Interesting about Hill. Theres potential obviously there with Harvie, but i've just never quite been convinced by him in the limited time hes played in the first team. Sounds like Hull are throwing their financial weight around. 


Leaves us in an interesting position in the forwards going into 2026 losing both Hill and Byrne.

The Vaughan signing and Walters move to prop make a bit more sense now. As things stand we'd look to have Havard, Thompson, Dupree, Mago and Walters as our first choice props, with back up from Eseh, Makin and McDermott. In the second row we'll have Faz, Nsemba, Vaughan, Hirst and Mason. Guys like Chan and Kerr and probably cover a bit of second row/loose forward. Looking at that, I would probably want to target one experienced signing to come in. I'd probably go for a second rower but you could go for a prop and then move Walters back to second row if needed. If Eseh and Chan were let go, then you'd need one of each IMO. 

I think it makes sense. The club will know where he's at in terms of development vs those below him (Makin and McDermott) and what his value is to us considering he's our 5th or 6th choice prop when all are fit, even excluding Byrne (1. Thompson, 2. Havard, 3. Dupree, 4. Mago, 5. Walters). We clearly have our eyes on someone (or two) to fill the gaps left by Byrne, Hill, Eseh and Chan, it's needed to keep the level of competition high and the likes of Dupree looking over his shoulder.


Good luck to him at Hull, hopefully they look after him well.

Think its a big blow personally - I'm sure the club wouldn't have wanted to lose both Byrne and Hill. Particularly given Havard's history of hamstring injuries. This was always going to happen at some point tho - I remember posting last year that something will have to give when the academy is producing so many good players that need and deserve game time. The salary cap also starts to bite harder when clubs achieve success. 

I wonder on what Myler bases his definition of a “big club”

I presume we'll have Vaughan and Sambou next year to compete, and hopefully Hirst as well.