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Doncaster have also released their squad numbers and I can see 10 in there who have played for FEV!!

 

1. Elliot Hall

2. Tom Halliday

3. Brad Hey

4. Reece Lyne

5. Luke Briscoe

6. Ben Johnston

7. Connor Robinson

8. Keelan Foster

9. Greg Burns

10. Suaia Matagi

11. Sam Smeaton

12. Alex Sutcliffe

13. Loui McConnell

14. Alex Holdstock

15. Joe Lovodua

16. Pauli Pauli

17. Josh Guzdek

18. Jose Kenga

19. Craig Hall

20. Brad Knowles

21. Tyla Hepi

22. Misi Taulapapa

23. Jason Tali

24. Watson Boas

27. Brett Ferres

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1 hour ago, fevnut said:

Doncaster have also released their squad numbers and I can see 10 in there who have played for FEV!!

Doncaster RLFC known as the Dons now with the FEV contingent will they become the Doppelgangers    :kolobok_laugh1:

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Well, seeing as Fev have spent the last ten seasons signing every promising Championship player they could it is hardly a surprise that there are so many "ex Fev" players in other squads is it? It would be informative to know just how many players have passed through the club in the last ten seasons.

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17 minutes ago, Blind side johnny said:

Well, seeing as Fev have spent the last ten seasons signing every promising Championship player they could it is hardly a surprise that there are so many "ex Fev" players in other squads is it? It would be informative to know just how many players have passed through the club in the last ten seasons.

That was definitely true until about 5 years ago but since then Fev's modus operandi has been more about signing veteran ex-SL players, in fact of those 10 in the Doncaster squad I think only one was signed from another Championship team.

There are a few reasons for that, partly that it became hard for us to hang on to those young signings for long ourselves (eg James Harrison and Frankie Halton), but also the ever-decreasing player pool meant that most promising youngsters in the Championship were quickly snapped up by SL clubs. It now seems to be Hull KR, not Fev, that sign up Dewsbury's best player each year for instance!

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47 minutes ago, Blind side johnny said:

Well, seeing as Fev have spent the last ten seasons signing every promising Championship player they could it is hardly a surprise that there are so many "ex Fev" players in other squads is it? It would be informative to know just how many players have passed through the club in the last ten seasons.

Dose that answer your question BSJ ?  The answer below your question.

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59 minutes ago, Blind side johnny said:

Well, seeing as Fev have spent the last ten seasons signing every promising Championship player they could it is hardly a surprise that there are so many "ex Fev" players in other squads is it? It would be informative to know just how many players have passed through the club in the last ten seasons.

I have the stats somewhere put I severely doubt Featherstone will have used notably more players than any other Championship club over the last ten years. Every club has a significant turnover of players every year. 

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2 hours ago, marklaspalmas said:

I have the stats somewhere put I severely doubt Featherstone will have used notably more players than any other Championship club over the last ten years. Every club has a significant turnover of players every year. 

Indeed. At most Championship matches the pre-game fun is counting those "players who used to play for us". The fact that many of them have also played for another four or five clubs seems to elude some fans of all clubs. They aren't quite in the Terry Clawson mould just yet, but some can't be far off.

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10 minutes ago, Blind side johnny said:

Indeed. At most Championship matches the pre-game fun is counting those "players who used to play for us". The fact that many of them have also played for another four or five clubs seems to elude some fans of all clubs.

Playing for four or five clubs is old hat, the pre-fun game for us now is "players who have had four or five stints with us". Ben Reynolds' 3rd "debut" for us could well be overshadowed by Kyle Trout's fourth "debut".

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2 hours ago, Blind side johnny said:

Indeed. At most Championship matches the pre-game fun is counting those "players who used to play for us". The fact that many of them have also played for another four or five clubs seems to elude some fans of all clubs. They aren't quite in the Terry Clawson mould just yet, but some can't be far off.

Maybe in the Clawson mode for changing clubs, but not as a player.

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45 minutes ago, Gooleboy said:

Maybe in the Clawson mode for changing clubs, but not as a player.

