be part of a winning squad in a 'happy' team. Gareth Ellis for example is reported to have turned down more money to come to Hull, but the attraction of playing for a respected coach and a team that has ambitions to be in the top4 each year has sealed the deal.

TB's straight line speed has looked sharper in the last couple of games, and he's looked a bit happier too. Very pleased to see one of our big game players hitting great form