gateshead signings : Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:17 am  

http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... shead.html from this it looks like gateshead are going to be the same as celtic crusaders by end of season. not many home grown players.

http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... shead.html from this it looks like gateshead are going to be the same as celtic crusaders by end of season. not many home grown players.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:51 am  

Well hearing the interviews with Players and Coaching Staff on SKy against Batley and Sheff i only picked out Local accents!!!
Good Luck to them dont think theyll be bothering the fax DO YOU?

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:27 am  

Carcassonne to Gateshead....

I feel desperately sorry for the lad

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:32 am  

-Fax- wrote:

Carcassonne to Gateshead....

I feel desperately sorry for the lad

He's probably been told he'll be playing SL in 3 years as Gateshead are in rugby league no mans land.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:41 pm  

Good Signing this for Gateshead, i know i have said this before but WE need a HalfBack if he is going too Them no offence, then surely he would have wanted to come here.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:36 pm  

blue&whitearmy wrote:

Good Signing this for Gateshead, i know i have said this before but WE need a HalfBack if he is going too Them no offence, then surely he would have wanted to come here.

WE probably could not afford him. plus we not doing bad with what we got.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:32 pm  

blue&whitearmy wrote:

Good Signing this for Gateshead, i know i have said this before but WE need a HalfBack if he is going too Them no offence, then surely he would have wanted to come here.

Is Ben Black not doing the business for you??

Re: gateshead signings : Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:52 pm  

swifty62 wrote:

http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/09/04/22/RUGBYL_Gateshead.html

from this it looks like gateshead are going to be the same as celtic crusaders by end of season. not many home grown players.

Surprise ,surprise but hey this is good for the game, expansion at any cost which means improving the Aussie game or French game well anywhere except the English game eh???

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:44 am  

Russel Aitken - he was well out of his depth in the NRL and I'm guessing nobody else in the NRL rated his chances of making it as he wasn't offered a sniff of a contract.

He was poor at the Storm and I never saw any potential in him (obviously somebody did though or he wouldn't have been at the Storm).

He only played in the GF and WCC as Storm didn't have anybody else resembling a hooker (note we lost both games )

I don't think the boys will be troubled by him although he'll probably go alright in the Gateshead side.

From what I've seen of Ben Black he looks a far better player than Aitken.

Re: gateshead signings : Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:56 am  

swifty62 wrote:

http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/09/04/22/RUGBYL_Gateshead.html

from this it looks like gateshead are going to be the same as celtic crusaders by end of season. not many home grown players.

TBH the last time before Sunday I saw so many Australians on holiday I was at Surfer's Paradise!