Signed on a 2 year deal from 2019.

Underwhelmed is my 1st reaction...

PMSL is my 1st reaction...

Good signing but it’s all good and well building a squad for next year but if we don’t stay up it won’t count for nothing need to bring players in for this year

Gotta be an upgrade on Clarkson surely

Signed for next season

Will he be able to play against us if the teams meet in the middle 8,s

He’ll be 34 early next year, but some players do well, well into their 30s. Taking better care of themselves and, being brutally honest, helped by the drop in standards in recent years. Hopefully he’ll be one.

Not a transformative signing, but he’s a bit more powerful than most of our second row options currently. If we’re aiming to climb up towards mid-table next year, and I’d be highly delighted if achieved that, then I think he could contribute to that.

Based on their respective performances in the same team for Leeds Clarkson is by far the better player.

I think it’s a decent signing don’t think he would of payed a lot for him plus he’s probably better then most the second rowers we have and he might be34 next year but just look at Mark Minichiello at hull he’s 36 and still looks strong or O’Loughlin at Wigan he’s 35 when where really struggling with recruitment this is all day a good signing

A player who has a nasty streak.Hits hard and has bit of bulk.Compared to what we have it's an upgrade.Not a sit up and take notice signing but solid enough and he and Joel in back row looks much better

Does tim not understand its all about this year,tomkins,hauraki and keinhorsts contracts would be null and void,we need some more signings this year to help keep us up.Classic work bearing in mind hauraki is on loan at widnes at the moment to help put us down!

We've been lacking enforcers for such a long time. Our pack has been far to content to roll over. These signings are what we need but still need a sprinkle of real quality, Maybe these rumours of jam tomorrow are true? Navigate the Crap 8s and next year we could be competitive?

To me this indicates the market that we are operating in at the moment. Is he better than what we already have? Probably; but only marginally. We've known for over a year that we need big; mean forwards but Sheens seem to have a fixation with outside backs. Until we get a decent platform up front any backs will struggle.