Bulls Squad 2015 : Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:52 am  

squad by squad number, coaching team and stats table below. 1 Jake Mullaney 1 year Overseas andNonFed https://twitter.com/jake_mullaney 2 Etu Uaisele 2 years Kolpak and NonFed https://twitter.com/freshie_topai 3 Adrian Purtell 1 year Overseas and Nonfed https://twitter.com/bruiser3101 4 Matty Blythe 2 years https://twitter.com/mattyblythe88 5 Danny William 2 years https://twitter.com/danny_w86 6 Harry Siejka 2 years Koipak and NonFed https://twitter.com/h_siejka 7 Lee Gaskell 2 years 8 Paul Clough 2 years https://twitter.com/Paul_klaus 9 O'Brien 2 years https://twitter.com/adamob93 10 Adam Sidlow 1 year 11 Tom Olbison 2 years https://twitter.com/Tom_Olby 12 Dale Ferguson 2 years https://twitter.com/fergiefergz12 13 Danny Addy 2 years (back row/utility) https://twitter.com/dannyaddy32 14 Jay Pitts 2 years https://twitter.com/jpitts22 15 Dan Flemming 2 years https://twitter.com/DanFlem123 16 Karl Davies 2 years Overseas and NonFed https://twitter.com/KarlDavies08 17 Jean-Philippe Baille 19 Chris Ulugia 2 years Kolpak and Nonfed https://twitter.com/chrisulugia 20 Adam Henry 1 year overseas and NOT NonFed trained https://twitter.com/Addy_Henry 21 Dave Petersen 1 year https://twitter.com/petersen92 22 Chev Walker 1 year (utility)] https://twitter.com/chevwalker 23 Alex Mellor 1 year Junior https://twitter.com/melloralex 24 Lucas Walshaw 2 years 25 Nathan Conroy 1 year 26 Vila Halafihi 1 year https://twitter.com/Vila_Halafihi 27 Ryan Shaw 1 year https://twitter.com/blazinshaw 28 Samir Tahraoui 2 years https://twitter.com/samirtahraoui 29 Adam Brook 2 years https://twitter.com/Adam_Brook 30 Sam Bates 2 years 31 Epalahame Lauaki 2 years Kolpak and non-fed trained??? 32 Steve Crossley (nearly) 2 years ?? James Mendeika aprox 2.5 years Coaching Team James Lowes: Head Coach Karl Harrison Assistant Coach Matthew Diskin: U 19's Coach John Bastian (ex Warrington head of youth and ex boss of Featherstone): Academy and Scholarship Gary Dempsey: (England S and C) Strength and Conditioning Coach

squad by squad number, coaching team and stats table below. 1 Jake Mullaney 1 year Overseas andNonFed https://twitter.com/jake_mullaney 2 Etu Uaisele 2 years Kolpak and NonFed https://twitter.com/freshie_topai 3 Adrian Purtell 1 year Overseas and Nonfed https://twitter.com/bruiser3101 4 Matty Blythe 2 years https://twitter.com/mattyblythe88 5 Danny William 2 years https://twitter.com/danny_w86 6 Harry Siejka 2 years Koipak and NonFed https://twitter.com/h_siejka 7 Lee Gaskell 2 years 8 Paul Clough 2 years https://twitter.com/Paul_klaus 9 O'Brien 2 years https://twitter.com/adamob93 10 Adam Sidlow 1 year 11 Tom Olbison 2 years https://twitter.com/Tom_Olby 12 Dale Ferguson 2 years https://twitter.com/fergiefergz12 13 Danny Addy 2 years (back row/utility) https://twitter.com/dannyaddy32 14 Jay Pitts 2 years https://twitter.com/jpitts22 15 Dan Flemming 2 years https://twitter.com/DanFlem123 16 Karl Davies 2 years Overseas and NonFed https://twitter.com/KarlDavies08 17 Jean-Philippe Baille 19 Chris Ulugia 2 years Kolpak and Nonfed https://twitter.com/chrisulugia 20 Adam Henry 1 year overseas and NOT NonFed trained https://twitter.com/Addy_Henry 21 Dave Petersen 1 year https://twitter.com/petersen92 22 Chev Walker 1 year (utility)] https://twitter.com/chevwalker 23 Alex Mellor 1 year Junior https://twitter.com/melloralex 24 Lucas Walshaw 2 years 25 Nathan Conroy 1 year 26 Vila Halafihi 1 year https://twitter.com/Vila_Halafihi 27 Ryan Shaw 1 year https://twitter.com/blazinshaw 28 Samir Tahraoui 2 years https://twitter.com/samirtahraoui 29 Adam Brook 2 years https://twitter.com/Adam_Brook 30 Sam Bates 2 years 31 Epalahame Lauaki 2 years Kolpak and non-fed trained??? 32 Steve Crossley (nearly) 2 years ?? James Mendeika aprox 2.5 years Coaching Team James Lowes: Head Coach Karl Harrison Assistant Coach Matthew Diskin: U 19's Coach John Bastian (ex Warrington head of youth and ex boss of Featherstone): Academy and Scholarship Gary Dempsey: (England S and C) Strength and Conditioning Coach

