Re: Harvard signs 4 year deal : Sun Jun 18, 2023 8:35 pm  

Ah, right, Fielden. I was wondering who the hell this Romanian bloke I'd never heard of was!

Re: Harvard signs 4 year deal : Sun Jun 18, 2023 8:40 pm  

NSW wrote:

I was going to start a Havard thread anyway even before the new deal.

One of the best prop forward performances for Wigan I can remember. The amount of minutes he played especially after 5 weeks out.

He matched and surpassed Vaughan easily.

I’d mentioned we’d really missed him as he’d be papering over the cracks but today really proved that.

Absolutely buzzing to have him at Wigan for the next 4 years and hopefully beyond.

And get him the right support and he and us will kick on. Still pretty gutting that Cooper is out for the season because him, Havard, Ellis and Byrne is a fine 4 prop rotation. We need to make sure we have a stronger 4/5 prop rotation going in to 2023. Hopefully Cooper will get back from the injury but we can’t rely on that and need to make sure we recruit well in that area.

Re: Harvard signs 4 year deal : Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:30 pm  

Shame we won’t get the stats on the SL website for this game. He’ll be off the charts.

Re: Harvard signs 4 year deal : Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:31 pm  

Add one more really good prop to Havard, Byrne, Ellis and Cooper(if he gets fit ideally) with Hill coming through I think we will be fine. Especially with Smithies and Walters(if we have signed him I think it will be for second row mainly) can also cover that middle if needed. I think it showed how much we missed Havard today he was fantastic, I said to my daughter at the game it's not Bevan or Jai eye-catching stuff that Ethan does but it's his graft that allows others to shine Byrne played miles better today by his side same with Smithnies. MoM for me today and topped off by the news of the new contract. O' Neil was also very good .... well they all was!

Re: Harvard signs 4 year deal : Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:38 pm  

I do think that the very least he deserves is that we all make a big effort to spell his name right!

Re: Harvard signs 4 year deal : Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:40 pm  

NSW wrote:

Shame we won’t get the stats on the SL website for this game. He’ll be off the charts.

Does no-one collate stats from CC games?

Re: Harvard signs 4 year deal : Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:43 pm  

Trainman wrote:

Fantastic news. Was my MOM today

And mine, Happy Days! Does anyone know if Dan, on the other forum, predicted this?

Re: Harvard signs 4 year deal : Mon Jun 19, 2023 1:08 am  

We have all been fixating on new props for next year but this retention is probably more important than any new face we could have brought in. He's 22 years old and is already among the best in the league! I'm not even sure it would have been possible to sign anyone else of his quality and age. Great work all round. Couldn't be more pleased.

My MOM too. Smith played really well and controlled the game but Havard was on a different level to anyone else on the pitch today.

Re: Harvard signs 4 year deal : Mon Jun 19, 2023 7:54 am  

Timely news on the back of yesterdays win. Build the pack round him, he's absolutely it.

Re: Harvard signs 4 year deal : Mon Jun 19, 2023 9:36 am  

179 meters and 37 tackles yesterday, phenomenal. The meters star is even better when you think it wasn’t skewed by a huge carry or two, just consistently ate up the meters with his carries