just what i was thinking !! deserves more credit than what is being given to him! he has done loads for the club and he gets a little but of writing underneath galeas new deal. disgraceful!

He deserves more than a footnote.

Should have got him a personalised card from moonpig.com

funny guy.

Grow up. The bloke's put his body on the line for four years and now has a fizzog worse that Gérard Depardieu.

Whether he's got a better offer from Widnes (if this is the case) and he and his young family now want to return to their roots then fair enough.

If you can't find it within yourself to respect any player that pulls on a shirt then I suggest you sling your hook and go watch darts.

I have great respect for him. Why people are getting over excited because he got 150 words and not 250 words to me is baffling. I suggest you find a hobby.

Top professional he has done the city of Hull proud..Good Luck Shaun

I agree. It seems like Briscoe isn't happy with the timing of the announcement either, looking at his twitter message he didn't get to tell the rest of the players before Rovers' put it on the website.

Got to question how Rovers' have handled this, to me it suggests they wanted to keep SB but the draw of moving close to home was too large and Hull KR have spit their dummy out.

Listen, I'm not going to argue with you about this, I agree with a lot of what you've got to say about the game.

It's not about a word count, it wouldn't have taken anyone going out of their way to give him his own piece on the web site. You clearly feel that getting a footnote is enough for a player that's been an exemplary club man for four years, that's fine.

It's not the wordcount people question, it's been shoved at the bottom of an article primarily about another player.

Stop being a =#FF0000Edit-RW.

The amount of words has nothing to do with it.
That he was clearly an after thought is the point.
Its called respect.
It was also nice of the club to let it slip before Briscoe had chance to tell his team mates.

We obviously should of had an article on the website lauding his departure then it would seem. I don't recall too many instances of a player not being retained by any club as something to shout home about it's not a pleasing thing. Perhaps if the clubs motor mouth didn't go blabbing to the hdm again rovers wouldn't have felt the need to release the news first and in the manor they have to avoid another mail 'exclusive'

Who's the club's motormouth?

Paul Cooke

Most admit im surprised by this news not being a stand alone piece rather than it being on the end of the fantastic news about Ben Galea extending his stay.
I remember being envious of Hull when they signed Shaun from Wigan and wont reignite the Motu Tony / Briscoe debate but was more then happy when he became a Robin.


I think consummate professional has already been said on this thread about him and thats exactly what he is.
It was great that he played for England whilst a Hull KR player too.
Great guy, always time for the fans and never once refused an interview even when his good lady wife and kids were waiting to go home after matches.
Been a privilage to see wear our colours for the last few years and i wish him every success for the future.

Have we still got '2jags' on board? The way they mixed the bad news with the good smelt of a politician, "good news today interest rates remain at 0.5% and weekly bin collections return, income tax will rise to 40%".

Why do you call call yourself 'rover'?

I cannot believe the shambles Rovers appear to have become. I got banned from here for simply calling Rovers a joke club, over Williegate when they deregistered Dobson. I think I have been proven right. As a rovers fan, you deserve more than the shambles you are getting. The lack of professionalism astounds me.

Been a great player for us and in some ways will be sad to see him leave.
I do think its time to let him go now tho', he seems to have lost that edge in decision making as was seen with his injury at the weekend caused by a moments indecision.
He will be a player that will get a great reception whenever he plays Hull KR and I hope a great send off when he plays his last game / last game of the season.

Looking forward, IF get in a position where we have no chance of a play off then we need to play Sherriff at FB for the remaining games.

You never know we might get to make up for Shaun missing Wembley with the barcodes and get there ourselves.

Was thinking that too mate, what a fitting send-off it would be for the guy, deserves all the plaudits on here, legend.

Sad to see him go if I'm honest. A great player, a top bloke & one of the bravest players in the game.

Very surprised shaun didn't know he was going to widnes, rovers tend to wait till the season end to announce departures so it seems widnes must be going to announce his signing soon.!
Must be the bravest player in superleague and a credit to sportsmen anywhere,terrific on and off the pitch and a great guy.Good luck shaun and thanks for 4 great years.!!!

He will have known and maybe told the club but was waiting til the club and himself had agreed that he wouldn't be staying before announciing it.
The way it was announced makes me think the club wanted to retain him but the Widnes offer was too good for us to match.

his will be tough boots to fill, well have to play the guessing game now whi will be signed to replace him.