He found a new target initially in Griffin.
That worked out well.

The cap must be an issue surely to bring Ellis back and play Sanderson won't happen unless we are really short, Yeaman was fine and will carry on doing a job, why would you move Connor who was MOM in the last three games back to centre and play Miloudi ther who is a fullback????? Thought Miloudi did well on the wing.

Why would the cap be an issue? I arent the salary cap expert, but I am pretty sure Sanderson won't count on the cap anyway. I highly doubt he is in our top 25 earners, so he wouldn't be counted because he is under 21, and I expect earns under 20k aswell.

Yeaman and Ellis are more of a grey area, but they are paid to be a conditioner and manager respectively. Those salaries have nothing to do with them playing. They might even be playing for nothing. I don't know what the arrangement is.

Always thought that their non playing salary would then count on the cap. Eg if Ellis earned £50,000 a year as head of rugby or whatever it is then that would then count.

That is how I understand it too, the full wage counts on the cap regardless of it being a player wage, as otherwise clubs would give all their players a side-job and cheat the cap. Like how some clubs allegedly had players wives as very well paid shop staff years ago.

I don't honestly know what the rule is, but I very much doubt that's the case. I will see if I can see anything in the operating rules.

Just had a skim through. There is a brief and fairly vague paragraph about it which essentially says it is at the discretion of the RFL and they will determine what the players salary cap value would be. It isn't just their wage straight up going on cap.

No Ellis and no Yeaman either in the 19.

Sanderson set for a debut. Come on bumpy, let's be having you.

So, my revised 17.

Shaul
Sanderson
Logan
Scott
Miloudi
Connor
Harris
Green
Houghton
Manu
Minichiello
Hadley
Westerman

Paea
Matongo
Lane
Litten

The pack and bench are ok, but those young lads in the backs will have to play out of their skin.

Missed that Fash is back too. I would stick with the side above, but I think Radford will go with him instead of Lane.

"Sanderson is one of thirteen players in the 19-man squad to graduate from Hull FC’s successful academy system."

Hope Sanderson lifts his game for Hull .

he may well do, one thing he has when ive seen him play is pace,

Look at the numbers the players have in that squad. I know Manu and Paea have 21 & 23 and would be in the first 17 but there's an awful lot missing from the start of the year line up.

1. Shaul
9. Houghton
.....

Says it all.