Hull KR: multiracial, multicultural, multinational : Mon Oct 20, 2014 11:48 pm  

hull KR has had an interesting recent history that belies its parochial geographical location. The club has a strong tradition of support for players from Papua-New Guinea, with the mercurial Stanley Gene being one of its most popular players. The club was also renowned for having once had on its rosters the greatest ever indigenous Australian rugby league player, Arthur Beetson. Today it has evolved into an even more pluralistic and cosmopolitan club, with a player roster that encompasses many countries, cultures and races.

Consider some of its 2015 roster:

Indigenous Australians: Albert Kelly, Maurice Blair
Papua-New Guinean: Neville Costigan
French: Kevin Larroyer
Italian-Australian: Joshua Mantellato
Asian-Australian: Kenneth Sio

Hull KR is now the most ethnically diverse club in Super League.

Re: Hull KR: multiracial, multicultural, multinational : Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:48 am  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

I really need to work on my fishing skills because I won't catch much with crap bait like this

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Re: Hull KR: multiracial, multicultural, multinational : Tue Oct 21, 2014 3:22 am  

gutterfax wrote:

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As usual you have only crude, misplaced cynicism, not anything constructive or intelligent to contribute, to a legitimate posting about the social character of our game.

Re: Hull KR: multiracial, multicultural, multinational : Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:46 am  

good to see a heartland club bringing it's own homegrown players through

Re: Hull KR: multiracial, multicultural, multinational : Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:24 am  

Now they just need a couple of English lads and they'll be all set.

Re: Hull KR: multiracial, multicultural, multinational : Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:33 am  

its a joke. shame they dont invest more in bringing through british talent. seems to be same every pre season with them bringing in overseas players.

what happened to the rule where you were only allowed so many? seems to have changed in recent seasons

Re: Hull KR: multiracial, multicultural, multinational : Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:38 am  

brearley84 wrote:

its a joke. shame they dont invest more in bringing through british talent. seems to be same every pre season with them bringing in overseas players.

what happened to the rule where you were only allowed so many? seems to have changed in recent seasons

Shouldn't you be busy queuing up for your season ticket, better hurry up or you might have to get a seat within sight of another human being.

Re: Hull KR: multiracial, multicultural, multinational : Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:59 am  

Hull KR sell out every game and average twice the giants gates don't they? is that why you can mock our crowds?

Oh hang on....


Anyway back on topic I'm pretty sure there are young lads in the championship who are as good if not better than these players coming from down under?

Re: Hull KR: multiracial, multicultural, multinational : Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:22 pm  

We are the modern global world represented in a RL team. Hull KR know no borders!

Re: Hull KR: multiracial, multicultural, multinational : Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:38 pm  

meast wrote:

Hull KR sell out every game and average twice the giants gates don't they? is that why you can mock our crowds?

Oh hang on....


Anyway back on topic I'm pretty sure there are young lads in the championship who are as good if not better than these players coming from down under?

The rules are still there and I would assume the RFL ensure that they are being adhered to...

I believe that a greater emphasis on our academies whilst under franchise would hopefully have brought us more success than the route we have taken. Our chairman has even indicated that with hindsight that he got the balancing act wrong of growing a sustainable local talent pool, whilst still putting a team out there that could win games using imports. That ship has sailed!

We are now in a promotion and relegation system and the need to get into that top 8 or not get relegated from the bottom 4 means that we need to compete with our rivals. Having a quick scan at the squads for next year ( I may be wrong on some so I apologise) Catalans, Salford, Hull, Wakefield all have the same or more than us. We actually have 6 Southern Hemisphere players, which I believe is less than all those named.

What should we do? Have some altruistic view that because we've had our fair share of overseas players we shouldn't bother this year and look to get relegated.

As for your final point some of the teams I have named (including ourselves) will get to see whether we would have been better going down the Championship player route.