Re: Bulls Squad 2015 : Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:01 am  

Gaskell is the one that triggered the topic, saying he wanted to stay. with an average gain of 9 metres per carry thats the best in the squad, plus 11 try assists. Danny Williams has the same average carry, so if he keeps that up then theres two backs that will get us up the pitch. O'Brien has scored 4 tries and three assists and is third in the tackles count. I would like to think that all three of these will be kept.

Re: Bulls Squad 2015 : Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:19 am  

Yeah some positive news coming through last couple of weeks regarding players wanting to stay. Just hope we can get them signed up. If O'brien and Gaskell signs up that would be really positive news. Sammut was at odsal on Sunday, with Wakey not wanting him and Fev announcing they won't be signing any marquee players, hopefully we can get him snapped up. That would give us a very good 6,7,9

Re: Bulls Squad 2015 : Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:36 am  

I'd also expect Sidlow, Olbison and maybe Addy or Donaldson to stay on board.

Others we def want to try and keep would be Manoukafoa, Fakir, Henry, Purtell, George, Blythe and Kear IMO Pitts would be useful too.

Would love to see Kearney stay on, maybe captain the side if Diskin retires.

Re: Bulls Squad 2015 : Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:43 am  

I think you have signed Steve Crossley from Fev.

Re: Bulls Squad 2015 : Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:45 am  

Tigerade wrote:

I think you have signed Steve Crossley from Fev.

Thought he was going to Cas? Would be happy with this. Also a HG player.

Re: Bulls Squad 2015 : Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:48 am  

Tigerade wrote:

I think you have signed Steve Crossley from Fev.

I'd be happy with that if true. I've mentioned his name on here a few times after I heard he was leaving Fev, but one of your fellow Cas fans seems to think he's heading your way.
Ben Hellewell would be another one I'd be after. Also confirmed to be leaving Fev.

Re: Bulls Squad 2015 : Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:53 am  

Some optimism here, but here's a 17 I'd be happy with in SL2

Gaskell
Williams
George
Henry/Arundel/Hellewell/A N Other
Kear/Wood/Ainscough
Sammut/Addy/A N Other
Brook
Sidlow
AoB
Crossley
Olbison
Roberts
Donno

Conroy
Mellor/Pitts
Bates
Fakir/A N Other

Re: Bulls Squad 2015 : Tue Jul 08, 2014 12:24 pm  

This is an odd thread for me.

There are current players who I think have Championship quality written all over them; Olbison, Walker, Henry. And there are players who'd I genuinely be gutted to see drop down a division and stay with us; Donaldson, Blythe, Kear, Gaskell, maybe Purtell (I think he'd go to Hull KR for some reason).

I obviously think a lot of the high earning overseas lads will leave.

I wouldn't mind seeing Jean Philippe Baile join us...

Karl Pryce, Jarrod Sammut and Shaun Ainscough would be three guys I'd welcome back, two of which have been mentioned earlier.

[Bullseye]

Re: Bulls Squad 2015 : Tue Jul 08, 2014 12:40 pm  

From what I hear the club are in negotiations with lots of players. Many of this year’s 1st teamers are considering or have decided on deals. I guess we’ll hear more as the weeks go by.

If we can get Sammut and Crossley back then that would be a good start, but I’d be surprised if Sammut couldn’t get a SL team.

I’d be reluctant to take Karl Pryce. He’s not go the right attitude and I suspect he’d drive Lowes to distraction.

Quite a number of our existing squad is SL1 quality – particularly the likes of Addy, Olbison, Donaldson etc. I can’t see them getting that many offers from other SL clubs since they’re average. However they would be useful at SL1 level.

I expect to see more of Roberts, Bates, Mellor, Wood and Conroy next year.