Quite.

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12 hours ago, Blind side johnny said:

Well, seeing as Fev have spent the last ten seasons signing every promising Championship player they could it is hardly a surprise that there are so many "ex Fev" players in other squads is it? It would be informative to know just how many players have passed through the club in the last ten seasons.

The answer is that in the ten seasons from 2014 to 2023 there have been 176 players who have appeared for Fev. In alphabetical order:

Jordan Abdull 2016
Mitch Achurch 2016
Caleb Aekins 2023
Wellington Albert 2019-2020
Chris Annakin 2014
Joe Arundel 2015
Jack Ashworth 2022
Logan Astley 2023
Cory Aston 2017
Yusuf Aydin 2023
Jordan Baldwinson 2015-2017
James Barraclough 2018
Jimmy Beckett 2019-2021
Gavin Bennion 2014
Ben Blackmore 2014-2021
Liam Blockley 2016
Ase Boas 2019
Watson Boas 2019
Danny Bridge 2014
Luke Briscoe 2016-2023
Jack Broadbent 2019-2022
Sam Brooks 2017-2018
Fa'amanu Brown 2021
Conor Carey 2019-2020
Keal Carlile 2017-2018
Garreth Carvell 2015
Michael Channing 2016
Dane Chisholm 2019-2023
Jamel Chisholm 2014
Mitchell Clark 2018
Paul Cooke 2015
Luke Cooper 2015-2023
Jamie Cording 2014-2016
Jack Coventry 2015-2016
Mathieu Cozza 2023
Danny Craven 2016
Jason Crookes 2014
Adam Cuthbertson 2022
Will Dagger 2019-2021
John Davies 2016-2023
Brad Day 2019-2023
Sam Day 2015-2017
Riley Dean 2023
Brett Delaney 2017
Jacob Doyle 2021
James Duckworth 2016-2017
Tyler Dupree 2018
Brad Dwyer 2018
Brad England 2015
Sam Eseh 2022
Kyle Evans 2023
Connor Farrell 2017-2018
Dale Ferguson 2019-2021
Brett Ferres 2020-2022
Callum Field 2021-2022
George Flanagan 2014
Dan Fleming 2022-2023
Johnathon Ford 2022-2023
Alex Foster 2015
Jamie Foster 2016
Brandan French 2020
Gareth Gale 2020-2023
Bayley Gill 2022
Pita Godinet 2015
Ashton Golding 2016-2019
Chris Green 2014
Darrell Griffin 2016-2017
Craig Hall 2020-2023
Frankie Halton 2021
Ash Handley 2016-2018
Chris Hankinson 2023
Josh Hardcastle 2017-2023
James Harrison 2019-2021
Arama Hau 2023
Tyla Hepi 2022
Keegan Hirst 2014
Jy Hitchcox 2015
Gareth Hock 2018
Tom Holmes 2018-2022
Tom Holroyd 2020
Daniel Igbinedion 2017
Sam Irwin 2015
Ryley Jacks 2022
Corey Johnson 2019
Jack Johnson 2019
Kyran Johnson 2015-2017
Tom Johnstone 2015
Connor Jones 2019-2023
Louis Jouffret 2020
Liam Kent 2014
Mark Kheirallah 2022-2023
Cameron King 2019
Brad Knowles 2015-2018
Michael Knowles 2017
Craig Kopczak 2021-2023
Thomas Lacans 2023
Joey Leilua 2022-2023
Jordan Lilley 2016-2018
Tom Lineham 2022
Ellis Longstaff 2023
Darcy Lussick 2021
Curtis MacDonald 2016
Reni Maitua 2015
Makahesi Makatoa 2019
Rémy Marginet 2015
Danny Maskill 2018-2019
Ben Mathiou 2022
Loui McConnell 2021-2022
Jimmy McDaniel 2019
Callum McLelland 2019-2020
James Mendeika 2014-2015
Will Milner 2015-2016
Thomas Minns 2015-2021
Gareth Moore 2014-2015
Richard Moore 2017-2018
Junior Moors 2021-2023
Anthony Mullally 2016-2017
Muizz Mustapha 2018
Harry Newman 2018-2019
Jarrod O'Connor 2020
Mikolaj Oledzki 2017-2018
Sam Ottewell 2020
Dean Parata 2020-2021
Nathaniel Peteru 2018
Shaun Pick 2014
Brandon Pickersgill 2022-2023
Morgan Punchard 2019
Jack Render 2019
Ben Reynolds 2019
Jorge Richardson 2019
Martyn Ridyard 2018
Shaun Robinson 2018
Colton Roche 2014-2016
Matt Ryan 2015
Jarrod Sammut 2014
Jesse Sene-Lefao 2022
Harry Siejka 2014
Brad Singleton 2019
Aaron Smith 2018
Cameron Smith 2018-2019
Daniel Smith 2014-2023
Morgan Smith 2022
Steve Snitch 2015-2016
Harvey Spence 2021
Gadwin Springer 2021-2023
Joe Summers 2021
Alec Susino 2020
Alex Sutcliffe 2019-2020
Liam Sutcliffe 2020
Jake Sweeting 2020-2021
Paul Sykes 2015
Misi Taulapapa 2016-2018
Elijah Taylor 2023
Luke Teasdale 2014-2015
Thompson Teteh 2019
James Thornton 2018
Mason Tonks 2015
Kyle Trout 2014-2022
Owen Trout 2019
Jansin Turgut 2018
Calum Turner 2019
Scott Turner 2016-2017
Etuate Uaisele 2014
Chris Ulugia 2017
Ryan Verlinden 2015
Albert Vete 2023
Alex Walker 2021
Josh Walters 2016-2019
Jason Walton 2017-2018
Robbie Ward 2016
Kris Welham 2021
Perry Whiteley 2021
Dakota Whylie 2018
Matty Wildie 2017-2023
Paul Wood 2015
McKenzie Yei 2023
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Great list Chris, although Curtis MacDonald never played for us.

