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Sun November 6, 2011
Source: www.hullfc.comHull FC's Willie Manu is getting excited about what is in store when the squad return for pre-season training later this month ahead of what he hopes to be a rewarding year.
The Black and Whites Player of the Year will return to training with the challenge to impress new coach Peter Gentle, despite an impressive season in 2011.
However, with a new era set to start under the Australian and his new coaching staff, Manu admits the door is open for everyone to stake a claim for a place in the team.
"I think it's been well documented so far that Peter Gentle will come in and treat it all as a clean slate and we have to earn our place in the team, but for me that is quite exciting," he told www.hullfc.com.
"We can all see the excitement around the club at the moment, the fans are already getting ready for the new season and our first taste of that comes when we start training again.
"Whilst we all look forward to a break and some time with our families, it's always great to get back with the lads and training again and I think we're all really up for getting stuck in again."
Gentle and his coaching team won't be the only new faces around the club's new Elite Performance Training Centre at Hull YPI Sports Centre, as a further seven new additions to the squad will also be in place for pre-season.
With a blend of youth and experience set to join the first-team ranks, Manu is eager to see the impact they can have,
"I'm really looking forward to meeting the new lads and seeing what they'll bring to the squad," commented the Tongan.
"We have a good group of players here and it seems we have some players that sound like they'll fit that sort of bill.
"With players like Lynch and Martin, their experience speaks for itself, whilst to have three NRL players joining the club adds plenty of quality.
"But I think it will be just as exciting to see how the younger guys go like Ellis and O'Carroll and not to forget some of our young lads too, like Kenty, Green and Reece Lyne, they've all been there or thereabouts and it's probably a good chance for them to shine now too."
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Wed July 28, 2010
by Steve Mascord
WILLIE Manu's selection in the preliminary England World Cup squad raises the following question: how did he make it and Chris Heighington didn't?.
Manu was a workmanlike player for Wests Tigers, South Sydney and St George Illawarra who has turned out six times for Tonga.
One of the reasons England gave for selecting Maurie Fa'asavalu between 2007 and 2009 was that he had never played for Samoa in rugby league and never would.
Yet Manu's history with the Tongans has clearly not discouraged new coach Steve McNamara. Willie may indeed be a worthy footballer for Hull FC but is he likely to do more damage to the Australians and Kiwis than Wests Tigers' Heighington, who qualifies on parentage?
I think not.
I would say that the message is clearly 'you have to be in Super League to get a start with England' - but then there's Gareth Widdop who is a Toyota Cup player!
It's one of the more confusing selections in a year that saw Queensland drop Israel Folau when he joined AFL, only to pick him back up again when Brent Tate was injured.
The message there - 'we'd rather someone going to Aussie Rules than someone (Lote Tuqiri) coming back from rugby union'!
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I'D like to nominate North Queensland's Luke O'Donnell as an early entrant in the Quote Of The Season competition.
Discussing Newcastle's complaints that the final pass for the winning try on Saturday night had been forward, Luke told a media scrum: "We have struggled all year with those 50-50 calls so I'd have to say one word: bad luck."
"Bad luck" is two words.
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IN case you missed it - and I'm betting you did - there will be two international double-headers at the end of the season.
We all know about the Four Nations event at Eden Park on November 6, where Australia plays New Zealand and England clashes with Papua New Guinea.
But on October 16 at Mt Smart Stadium, the New Zealand-Samoa warm-up international will be preceded by England taking on the Maori.
Also, the Australia-PNG game is a double-header too with Tonga-Samoa the curtain-raiser at Parramatta Stadium.
Count me in.
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FEEDBACK time - and I can't believe the number of comments last week.
To Tony, I wouldn't say the players were 'exonerated' by Deloitte. Deloitte could not compel the players to talk, and in the absence of any evidence, the accountancy firm simply found that there was no proof that they knew of the rorts.
There's a difference.
As our friends at Fire Up! on fb radio said, you don't often
see episodes of CSI where the suspect refuses to answer questions and the show
finishes after 10 minutes!
To Gee, how is blaming the guilty party 'the easy way out'? You'll never get me to see this point of view or to accept 'everyone is doing it' as any sort of reasonable defence at all.
Your example regarding the Roosters is valid but it doesn't excuse the Storm, Warriors and Bulldogs who were caught. If you cheat the cap you might get away with it - sure.
But look what happens when you don't! That's why it's so important to have strong punishments when sides are caught - as a deterrent to those that aren't. The need for a deterrent is there because everyone acknowledges it's possible to cheat the cap and get away with it.
Alfie, if News wants to destroy the Storm, why are they going to put in $14 million this year?
