New Signing

The club have just announced the signing of Australian forward Mitch Revell, arriving in the UK from France on 16th April. From the small video released he looks like a mobile forward that can play anywhere in the middle. 

It'll be interesting to see where he slots in with our forwards going so well at the start of the season.

Welcome to the club and well done to everyone involved in bringing him over!

Do you think when clubs make this type of signings after the season starts they are told that they wont be guaranteed a place. Both our back rowers seem more than capable of playing at this level and maybe the next level. I wouldn't think he will push our captain out of the team.

I know we will get injuries and suspensions but as we have seen in the past players don't like to wait.

Maybe he can also play centre if needed. Me personally I would have liked to have seen a good hooker or a good centre as I dont think Sa'u will play all the games this season.

5 hours ago, Mr Hicks said:

Do you think when clubs make this type of signings after the season starts they are told that they wont be guaranteed a place. Both our back rowers seem more than capable of playing at this level and maybe the next level. I wouldn't think he will push our captain out of the team.

I know we will get injuries and suspensions but as we have seen in the past players don't like to wait.

Maybe he can also play centre if needed. Me personally I would have liked to have seen a good hooker or a good centre as I dont think Sa'u will play all the games this season.

 

I'm not sure where he will fit in the 17 exactly but from what I've read online he can play pretty much anywhere in the front or back row, other than hooker. If he's versatile that should give us options and cover for as and when injuries/suspension occur. He might just be better than what we have at the moment and he walks into the 17, who knows, time will tell!

I was calling for a hooker before the season started but Brown and Bishop have both played there and played well. Bishop looks really threatening coming from the bench. I'm sure Sa'u will play most, if not all games, he's probably one of the fittest players in the squad. He picked up a knock against Worky and still played 70 odd mins at Hunslet and only came off when the game was won.

Junior Nuu also signs. I think the club announced a while back that he's been training with us after spending his whole career playing Union. A big, strong outside back but the looks of it. Will be interesting to see how he goes if and when he plays. 

I think the squad seems to building nicely. Always hoped we would add some strength to our depth as the season progressed. Foster does have a good track record on signings in my view.

10 hours ago, Dovster said:

I think the squad seems to building nicely. Always hoped we would add some strength to our depth as the season progressed. Foster does have a good track record on signings in my view.

Yep I would agree with that. Hopefully Revell and Nuu both add something that we don't have or improve what we do already have. I'm sure the squad will continue to be improved when and where possible, Jake Webster alluded to that in the video the club announced recently. 

The club never announced anything but Nathan Conroy has signed for Cornwall. He played one game, against Fev, in the challenge cup for us.

I think with Conroy leaving and the 2 new signings, we now have a 27 man squad (including DFJ), so effectively 26.