Also mike burnett and lee williams released, not too bothered but wasnt williams sposed to be a good un. Reckon burnett probly wasnt quite good enough, too slow for a 2nd row and too small for a prop, but would be good for quins if he stopped there tho

The writing was on the wall for Williams once we signed Ellis.

Clearly Kath.

But she's history now, so not going to dwell on that. At least we won't be giving Leeds youth team match practice/experience so they can fit into SL for them or others now

A legacy of an arrangement would should never have been allowed in the first place I am afraid...though most fans were in 'denial' at the time!

So 'pillow talk' has effectively cost Hull FC one of its best prospects? Sad!

It was always wrong that the Hethrington's held sensitive contract information about players from two clubs - it should never be allowed to happen again!

Allegedly it cost us Chris McKenna and we got Colin Best instead, so it wasn't all bad

Even though he is contract expired, will there be any fee payable???

It's not being dramatic at all, the club needs to keep it's best 17yo's, they are the future and are far more important than the next has been from overseas.

Just how many players have we lost out on due to the Hetherington's pillow talk we'll never actually know but agree with others this should not be allowed to happen again.

Thankfully she's gone and we now have someone who is actually interested In Hull Fc winning

would have being nice one day to have had all 3 brothers playing in the first team, not gunna happen now, real shame, but at least Bomber and Rule will now ensure this wont happen again.

Well if things work out how we all hope under Pearson over the next 5 years and Luke turns out to be a great player we may be in a position to tempt him back.

No guarantees on anything, but you should never say never.

Shame to lose him but it seems as though it will have a positive effect on the youngsters contracts in the future.

James Smailes answering somebody on Twitter - Hull will get compensation for Briscoe, but peanuts. They get something like £80 for every week he was on contract, about £4k i think

The worrying thing is that with Luke at Leeds it would be more tempting for Tom to sign for them when he is out of contract.

Unfortunate and disappointing but he's not the first ever player to be poached. Hopefully lessons have been learned and the new regime will not be so lax in this area. Doesn't reflect well on Rule IMO.

Why? He is his own person, a paid international. I'm sure he can make his own decision rather follow his younger brother.