Not sure any-one is writing him off, people are suggesting he is shipped out to learn his trade at a more suitable level.
Being a teenager is no excuse at this level I,m afraid. The positive about being a teenager is we still have plenty of time to develop him.

Came 3rd over 40 meters in pre-season sprint tests at Rovers. Has always been one of the fastest players we have which is a big reason coaches see him as a centre but his defence has sometimes lead coaches to move him more centrally so play him in the back row or even prop.

poor is being polite ..And I like R Horne If you change things you change things
We are looking for something different from last season I hope R Horne prove us wrong

This post says everything I wanted to say just about. The fact they had a game already definately showed. O'Carroll looked very good, thought Lynch was our worst prop today.

Biggest negative was our kicking game, they had position and possession all the first half and we couldn't find a way to change that.

Defence in the first half was good considering the amount we had to do, only one try through their creativity, others from dropped balls. Second half was poor, maybe fatigue?

I think the best time to judge us is 6-8 games into SL but there were some good signs.

Just on Rovers I thought they looked impressive, offloaded a lot, their hookers controlled the ptb and allowed their forwards to make yards around the ruck and their last tackle kicks were very good.

Does anyone think his diabetes problems are maybe having a bigger effect on RH than people thought it would?

Lyne actually caught the ball and got cleaned out to lose it. Seemed to be doing ok up to then too.

My two penn'orth is that we were rusty, need a fair bit of work, but there were some good signs. I hope the promise from Gentle to reduce the squad for next week will happen. The first team need some hit outs to get them up to speed for the Wire game. Imagine if we'd had a preseason like before where most of the U 20s had played instead and we went into SL underdone. The knives would be out big time.

McKinnon looked a good signing and Seymour seemed ok in patches, but didn't grab it by the scruff of the neck. The pack needs some work but I was pleased with O'Carroll's shirt stint. Ogre and Moa looked ok too. I don't understand the wholesale dissing of Sharp. He looks keen and quick, and now he has Martin inside he should do ok.

As far as Rovers go, they showed the benefit of a couple of games more (or at least some game time across the two games). Hall was Hall, infuriating but dangerous. Dobson is still the danger man and they will need someone to take the pressure off him. Decent performance all told from them and they'll be much happier, but Taylor won't do the hop skip and jump when running the ball back

I think we would all love to be proven wrong, however for the last few seasons all we have gotten is a handful of decent games from him, he is far too predictable, and if coaches persist in giving him a shirt just for his name it is all we will get this season too. I think the best chance Rich has of capturing some consistent form is fighting for his shirt, he should be starting on the bench after today and fighting for his shirt.

Talk of dropping Horney after one game when he is trying to cement a partnership with Seymour.......get lost!

Do you think Seymour made Horney have a poor game..get lost!

What excuse have you got for the last 2 seasons

Paul...he was bad last season....we have seen the best of him and for 2013...we need a new 6.

Agree 100%. Hull have set him back in his development by not letting him grow as a player at his own pace. By way of comparison look at Liam Salter today. You will have seen them both play at junior level Marfa and know how much more highly rated Reece was. Both played their first Academy game in 2009 but Salter didnt play a first team game against Super League opposition till last week. I think its fair to say on todays performance that he is now far ahead of Reece in his development.