So a reserve team player leaves us for the darkside...so what...he was behind Berrigan and Houghton for the hooking stakes and we have a load of players that can cover 13......rovers fans getting their socks ready.

They are on the defensive and a bit upset that there is no cash for a world beating Hooker. All them names suggested eh, most of em nailed on but in the end, nothin but hot air and peess !!!

Not surprised hes gone tbh, the way agar & rule have treat him in contract negotiations is just disrespectful. I hope Josh told the pair of them to foook off on the way out.

Spill the beans then.

Why what negotiation did Josh want ?
He was never gonna get promoted above Houghton so why did it turn sour ?

Didn't play hooker in the reserves derby and speaking to people who know him this one of the reasons for him to leave

TBH if he's being offered regular first-team appearances in his favoured position of Hooker then it's a no-brainer. We wouldn't be able to offer him that with Berrigan and Houghton ahead of him in the pecking order.

Good luck to him and I hope he does well. You can't hold on to all the youngsters coming through, and they have to do what's best for their own careers.

Don't get carried away, sunshine. You've had two better seasons than us. After twenty-odd years it was bound to happen at some point but history suggests it will be short lived.



As for Hogdson, I've not seen a great deal of him but losing a third choice hooker is not going to keep me awake at night.

I guess this means they ain't signing Motu Tony then.

Fair enough. I was judging the fact that he was mainly playing hooker by looking at the line-ups in the match reviews. I haven't been to any reserve games.

Will be a useful addition to an already strong squad

TBH honest that's the fairest description I've read on here. Useful but not spectacular, will never be in front of berro and houghton, the quotas coming down, he wants to play more regularly at hooker. Good business all round I'd say.

Same squad aint it but with 2 additions....who you getting rid of?

Its a sad day when yet another promising youngster leaves the club because of a lack of vision within the coaching staff. The club are losing out on players they have spent money on and developed, now KR will reap the benefit as Josh is going to be a world class player.


Wrap it up as you like, but some one is making some very odd decisions and the loss of a current England academy star borders on the criminal. The only club will get no return on the investment it has made in Josh will be the reports of him doing well followed by the constant jibes from the red and whites.

Thought as much, same applies to lots on here who seem to know everything about your youngsters who are average and "way behind houghton and berro"

Add Fitzhenry to that list as well

I'd expect them all to go as we have signed up the other OOC players, who knows

Next season we have no u21 team to pay for and that should have released cash for player retention like Josh. As we supposed to be spending upto our cap already there has to be some savings, doesn't there

1) Third choice hooker at 19? Reserve Player of the Season? Worth keeping surely?

2) Wasn't attempting to fuel fire, but as clubs, colours aside, it is clear as day that Rovers have come on leaps and bounds and Hull have gone bacwards. Short lived or not, only time will tell, but as it stands right now, my statement was correct