Ryan Tongia. I remember him because he was rapid and I reckon he could have been a very good attacking full back.

Thanks for that much appreciated

He went on to play super rugby or what ever it’s called down under. I remember the dummy he threw away at wire though I’m still looking for it now


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Gaskell has had a few decent games recently, he’s available for next year & hopefully not gonna break the bank. However he’s not what we need, this smells of desperation a la Gigot, you’d hope that the powers that be at Wakey would’ve learnt this lesson by now!

Its funny when a player is coming to the end of there contract they seem to string a few good performances together when in the shop window, someone always takes the bait.

Yep & it’s usually us!

Out of interest what would be your plan for signings?

How come our OOC players don’t? Apart from Joe Westerman

A good looking muscle bound athlete poster did bring this up a month or 2 back to what he got shot down for like I say tricky position until something is sorted out for next year.

Well it wouldn’t have been an injury prone 31 year old, who on his day is a great attacking player but those days are getting fewer. MC stated we were looking for a full back a while ago, so I’m presuming this is it.

The pack needs spicing up, especially at prop. I’d also prioritise signing up Max Jowitt, who’s a full back!

Lol, Chester is nailed on the coach for the foreseeable. Fits Carter's bill as in cheap and a yes man. Also this is the dictionary definition of a Chester signing. As in cheap, over 30, no better than what's we have and where we have depth. If true about Adam Milner that will be another.

Chester is only a yes man in one respect and that is to accept he can only spend what the man in charge says he can spend. I think Rocky and Walker will be leaving so if we retain Max which i hope we do that would leave us with one recognised fulback which is not enough to get through a super league season. So signing Gaskell is a good move imo as he can cover other positions as well.

In what way has CC treated Jowitt badly, he didn't make him drop the ball nor has he dropped him. We need another FB regardless of whether Max stays or not as Walker is not the answer.

Hampshire and Walker both injured, Hampshire on the verge of a return, so Max gets singled out for making a mistake. Guarrantee first opportunity to drop Max and he will. No mention of the two ball strips from recently re signed player.

Says who?

Pure conjecture.

What matters is how Max plays today as that will determine whether he next week.


I don’t get why fans think homegrown players should get special treatment. If Max has another shocker then I’d want CC to consider Hampshire as an alternative. It’s not about individuals it’s about the best team to win the game.

I love seeing youngsters make it more than anything but it has to be on merit and form. Max form has been pretty good let’s hope last week was a blip.

Tbf depends where we would play Hampshire …Max head and shoulders above him at FB and can’t see him replacing Miller or Lino apart from injuries . Fingers crossed for the 2 pts tonight !

Funny how it didn't matter how well Max played, he got dropped as soon as someone who could play fullback was available.
You not been watching any games from the last couple of years?
No reward for good performances and no punishment for crap performances.

A little over the top don’t you think? Max definitely looks a little more of a natural at FB but head and shoulders above? I think not.

Just my opinion , thought Jowitt was outstanding again tonight !

He wasn`t outstanding, none of our players were tbh, he had a solid performance and when you say again do you mean you thought he was outstanding last week?

That's just not true.

It has been true PT, there was a time where no matter how well Max played given the chance Grix would be straight back in, that was okay with me as I thought he was the better option at FB at the time. Everyone could see Max was ready to be number 1 in the season we signed Walker but for some reason he brought Walker in and gave him the number 1 shirt. Same happened with Hampshire who given a string of games at 7, looked very good only to be dropped when Brough came back into the fold.

He was but where is the again from, he was dire last week!

He did exactly what I and I suspect CC wanted and had a great game.

Why do we see conspiracies where there are none.

No it’s never been true.

Up until last season Jowetts form was always patchy and like it or not Grix was better, the results tend to back it up.

I can’t believe anyone believes CC has grudges against certain players. He may prefer certain players but that’s not the same thing at all.

Unless you seriously think Chester is stupid then what possible benefit can it be to his career to ‘pick on players’ seriously!

I`ll stand by my comment, It has been true, Jowitt in breakthrough season was brilliant hence why he won Young player of the year, only to be dropped once Grix was available - As I say personally I didn't have an issue with it as at the time I thought Grix was still a better but that doesn`t take away from the fact he dropped Jowitt who was playing out of his skin.

Also, I don`t subscribe to the grudge thing, but Coaches quite obviously have an idea on who they favour in a position, which is natural, I think sometimes you see that taken too far with some players and coaches and it takes a lot for them to get dropped.