A very high proportion of players who only played in one season, a significant number of players who've had more than one spell at the club, and a very small number of "home grown" players. We've probably had more local lads Briscoe, Ferguson, Reynolds come to us from other clubs rather than joining the club directly (Cooper, Gale, Hardcastle).

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11 minutes ago, marklaspalmas said:

Great list Chris, although Curtis MacDonald never played for us.

 

MacDonald I believe belongs to a separate category of players who were named in the 17 but never got on the field. He was an unused bench player in home game against Leigh.

That tactic was a feature of Jon Sharp's incumbency, I seem to remember Sam Day being an unused sub on a number if occasions.

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18 hours ago, Blind side johnny said:

Indeed. At most Championship matches the pre-game fun is counting those "players who used to play for us". The fact that many of them have also played for another four or five clubs seems to elude some fans of all clubs. They aren't quite in the Terry Clawson mould just yet, but some can't be far off.

              Think Terry had 14 moves in his career.playing for a couple of clubs twice.Older supporters will notice he never played for Cas and there is a story about why.He even refused to play for a combined Fev and Cas team against the Australian tourists.He was a character on and off the field.

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1 hour ago, sentoffagain2 said:

              Think Terry had 14 moves in his career.playing for a couple of clubs twice.Older supporters will notice he never played for Cas and there is a story about why.He even refused to play for a combined Fev and Cas team against the Australian tourists.He was a character on and off the field.

Featherstone 1957-1965 and 1978 (in the 1977/78 and 1978/79 seasons)

Terry Clawson.jpg

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1 hour ago, sentoffagain2 said:

              Think Terry had 14 moves in his career.playing for a couple of clubs twice.Older supporters will notice he never played for Cas and there is a story about why.He even refused to play for a combined Fev and Cas team against the Australian tourists.He was a character on and off the field.

Back end of his career S he played a few games for  wakey huddersfield and hull and retired 1980  aged 40

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3 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

MacDonald I believe belongs to a separate category of players who were named in the 17 but never got on the field. He was an unused bench player in home game against Leigh.

