Spot on Dave. Been told that Sao tried to take him under his wing early on and get him in for extras on days off etc but he would never turn up.

So to sum up our recruiment for 2022-2024

2022
Darnell McIntosh - released early
Kane Evans - released early
Joe Lovodua - signed an extension for 2023 but then released
Luke Gale - not retained after a one year deal

2023
Jake Clifford - asked for a release a year early
Tex Hoy - released early
Brad Dwyer - not retained after a one year deal
Liam Sutcliffe - to be released early
Jake Trueman - still at the club, has played 20 out of 44 games

2024
Liam Tindall - only played three games
Fa'amanu Brown - left after eight games
Jayden Okunbor - only played eight games, out on loan
Herman Ese'ese - regular starter
Franklin Pele - only played eight games, released early
Jack Ashworth - regular first teamer
Morgan Smith - regular first teamer
Jack Walker - only played seven games, playing reserve grade
Damel Diakhate - left without playing for the first team

You can't argue that TS recruitment for this season has been very good
And to think he wanted more time

Morgan Smith is also not good enough for SL even for bottom feeders like us.
The scatter gun approach has only presented Ese Ese and Ashworth.

Still think Walker our best FB. Had one bad game and not been seen since where as others just get picked regardless. Maybe more behind the scenes than we know

Think the writing was on the wall for Walker after we declared our interest in the quota full back whose contract we terminated, with the emergence of Moy, and the signing of Hardaker, it’s possibly a quota fullback we will be looking at.

Smith was just making things up hoping no one would realise he was worse than useless.

I hope he gets a job somewhere else in sl and it will be one less team we have to worry about

We haven't had a great off season since 2017 (where we added Albert, Connor and Griffin to an already strong lineup) 2020 the best of a bad bunch with Mau'u, Satae and Sao (but the less said about Jones and the return if Fonua the better)

If the club now has more money some investment on scouting needed, it surely doesn't cost a fortune to pay someone down under to go watch games and at least try and weed out the absolute duffers before we sign them.

I was wondering myself the other day what sort of scouting setup the club has these days. Not much of one on this evidence. It's a very valid point.

We could see if john cartwright is interested?

Always something going on behind the scene as we have seen with Balmforth especially the fitness nonsense.
Walker is a class full back as we found when he played at Hull KR but needs to be playing in a quality team.
Hoy was poor at full back playing in a poor team and the same goes with Walker
I am not a Litten fan but to bring in another overseas full back would be a waste of a quota place when we have Walker,Moy and Litten available plus Hardaker when necessary.
Our priority has to be at centre,front row,second row and nine.
Once we produce a team that competes, defend and has an attacking structure i have no doubt Walker will shine