I do feel Dowes gets a little bit of unjust stick.

There are not too many props around that can stay on for the full 80 mins, which is needed when you are down on your interchanges.

Last night i thought he was immense in the second half, at one point making 4 - 5 tackles on the bounce and energetic ones at that.

I for one hope he gets a new deal he has been a loyal servant to Hull FC.

It's not about the amount of minutes you get out of Dowes, it's how many quality minutes you get.

When dowes gets spelled his quality is good never stops working will allways take it up or tackle but when he plays the full 80 he has to pace himself as do all props Graham being the exeption of course.

Dowes was really good and was Radford too although he tried to force the offload in silly positions at times.

It was also interesting to note Lauaki went far better at prop than in the backrow.

agree...everytime i see the guy he doesnt instill me with any confidence whatsoever..
for some reason he seems to have to throw wild and generally loose passes to his centre....poor judgemnt in defence at times...and always seems to be 3rd or 4th in the tackle. which was high-lighted by paul cullen who pin pointed that hulls defence gets caught napping at times due to the fact that we have 3 maybe 4 men in the tackle....a quick play the ball and were fooked,

not really , he just tends to stand up and be counted when others go missing so tires quicker than others...
As for Ewan he had a top game to be honest but he has played well all season , grafts his buster browns off and never shirks any work, rarely injured and still young..
and you know there are still those who "want rid" as they put it

Remember our conversation a week or two ago about Hame and his future ??