NRL clubs are often willing to release players especially to SL clubs back end of the year when they’re trying to juggle final signings and need some salary cap space. It’s how we signed Clifford originally he still had a year to go at Newcastle, seem to remember it being around November time.

Out of the two off contract Clifford would be a no brainer from our side but even Hawkins should have the pedigree to go well in SL. As said though I’m sure a few others will become available when the salary cap squeeze hits. I’m not sure the Sullivan deal is fully dead, depends on how willing he is to dig his heels in where he’s clearly not wanted.

Jayden Sullivan would go very well over here, defensively not great, but great with the ball. Clifford won't come back to the UK in my opinion. 2nd child on the way and is good enough to be a back up half for half the NRL sides

Has Clifford got a deal for next year, it might not be his first choice to come back, but he could probably get a better deal in SL than he could if he can't get an NRL deal.

Lams agent Sam Ayoub seems a colourful character.

Only signed 1 year at the Cowboys, so would come down to money, lifestyle, family and whether he wants to be a bit part in the NRL or 1st choice here.

I think we can get rid of the training being a piece of p complaint by reminding him Tony has gone and Cartwright apparently is a disciplinarian.

Isn’t he mates with Hoy? Can’t imagine he’d be to complimentary about the club.

Been offered a 3 year deal by Leigh.

No mention of is he's accepted it.

Very very strange situation in my opinion this one!

Leigh are definitely announcing a contract extension on Sunday

IF this is/was a ploy to get more money, are we then saying that if he stays at Leigh, they've offered him more then the (alleged) £300k we have offered him, esp if the offer him a 3 year deal like we have (apparently)?

Yep that would be right up Beaumonts street doing it while Myler and Pearson are there!! Next up get us relegated

Was fun while it lasted. Back to trueman Cust and Abdul who won’t string 20 games together.

Well we all knew it so I don't feel any real sense of disappointment and we can finally move on. In reality the club probably knew a while back. Lets hope we are closing in on someone of similar or better quality because we definitely need a boost. The standard of the half we sign is going to shape where we are as a club and what the expectations are going to be next season.

Leigh won't have matched Hull's salary offer. But I suspect Leigh will be more willing to have an NRL clause in should he get an offer for 2026 and beyond.

Depends what the player's priority is.

That's a fair point, plus having to relocate and leave his Dad.

Just can't see it happening to Hull.

No way we have offered him £300k per year.

Wouldn’t like to be whoever it was at Leigh that messed that contract up it’s most likely cost them a lot of money and possibly salary cap space for next year.

The 3 half’s we’ve missed out on are Lam, Sailor and Sullivan. Sullivan hasn’t had a definite resolution to his situation yet like the other two so maybe still outside shout. I really like the players we are targeting hopefully we stick at it and find someone in similar mould.

Won't have cost any salary cap space

Not sue I'd class Sailor a half, think it would have been a mistake to sign him, think Saints have got it wrong too.

Also don't think we have offered Sullivan a deal or at least we hadn't, HDM would be all over it letting us know if we had.

We are the pariah's of Super League.

Well we got Cartwright senior and junior, Eseese, plus SL players in the know so i don’t think that’s so. We have already changed so we can’t be judged on our early season. Think our fans are a double edged sword enthusiastic and numerous but horrendously over critical. Was ok early season but we are doing much better on many fronts

Jed has only played 30 odd games in the NRL and John hasn’t been a head coach for 10 years. I can understand why people are critical to be honest. Our recruitment so far baring Asiata isn’t pulling up any trees.

The problem with the recruitment is the money has come in too late so the top SL players had already signed elsewhere so we were late to the party, I expect we'll be much more active in the domestic market next year. Aside from chucking transfer fees around were stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Yep that's why we need to use the quota spots wisely.



So far Asiita is a a top signings, not sure about Cartwright and Cust is a waste (IMO).

last two have to be top SL level signings.

I think Cartwright is solid and much better than anything else we have, Cust could be hot or cold, when he first came over he was favourite for MOS and going very well for Wigan but couldn't get that form back after injury. He's a good player but unsure where he'll fit in, I'd rather see Balmforth getting minutes off the bench. Unless Cust is down as our starting 9 with Balmforth or Borough off the bench