The long trailed arrival of the 20 year old Wire second rower www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/18664762 Stop gap or try before you buy?

The long trailed arrival of the 20 year old Wire second rower www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/18664762 Stop gap or try before you buy?

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Well with

Cox and Galea now unavailable and Horne playing in the centre it makes sense to bring him in

cant see him being sold to you,think this just an oppertunity to get some game time.

Mike White doesnt get everything right then.

He's OOC at the end of the season. Not sure why we would bother if it wasn't with a view to a permanent deal. I know we have a few injuries now but we've being trailing him when we had a fully fit squad.

I would be very surprised if we dont give Laithwaite a new contract he is highly rated at Warrington. After Liam Watts walking out on you i would only assume Laithwaite is just a temporary replacement with both clubs gaining from the deal

Ben Currie is the next big thing though isn't he? If for Laithwaite staying at Warrington actually means a return to Leigh the prospect of playing a decent number of SL games might appeal.
Just a possibility, like. Can you imagine him in your 17 much next year?

Probably the right time to bring some fresh blood in with a few injured forwards now, hopefully he can do a Charnley for us

I hope it's just to get him SL experience and to also help you out while you've lost back rowers. He's a really hard worker and has got a few MOM awards at Leigh this season.

At the start of the season it wasn't expected that Chris Hill would play regular, but due to injuries he's played in nearly every game. So you never know who you may need for the 17.

Liam Watts walking out on us............LOL that made me chuckle.

He asked for a release as he wasn't getting any game time, We happily agreed best move for both parties.

Laithwaite is a 13 and is someone i expect will get some first team game time at some point. I think it all comes down to whether or not we sign John Bateman if we do then i would expect Laithwaite will move on. As for the Liam Watts walking out reply, why didnt Watts play enough? he always struck me as a very good player and probably one of your best forwards. But then again i dont watch Hull KR every week.

He is a massive talent but I think the heart and the required desire needed to reach his potential is lacking. He may well reach his potential at Hull. If he does they have signed a cracking young player.

Chuckle all you like but he has effectively walked out on us. He wanted to leave and we let him,

Or we could have just left him on the sidelines paying his wages for nothing

Then that isn't walking out.
Plus there is the fact that we got a fee.
That makes even less like a walk out.

How much did you get ?

Undisclosed, can't see it having been much - but from our POV he's the past.

James Laithwaite may or may not be one for our future.

or just blooding him for wire like us with matty russle for wigan . Its a very good advert for the youth from both our clubs that we have to get other teams youngster , fair enough if you do get him on your books full time , thats a total different sittuation

I agree with PJ, if its just a loan i would much rather give our youngsters a shot ad some experience of what top flight is like rather then blooding someone elses younster for them. If our youngsters dnt work then ok but give them a shot 1st.
If on the other hand we are looking at taking him on full time then great- but for that to happen it means he needs to have some good SL games for us and hes OOC so plenty of others will start sniffing around.

So how the heck is that walking out. Did you conveniently forget that Liam Watts was a contracted player to Hull Kingston Rovers?

If James Green lives up to the potential he's shown at Batley over the last few months, then losing a potentially top player in Watts won't be a blow. This kid has it all for a prop - size, ability to break a tackle, and one of the best offloads I've seen for a long time. The only thing he's lacking slightly is work ethic, which is perhaps due to a lack of fitness. If that improves, he's a possible future England player.

I've been really impressed with the tiny amount of him i've seen.

To fast-track a player from outside with little or no SL experience doesn’t make sense to me, unless he is ready for SL but unable to break thro at Warrington, and, there is the possibility of a permanent deal.

Yes he was contracted to Rovers, didn't stop him leaving when he wanted to though did it? He wanted out, he's gone, walked out.