An away trip to the South of France, or an away day to Featherstone? Hmmmmm.

I'm pretty sure Garcia is an Aussie but, I get your point.

He's French but did spend some time playing for Brisbane's under 20s before joining Catalans. So a bit of both I guess.

Garcia is french, as is Gadwin Springer, another french lad to move on from Catalan.

Escare, Duport, Elima, Casty, Mounis, Bosc, Pelissier, Garcia, Cardace, Bousquet, Baitieri, Maria, Guasch, Robin, Yaha, Gigot, Margalet, Sigismeau & Albert
Id say the french development is going pretty well...

As for the imports,
Pomery, Tonga, Oldfield, Carney, Dereau, Henderson, Taia, Anderson, Lima, Inu & Whitehead
At least 4 are deffinetly leaving, with a couple more rumoured.

I dont think its much better at Hull Kr as it is Catalan.
Mantellatio, Sio, Blair, Kelly, Allgood, Campese, Tilse, Puletua, Chisholm..

Hull Daily Mail have reported Hull FC have tabled an offer for Sika Manu. It's probably the usual made up crap from this paper but is he any good?

No, he's French, unless you think Josh Hodgson is now an Aussie.

Jack Hughes to Warrington from Wigan. Good signing he's got loads of potential just needed game time.

He has played virtually every game this season for the Giants so not lacking game time.

Has loads of potential but like he did at Wigan he can look masterful one minute and make a big mistake the next,

Also been reported in Australia by the NRL Lurker

He's quite good

Hull announce the signing of Washbrook and Sika Manu!
What a signing Manu is!

Ye that's what I meant, he's shown what a quality player he is this season because he's been playing every week. Obviously you'd know better than me has he done well in your opinion? Better than Patrick?

Manu is a dud! He's one of the great (and numerous) examples of a player looking like a superstar in the Melbourne system and then being found to be bang average when they move on (usually for big money)- he's been a huge waste of money at Penrith and is by no means a starter at Penrith nowadays....

He's average, but looked great doing a simple job in the Melbourne system outside their 'big 4' - a poor signing in my eyes, and probably on a fair wedge...

If you say so mate

Poor signing

yeah okay.

Corey Thompson has signed a 2 year deal at Widnes from Canterbury Bulldogs.

I really do like to see the british player development system in full flow. The signings so far show just how good it is.

Corey Thompson isn't a bad signing - he always looks game, definitely a trier - I'd guess he'll score a hatful. Although not a regular starter for the Doggies, he always looks capable when he gets his chance and never let's anyone down.

Those who think Manu is a great signing - have you seen him play the past 3 years at Penrith? He's been average at absolute best... This year he's averaging 17 tackles and 8 hit ups for less than 70 meters per game and has only made 2 line breaks all year (15 appearances) - and it was hardly better last year, averaging 18 tackles and 8 hit ups for 72 meters - oh and he only made 1 line break all year (23 appearances). Those ain't the figures of a great signing and are the reason he's no longer a starter at the Panthers...

Don't be upsetting the Hull FC fans. It's their year, don't you know?

Out : Kevin Sinfield to RU

Best post this on the FC board. Give them a reality check

To be fair, Hull as a City is usually 15 years behind the rest of the UK, and it's only 5 years since Manu was a good player - they're making progress...

Similar to Keith Galloway then?

You could say so, however, in his 18 games this year, Galloway has averaged 22 tackles and 13 hit ups for an average of 115 meters..... Far better stats than Manu, and those numbers are still pretty good going for a limited minutes prop - the sort of stats I'd expect Leeds will be hoping to get from him, so horses for courses for Leeds..... I'd guess for the money Hull will be paying Manu, they'd expect more than his current averages - their fans clearly expect some superstar... The Hull fans jus need to realise they've not signed the version of Manu that looked great outside Cronk, Smith and Slater, they've signed the expensive dud who's done nothing at Penrith without the 'big 3' - his stock has declined massively - so imagine how much worse he might look in a Hull team that will provide even less talent support than the Panthers.

Pritchard should be a good signing for Hull if he stays fit and is hungry for it, but I stand by my comment; Manu is a dud!

So the first use of the marquee rule is not to actually sign a marquee player but just to be able to spend over the cap. Who'd have thought it?