Vasty I totally agree and I wouldn’t of signed the half either there’s just as good over here. Battye got them going forward it’s the only way he knows.

Like who?

Think most of the good half in S L are OZZ or from over seas, .Know Cas have 2 from G B but struggling to think of a team with 2 more .Will put it down to age .Hope some one will put me right

KR have a three, although Ellis is certainly getting on a bit but, Abdul is a decent player, plus they have Brierley.
But, your right, most halves seem to be from overseas.

Ellis and Brierley both gone!

And neither are Super League standard anyway.

True that, we’ve been shafted multiple times with NRL Props Down the years haven’t we.

Got to be careful what I put on here because teachers are watching I agree Battles surprised me never thought he was anything above a championship player but he's expelled but if we've to compete at top level we have to look higher

i agree we have got to look higher to be a top level side but at the moment he’s better than what we’ve got so an improvement to the team

Leivaha Pulu, 6 foot 4 and 17 1/2 stone prop is out of contract, loads of NRL experience, Tonga international, ex team mate of Tupou and Lino. Other ex team mate Gavet close by at Huddersfield.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivaha_Pulu Appears would be the aggressive quality prop needed at Trinity...

Leivaha Pulu, 6 foot 4 and 17 1/2 stone prop is out of contract, loads of NRL experience, Tonga international, ex team mate of Tupou and Lino. Other ex team mate Gavet close by at Huddersfield.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivaha_Pulu Appears would be the aggressive quality prop needed at Trinity...

Think Shuddersfield will be offering more than us if interested, Watson as not gone there to make up the numbers

Why do you assume Hudds would be interested, there isn’t any evidence that we are or that he is.

Quote ="asmadasa"Leivaha Pulu, 6 foot 4 and 17 1/2 stone prop is out of contract, loads of NRL experience, Tonga international, ex team mate of Tupou and Lino. Other ex team mate Gavet close by at Huddersfield.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivaha_Pulu Appears would be the aggressive quality prop needed at Trinity...'" Sorry but I really don’t get how 54 games over a ten year career counts as loads of NRL experience! That’s five games a season. That makes Crowther a SL veteran! Sorry but he strike me as exactly one of those players who will take us absolutely nowhere. Of course I could be wrong but I’d put a fiver on him being anonymous at best.

Quote ="asmadasa"Leivaha Pulu, 6 foot 4 and 17 1/2 stone prop is out of contract, loads of NRL experience, Tonga international, ex team mate of Tupou and Lino. Other ex team mate Gavet close by at Huddersfield.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivaha_Pulu Appears would be the aggressive quality prop needed at Trinity...'" Sorry but I really don’t get how 54 games over a ten year career counts as loads of NRL experience! That’s five games a season. That makes Crowther a SL veteran! Sorry but he strike me as exactly one of those players who will take us absolutely nowhere. Of course I could be wrong but I’d put a fiver on him being anonymous at best.

I get your point Vasty but he only started in the NRL in 2016

Is it not worth scouting the lower league teams to see if there is another Walmsley type player?

Over 50 NRL games in a 3 year period between 2016-2019 (23 NRL games in 2016-2017) but last season only played a couple of NRL games similar to the number played by Lino...

Late developer like Gavet and made NRL debut when 26...with lots more NRL experience than David Fifita...

As long as he's a prop with enough quality to guarantee a start and enough durability to stay fit, I don't care who it is, as it'll keep Kelepi in the second row.

Quote ="vastman" Quote ="asmadasa"Leivaha Pulu, 6 foot 4 and 17 1/2 stone prop is out of contract, loads of NRL experience, Tonga international, ex team mate of Tupou and Lino. Other ex team mate Gavet close by at Huddersfield.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivaha_Pulu Appears would be the aggressive quality prop needed at Trinity...'" Sorry but I really don’t get how 54 games over a ten year career counts as loads of NRL experience! That’s five games a season. That makes Crowther a SL veteran! Sorry but he strike me as exactly one of those players who will take us absolutely nowhere. Of course I could be wrong but I’d put a fiver on him being anonymous at best.'" Hard to gauge appearances really. Fifita was 27 when he came over, but had only played 19 times in the NRL, and Arona, similar age when he came over, but played 69 games. Personally though, think we need to sort the front rowers before we look at second row.

Quote ="vastman" Quote ="asmadasa"Leivaha Pulu, 6 foot 4 and 17 1/2 stone prop is out of contract, loads of NRL experience, Tonga international, ex team mate of Tupou and Lino. Other ex team mate Gavet close by at Huddersfield.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivaha_Pulu Appears would be the aggressive quality prop needed at Trinity...'" Sorry but I really don’t get how 54 games over a ten year career counts as loads of NRL experience! That’s five games a season. That makes Crowther a SL veteran! Sorry but he strike me as exactly one of those players who will take us absolutely nowhere. Of course I could be wrong but I’d put a fiver on him being anonymous at best.'" Hard to gauge appearances really. Fifita was 27 when he came over, but had only played 19 times in the NRL, and Arona, similar age when he came over, but played 69 games. Personally though, think we need to sort the front rowers before we look at second row.

Joe Bullock is another example. Seeing out his career at Barrow until Wigan got him. Now, a year ago if most people were offered a choice between George Burgess and a Barrow prop, most people would pick Burgess. Now, Burgess wouldn't get a look in.

At prop, it's about attitude and application. Bullock applied himself and went for it and got the rewards. I'm suspecting Burgess thought he could cruise into retirement and got found out.

See also Pauli Pauli for a bad example.

See also Eddie Battye for a good example.

Attitude and application, as simple as that. As long they come with that, they'll do fine.

Similar stat to Kelepi Tanginoa 33 games in six years, and he hasn't turned out too bad. You could be right and we've certainly had one or two over the years who have been a touch anonymous. But such is the size of the player pool in Australia there's bound to be some that can't get a game there but will go well here. Just glad I'm not making the decisions.

Normally I’m open minded bu Tanginoa is 26 this guy is 30 and played most of his career in the deep reserves. Tanginoa had played more games, most at top level and at a top club.

Prop is one position we’ve had little luck at when it comes to Aussies, Fifita and Korky then it starts to get a bit dodgy and both of those were total speculators. To me these guys are the definition of journeymen if such a thing truly exists. I’d hate to think they are taking the place of young British players busting a gut on the fringes of top teams or championship sides. I really don’t think these players are any better than the Battyes of this world.

Academic any way at the moment and if we did sign him I’d give him my support.

That is my point, 26 is late and it was for the Titans mainly and even there he doesn’t appear to have been a star.

I know the limitations of the club when it comes to recruits but I can’t help but think there are better younger NRL players desperate for a chance. Players you could builds a team around over a few seasons.

Just how I see it, I really think the NRL is thin pickings these days, Lino looks a bit of a freak due to his skill set so worth a punt. We are not that short of straight running props.

Lino is a player the U.K. game is short of, he’s knocking at an open door. Run of the mill props are not in short supply.

As for Fifita no comparison, if you remember he came on a trial basis, the potential was obvious but we all knew that was a gamble, we were lucky.

Apart from being big this guy doesn’t press any buttons for me.

Second Row........