I am led to believe we have signed this guy. Thoughts? Decent squad player I guess

Never stood out as anything other than ordinary to me.

average backrower, average centre, although he would top up our ginger quota.

Huddersfield fans would probably be the happier of the two on the Hughes/Patrick swap.

Don't really understand why we would sign him. Could be a swap deal with Hudds though with one of our local Hudds players returning home.

The only two from Hudds I know are George and Toby King?

Fuelled by the loss of Laithwaite and not a big hit on the cap I would suggest.

When I've watched him for Huddersfield he's done OK, still young and developing would be a good squad player with the time and potential to continue improving.

There are very few backrowers wouldn't have to make way for Bateman. Jack Hughes was very promising at 18 and spoke highly of.

He's going ok tonight vs Stains apart from a crap pass after a class break

That play sums Hughes up in a nutshell, he will make the break but at the end of the break there is either an error or a wrong decision, he is probably the most frustrating player I have ever watched. I

Played (started?) every game for a top 4 (6?) team this season. He's good enough for a top team, but worth investing in when we have Laithwaite, Philbin, Wilde, Currie etc plus the older boys in Harrison, Grix, Westwood. I'm not sure.

Maybe Hughes could be a back row replacement as Westwood plays as a third prop, replacing Harrison?

Think he will be a regular next season. Can see Ben Harrison as bench prop as he is too slow now for 13 and we might have to rest Westwood more to keep in fresh at his stage of career. Although James Laithwaite is a useful squad member, I can't recall a break he has made all year and Hughes would be a good foil for Currie. Still room for Philbin and Wilde to further their careers with well managed workloads.

Athletic back rower in his early 20's, a good player now who should only get better.

I was very underwhelmed when he signed for us at the beginning of the year. However he has been solid for us and I will be sad to see him go.

Don't know how cheap he will be though, I believe he has signed for you rather than us because you offered him more cash.

Looks a good signing from what I've seen

If we have signed him then I will begin to believe the rumour that Grix is retiring and Harrison is out bound to Wakey. We will need the cover as Philbin and Wilde cant be expected to front up every week just yet, but sharing the load with Hughes will give a lot of development time.

Why? Jack Hughes is a back rower. Grix is a loose and Harrison a prop.

First I've heard of either rumour. Grix is one of our best players when he's fit, Harrison is (no disrespect) a lot better than Wakefield. Agree with the above that I don't think if we signed Hughes it would mean anything towards these rumours.

Philbins build will see him migrate to prop just as Harrison did, short term he will be a back rower. No one knows who the loose will be, we may continue with the third prop or revert to a ball playing loose? We do seem to be stacking up on back row/loose potential

When these two lads are fit they are two of our five best players.

I don't see those moving out. Only players out of contract generally move on.

Harrison is one of those players you wouldn't miss until he'd gone. His defence is awesome and he's got great hands.

Harrison is a big miss when he doesn't play as he adds size to our pack.

However look at the amount of minutes he now plays during the match and you might just start to question his continued selection. Particularly if the number of substitutions start to decrease.

Yes, there has been no rumours about a new prop coming in, so that could well be Smith's intentions for next year.

I would still like to see us bringing in an ugly troll though to beef up the front row. We are a bit too sanitised at the moment.