I mentioned Connor in the off season but I watched a couple of pre season pieces on Hull, on things like Rugby AM and when his teammates talk about him, you sense there’s a real feeling of dislike towards him from some of them. I think you saw that towards the back end of last season when he had a run in with a few of them during a game, with Minichello in particular losing his rag with him.

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Why, in your opinion?

Hastings may be a good player, but I would not rely on any loyalty from him about staying at the club in the long term!

Any better offer, especially from the NRL or Union and he will be off like a rocket.

Let’s be fair Ruddy, he came over to SL with the intention of rebuilding his career and going back to the NRL. And to be perfectly honest good on him, I hope it works out.

His performances have been superb so far and you can tell by his actions on and off the pitch he is totally dedicated to Wigan (for whatever 2020 has left of it anyway). If he chooses to move on then that’s his prerogative and good luck to him.

Equally if Bevan French’s performances keep up he’ll be off back to the NRL, is he disloyal too?

I think it's considerably less likely that NRL clubs would want French. No-one moved for him when he was at Parra. Hastings, otoh, clearly had ability but also had a bad rep as a trouble-maker. He has knuckled down in England and sorted that out, so Aussie clubs may well renew interest.

If he was any good we wouldn't have signed Hastings and he wouldn't be playing for a second rate team

I agree less likely but being realistic, he came over here wanting to build a reputation to go back to the NRL (though he has never explicitly said so).

So you've just made it up then?

I’ve gone off past players who have come over from the NRL after struggling for game time and then use the SL as a platform to show what they can do before being signed back to the NRL based on SL form. I’m not having a dig at him, far from it.

You can stop being condescending now

He wasn't wanted in the NRL for his off field stuff. If he shows he has cleaned that up he'll be back in 2 years. Similar to Jamie Lyon really although not in the same league quality wise.