Good luck to the kid, he will certainly go with my best wishes. Wherever he does go will have a fai chance of becoming my adopted team when I go out there, just hope it's not Cronulla!!

Not just oz clubs though, how many have made it elsewhere in England?

Sydneys a big place, just support your local side it makes it easier.

It does make you wonder just what the problem is:

The area can produce competitive amateur teams and local players regularly feature in international selection.

The area can produce competitive players, at youth level of the pro game, regularly featuring in international selection.

We manage a grand total of 2 players at elite international level (3 if Wilkin is included as locally developed)

There is a long-standing problem with player identification and development, throughout the game in the Hull area and the sooner the amateur & pro clubs recognise that fact and work towards a solution, I can't see things changing anytime soon

good luck to the lad but put a clause in the move that he signs for us when he returns

Good luck to him if he does go down under,at least he is going to test himself in the best league unlike TWBW at leeds who is happy not to prove himself.

Exactly.

Good post. Let him go and in 4 years time he has to come back here. Just think how good he will be at 26 after 4 years in the NRL

And hopefully we will be a team players want to come to by then.

Assuming he goes to Oz, has four years there and returns, I reckon he'll go to whatever club Agar is coaching at the time.

Fev Miners Welfare it is then