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east hull FC fan wrote:Berrigan is a Clive Churchill medal winner, former SOO, NRL Grand Final winning Hooker, only Hull FC and it's fans would end up shoving him back in the centres. He's twice the Hooker Houghton is.
Jake the Peg wrote:They're the same ones who claim he isn't very good but ignore the fact that he's been playing with shiite players and no game plan since he arrived
I've always been an advocate of Berrigan, and still think he is the best hooker at the club given the right tactics. However, I can see the merits in him playing centre, as he is also the best centre we have, and I don't see us ever playing the type of rugby to get the best from him at hooker under Agar.
All I'm saying is that should Berrigan be in the centres next season, Houghton should be starting ahead of Washbrook.
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carl_spackler wrote:I've always been an advocate of Berrigan, and still think he is the best hooker at the club given the right tactics. However, I can see the merits in him playing centre, as he is also the best centre we have, and I don't see us ever playing the type of rugby to get the best from him at hooker under Agar.
All I'm saying is that should Berrigan be in the centres next season, Houghton should be starting ahead of Washbrook.
Agree fully. If we sign Monaghan, Berro could be centre and back-up hooker, with Yeamo on the bench.
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WormInHand wrote:Tut, Bulls schmulz. Another greedy club. How many signings?
TBF they made quite a few last season. Every year I tip them for a big improvement and they don't deliver. So I'm tipping them for a big improvement in 2011.
Joined: Mar 11 2007 Posts: 5659 Location: Next to Ramsgate Sands c.1850 in West Hull
I feel a bit cross about Monaghan. I'd somehow managed to convince myself he was ours
And this time around, Bulls have offloaded their young English coach to our hugely successful new England team and have Potter. Could be the difference in 2011 for them.
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WormInHand wrote:I feel a bit cross about Monaghan. I'd somehow managed to convince myself he was ours
And this time around, Bulls have offloaded their young English coach to our hugely successful new England team and have Potter. Could be the difference in 2011 for them.
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east hull FC fan wrote:Berrigan is a Clive Churchill medal winner, former SOO, NRL Grand Final winning Hooker, only Hull FC and it's fans would end up shoving him back in the centres. He's twice the Hooker Houghton is.
Not last season he wasn't or even the year before that.
What position did Berrigan play when he won the Clive Churhill medal?
For what ever reason apart from his first season he hasn't performed for Hull (who cares about what he did is the NRL, it's no good to us) in the hooking position, looked a lot better at centres last season.
Dave K. wrote:Not last season he wasn't or even the year before that.
What position did Berrigan play when he won the Clive Churhill medal?
For what ever reason apart from his first season he hasn't performed for Hull (who cares about what he did is the NRL, it's no good to us) in the hooking position, looked a lot better at centres last season.
He won it at Hooker.
He played in the centres for 2 games last season IIRC, so that's 3 times in all his Hull career. Hardly basis for an informed opinion. Houghton was very average last season until Berrigan got injured at Leeds (something a lot forget), when Berrigan came back he had to play in the backs due to Whiting's injury. Berrigan suffers from one problem it seems, he's not Richard Swain.
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