Who's he shown his hand to? I bet you've never seen him play



The point was that both players are/were known to the coaching staff at the clubs they are/were at, not getting a shot at first team and deemed surplus to requirements. 24 is still young. Larroyer was also around that age when he moved to you.

Larroyer is French. That's the only comparison. He was a regular in the Catalan side in 2013 before joining us. This kid is playing for the French equivalent of Whitehaven (no disrespect). His career trajectory is going the wrong way, until we step in and make ourselves look daft. If he is our starting 9 then we had better prepare for life in the 2nd tier come 2016.

If that happens then I trust Whitehaven fans will welcome me with open arms! Whatever happened to Dixonsbabe?

the other comparison is that they didn't want him either.

The other possibility that we are going with Carlisle and Connor Robinson as our starting hookers with this lad as back up. I still think this could see us ending up at the wrong end of the table next August.

Another scenario is we are going for Campese, at 7 a new 6 and a Luke Robinson / Rob Burrow type starting 9 with Carlisle as interchange. Knowing full well we'll not get a full season from Campese and at some point have to move our LR / RB 9 to 7. This would then give us plenty of cover.

The last bit is wishful thinking btw.

Blake green hadn't broken into the 1st grade in the Nrl and was a virtually unknown 24 year old when he came to us and he hasn't done too bad,and a certain michael dobson has yet to become an Nrl regular.Only time will tell but boudebza has been picked by agar for the french squad along with pellisier,as the 2 hookers, give him a chance to show what he can do.

miller.on loan.

Comparisons with Hodgson aren't fair or realistic, IMO. We have to realise that there is a big talent drain afflicting SL right now and success can be built on getting worse more slowly than the rest. That lad off the bins and the prop from Limoux went pretty well at (an admittedly struggling) Hull this year. Looking at different player pools is increasingly going to be a necessity.
As for Lezignan being a French Whitehaven - Lunt was at their neighbours in Workington until he was 21. Okay, this kid is a bit older, but he has been picked for France so he's clearly doing something right at the level he's been playing at. If we'd signed a hooker from Whitehaven who'd been named in the Championship team of the year, would that have been so bad?
That said, it is an important position and I'd have liked/would like a safer option. Maybe it's a depth signing. Longer season next year and maybe Connor Robinson would benefit from some time on loan or dual reg.




I like your (wishful) thinking.

Footage of Boudebza in action.

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Not sure why you're moaning about him not being a regular at Catalans when he hasn't ever been signed with the club, that's like complaining that a player from Leigh hasn't broken into the Wigan first team.

You could have said the same about Chris Hill when he signed for Warrington at a similar age

Yep, it doesn't happen very often does it?

Why is it clear?

Hill, Alex Walmsley, Danny Brough, Shaun Lunt, Kyle Amor, Michael Dobson, Ben Cockayne, Peter Fox, Danny Kirmond, that's just off the top of my head.

If that were true why did they loan him out (2 years running) instead of simply releasing him?

Besides, Larroyer is proven class, I don't care what the French think.

We signed Cockayne twice. Both times it was from a side in the same league as us.

Look, if we are signing him as a punt, or a development project then I have no problem, but in a key position such as hooker, he will have no space to learn from his mistakes. Lets hope his arrival is followed by a more experienced 9.

Comparisons with Blake Green are very wide of he mark. He had played 25+ NRL games before he joined.

Your new hooker looks like forest gump in his army days on hull daily mail website!

After the utterly disgraceful binning off of The Hammersmith Express, this lad is my new favourite player.

Once I can remember his name.

Just call him Frenchie Sandra

You must be relieved you're not signing tommy lee though?

Indeed, Franny Lee would be more welcome in East Hull.

My only worry now is how are we going to afford some half backs we must of invested all our money in this super star signing

We signed Sam Moa when he was 23 & nobody had heard of him, he's not done to bad for himself.

Danny Brough had already played in the top flight and showed he had the ability, just attitude issues forced him to play at a lower level.

Fox spent one season on loan before breaking into the top division, Amor had broke into the Leeds first team before sent out on loan, something Leeds to very often with their promising players.

Dobson, former Aussie school boy, came here and tore it up from day one. By 24 had played a lot of rugby at the top level over here.

Kirmond only played a few years in the lower league but for a very good outfit before been snapped up.

Hill and Walmsley have done great, more so in the case of Hill who has been outstanding.

If this new hooker of ours has come in as back up, then not an issue at all. If he is a direct replacement for Hodgson then it's a big step in the wrong direction.

Where does it say how much we have paid?

And it's have. Must have.

It doesn't say how much we have paid but we was told that a transfer fee had been agreed for a hooker so if we have paid anything for this guy then there is something seriously wrong and sorry I must (have) of missed that English lesson

Who told you we had paid a transfer fee for a hooker?