That tactic was a feature of Jon Sharp's incumbency, I seem to remember Sam Day being an unused sub on a number if occasions.

Yes indeed. There's more players than I imagined in that niche club. Jamie Rooney's brother for one.

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On 28/12/2023 at 11:58, fevnut said:

Featherstone 1957-1965 and 1978 (in the 1977/78 and 1978/79 seasons)

Terry Clawson.jpg

All detailed in one of the best RL autobiographies ever: "All The Wrong Moves".

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On 28/12/2023 at 12:06, POR said:

Back end of his career S he played a few games for  wakey huddersfield and hull and retired 1980  aged 40

   About 5 years before he died Terry and Alan Marchant came to Sheffield dog track.I worked paying out or doing the floor for one of the bookies.So i went over and had a chat knowing them both from years ago.Me and Alan had a laugh about when i backed one of his greyhounds at Whitwood before Alans team got their money on.Alan grabbed hold of me and we ended up rolling about on the floor scrapping.I would have been in my early twenties and Alan had just retired from playing for Hunslet.A crowd gathered round watching and up strides Barry Kear ex Cas Salford and Hull Fc who pulled us up and said that's enough.Good lad was Barry and a very good forward.I went in the Liberal Club in Normanton as my mate was a member and Terry's dad Fred was steward so i got to know him quite well.Happy days never a dull moment.

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On 28/12/2023 at 12:06, POR said:

Back end of his career S he played a few games for  wakey huddersfield and hull and retired 1980  aged 40

Thank you for that. I had never noticed the three games he played for Huddersfield in 1979 but have now added it to the records

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So first post this year on this thread which meandered slightly at the end of last year...I watched Wakefield's game against Wigan which is now available on YouTube.

It's hard to take too much from pre-season games - apart from the fact that our floodlights are no longer the laughing stock of the Championship 😃 - and Wigan were missing a lot of their keyplayers in pivotal positions, and seemed to treat the game as something of a hit-out, as is often the case.

They did field quite a strong pack however and Wakefield coped with them quite comfortably, winning the arm wrestle throughout, Wigan didn't really get into the game at all. It's difficult to see Wakefield losing many this year, hardly surprising as they've spent around three times anyone else in the comp (probably the biggest disparity ever, maybe barring Toronto) and are full time, that is bound to tell and they look to be very solid across the park and although their starting pack has a few ageing players they have signed a bunch of younger forwards too.

Whether they quite have the star quality of the Leigh 2022 team I'm not so sure (Ipape, Asiata, Ferguson, Lam etc) and it will be interesting to see if they can develop into that sort of team, or whether they are more likely to be a bit like us last year - generally dominant but beatable if a team can manage to hang with them and go toe for toe.

Bradford look likely to be the "benchmark" team this year - their squad hasn't changed much and we know what to expect from them - so the season-opener at Belle Vue should tell us whether the comp this year is going to be a one-way romp for Wakefield or whether other teams can shake them up.

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Not a Championship team any more but a quirky stat, London who are giving Hull a fright this afternoon have now scored 5 tries this season and all 5 have come from kicks.

And again not a Championship team but Oldham at admittedly a very early stage of the season not really living up to expectations under Sean Long, being crushed at York today, though they do have one or two missing including Kopczak and Taylor.

Elsewhere Bradford look to be struggling to put away Swinton, who seem to be going very well so far this season.

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Looks like London give Hull one hell of a fright . Last minute try to win it, Can Smith keep his job at Hull methinks.?

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        Went to the Sheffield v Batley game and in perfect conditions for Rugby League both teams made plenty of mistakes.Batleys passing and ball control was poor.Eagles never looked like losing and in the centre Chris Welham had a good game,looking leaner and fitter than when he played for Rovers.Eagles played their usual style passing the ball quickly and making far more ground in most sets than Batley.They could be a top 5 team.Batley look a bit disjointed despite some decent individual efforts and most of their threat comes from kicks.Not as dominant in the middle as previous Batley sides.I did have a fancy that Swinton would turn Bradford over this afternoon but i got that one wrong.

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