Apologies if this has been done as I have been away for a few days, but I was gripped by the interview with Newton in RL World this month - "Hock is one of the more intriguing regular visitors to the Ben Johnson - he comes in, he isn't drinking and he's training the house down. He's never trained as hard in his life and he looks fantastic.
He's going to kill it when he gets back. He'll be better than ever and I'm just glad I don't have to play against him. Even the 2 years he lost he'll probably get back at the end of his career."

Bloody hell!

Could be just doing his mate a favour. I hope he's right though.

The thing is with Hock is that he will never lose the brain farts. He's always had talent however you can always rely on him giving away a penalty or throwing a daft pass.

Hock is massive now and i for one cant wait to get him back

He could even play prop the size of him

I w ouldnt play him prop I want to see him running out wide against the centres, dont think he would be the same player running at the likes of Morley ,Graham.

Yeah i agree the size he is now he could play prop

just can't wait for him to come back, he'll look after all the young lads coming thru, what a pack we'll have next year!!

terry just earned himself a few pints

it'll be a big culture shock to Hock when he gets back regardless of any involvement he may have had with people at the club. He may well be massive and superfit or whatever but is he still going to drop the ball or give a penalty away just when you get the ball back after defending 4 consecutive sets?

................and hopefully smashing his way through on the left hand side !

We don't want nor need Hock playing prop.
His 'strength' was his footwork and speed, both of which he would lose if he had to bulk up to play in the front row.

Hock is/was, one of those players who can win the game.

Id rather see mossop at prop than hock. A backrow of tomkins hock and lockers is phenominal. As well as the rumoured signing of hoffman, hansen and also farrell that is some back row! Dare I say the best in the world?

I don't know if that is such a good idea...

Good point!

As big as he may be 2 years without playing is alot it will take him time to get back into it!! And when he does hes got a hell of alot to do to repay the club and the fans!!

Well just think how he feels 2 years on the side lines watching all his team mates smashing teams for fun it will make him more hungry to get back and prove a point imo

Oh I hope so! Dont get me wrong I hope he comes back and carries on the way he left off on the field. Helping win a double will cover the pay back I think

Hock IMO is our version of Solomona / Lautiti (sp)

he gives us something different, yes he has his bad days or brain farts as elequently described previously, but he can also turn a match with his power / handling

listen to the fans of the wire or rhinos about the above. they are both the same. it doesnt look like there is a middle ground with any of them, they are either fantastic or sh***, in the same way that we see hock

Oh I don't know. Hock was always able to run over the best of them. In any case, you often get players who start out as a second rower and naturally progress into the role of prop - and if Hock is not one of that type of player, then I don't know who is.

I can see the same happening with Lee Mossop, and if that's the case, what a devastating front row we will have in a few years time.

first thing maguire did is improve our fitness - feka loses 2/3 stone - i wouldnt take into account how big hock is now and it wont matter one jot - once maguire is done with him he will prob be smaller than before he went off

That depends on whether Maguire wants him to play prop or not. If he's piled on the muscle mass, why would Maguire want to narrow him down? Feka lost a load of weight because most of it was fat.

Was just about about to say the same. By the sounds of things Hock has been bulking up muscle wise not fat wise.

I cannot wait for this man to return he was devastating before he got banned and our pack next year and beyond looks unstoppable am creaming myself just thinking about it

Get down to robin park and watch him doing is sprint-training he is looking good.