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Re: Five New Signings : Sun Nov 27, 2016 8:54 am  
Probably because he's a decent bloke who likes to do things face to face.
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Re: Five New Signings : Sun Nov 27, 2016 8:55 am  
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So he came all the way back to England for what reason?


I'm not gonna claim I know the answer to that. His family have definitely gone though.
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Re: Five New Signings : Sun Nov 27, 2016 9:31 am  
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Probably because he's a decent bloke who likes to do things face to face.

Yep, I think he's come back back because he is a top professional and believes in doing things right and also to say his farewells to his antipodian team mates.
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Re: Five New Signings : Sun Nov 27, 2016 12:33 pm  
If some of the above is true I'd expect a press release within the next week or so possibly...unusual though as MC said in Yorkshire Radio interview that no quota spots left and would have to look for 'English, French or even Russian prop'....

It's a real shame that Anthony Tupou couldn't take over from where Ali Lauitiiti left off but as already said physically he appears to have some sort of serious hip injury issue walking with a permanent limp.

As it turned out big Ali played second grade at New Zealand Warriors last season and Tupou showed only glimpses of what he could do with ball in hand although defensively he always appeared very strong. His try at home to Catalan coming off the bench when the team were down 0:26 where he ran onto the ball extremely hard carrying 3 over the line was one of those rare moments.
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Re: Five New Signings : Sun Nov 27, 2016 1:49 pm  
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If some of the above is true I'd expect a press release within the next week or so possibly...unusual though as MC said in Yorkshire Radio interview that no quota spots left and would have to look for 'English, French or even Russian prop'....

It's a real shame that Anthony Tupou couldn't take over from where Ali Lauitiiti left off but as already said physically he appears to have some sort of serious hip injury issue walking with a permanent limp.

As it turned out big Ali played second grade at New Zealand Warriors last season and Tupou showed only glimpses of what he could do with ball in hand although defensively he always appeared very strong. His try at home to Catalan coming off the bench when the team were down 0:26 where he ran onto the ball extremely hard carrying 3 over the line was one of those rare moments.


I think MC plays the game. As for Ali he didn't play many games in the reserve grade and would have offered no more tha Tupou.

I think it's a lesson learned - if nothing else sign players who are 100% fit.
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Re: Five New Signings : Sun Nov 27, 2016 2:12 pm  
We've never been that lucky with big name signings.
Laurie Daley, Mark Graham, Steve Ella, Brent Todd, these are some I can think off the top of my head.
We seem to get better value out of 'lesser' players.
Heard Fensom is back in the picture.
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Re: Five New Signings : Sun Nov 27, 2016 2:17 pm  
Laurie Daley ? No
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Re: Five New Signings : Sun Nov 27, 2016 2:41 pm  
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Laurie Daley ? No


Yep he was signed up then got injured - back end of his career it has to be said.
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Re: Five New Signings : Sun Nov 27, 2016 3:10 pm  
Did he actually play ?
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Re: Five New Signings : Sun Nov 27, 2016 3:24 pm  
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Did he actually play ?

No, he didn't even leave Australia.
Like Vasty says, got injured in Oz and that was that.
He made it onto some RL trading cards you could buy at the time but obviously didn't have our strip on!
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