Ferrett, the Storm could pay overs because News budgeted for them to lose $6 million a year and didn't look at the books too closely if it was less than that! They didn't GENERATE the money they gave players under the counter, it was a handout coming straight from the NRL's coffers.
And the problem with free market or cutting teams is that the WRONG TEAMS would disappear - like Newcastle. We would end up with a 1982 comp with Brisbane.
Regarding Peter O'Sullivan, I hear his camp contends all he did was organise a flight for Brett White. I'll keep my ear to the ground.
Joshua, forcing agents to sign stat decs about what they and their clients are getting is a measure that should be in force next year.
And to the person who asked how much the NRL gets from Sky New Zealand in rights money, the figure is 10 to 12 million.
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 2011 International Origin
Exiles
1 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] International Origin [10 Jun 11] W 16-12 v England (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
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2011 engage English Super League
Hull FC
26 games; 5 tries, 20 points.
[View] Round 1 [13 Feb 11] L 22-34 v Hull KR. [SR]
[View] Round 2 [18 Feb 11] L 18-32 v Leeds (H). [CT]
[View] Round 3 [27 Feb 11] L 10-20 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [04 Mar 11] W 42-18 v Crusaders (H). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [13 Mar 11] L 12-14 v Wigan (A). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [18 Mar 11] L 6-20 v Wakefield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [27 Mar 11] W 40-30 v Harlequins (A). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [01 Apr 11] L 18-20 v Castleford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [08 Apr 11] W 34-24 v Bradford (H). [SR]
[View] Round 11 [22 Apr 11] W 36-18 v Hull KR (H). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [25 Apr 11] W 24-10 v Warrington (A). [SR]
[View] Round 13 [02 May 11] D 24-24 v St Helens (H). [SR]
[View] Round 14 [13 May 11] W 32-16 v Salford City (A). [SR]
[View] Round 15 [29 May 11] L 20-34 v Huddersfield (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 16 [05 Jun 11] L 10-17 v Hull KR (A). [SR]
[View] Round 17 [12 Jun 11] W 38-6 v Harlequins (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [19 Jun 11] W 28-14 v Bradford (A). [SR]
[View] Round 19 [26 Jun 11] W 52-18 v Wakefield (A). [SR]
[View] Round 20 [01 Jul 11] L 14-28 v St Helens (A). [SR]
[View] Round 21 [08 Jul 11] W 52-16 v Salford City (H). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [15 Jul 11] L 0-20 v Leeds (A). [SR]
[View] Round 23 [29 Jul 11] L 16-30 v Wigan (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [12 Aug 11] W 40-8 v Catalans (H). [SR]
[View] Round 25 [21 Aug 11] W 58-18 v Crusaders (A). [SR]
[View] Round 26 [03 Sep 11] W 50-18 v Castleford (A). [SR] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 27 [09 Sep 11] L 12-34 v Warrington (H). [SR]
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2010 engage English Super League
Hull FC
26 games; 6 tries, 24 points.
[View] Round 1 [06 Feb 10] W 32-12 v St Helens (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [12 Feb 10] W 14-6 v Huddersfield (H). [SR]
[View] Round 3 [21 Feb 10] L 16-18 v Crusaders (A). [SR]
[View] Round 4 [26 Feb 10] W 28-4 v Harlequins (H). [SR]
[View] Round 5 [05 Mar 10] W 42-22 v Castleford (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [12 Mar 10] L 24-48 v Wigan (A). [SR]
[View] Round 7 [19 Mar 10] W 18-6 v Bradford (H). [SR]
[View] Round 8 [27 Mar 10] L 20-27 v Salford City (A). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [02 Apr 10] W 18-14 v Hull KR (A). [SR]
[View] Round 10 [05 Apr 10] L 10-29 v Warrington (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 11 [11 Apr 10] L 30-46 v Leeds (A). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [23 Apr 10] W 12-8 v Wakefield (H). [LK]
[View] Round 13 - Magic Weekend [01 May 10] L 8-25 v Harlequins. [SR]
[View] Round 16 [04 Jun 10] W 27-26 v St Helens (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [11 Jun 10] W 34-12 v Salford City (H). [SR]
[View] Round 18 [20 Jun 10] L 18-32 v Huddersfield (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [25 Jun 10] W 10-8 v Catalans (H). [SR]
[View] Round 20 [04 Jul 10] W 28-22 v Bradford (A). [SR]
[View] Round 21 [10 Jul 10] L 6-29 v Wakefield (A). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [15 Jul 10] W 20-16 v Hull KR (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [23 Jul 10] L 0-46 v Wigan (H). [SR]
[View] Round 24 [31 Jul 10] W 42-18 v Harlequins (A). [SR]
[View] Round 25 [13 Aug 10] W 18-16 v Crusaders (H). [SR]
[View] Round 26 [20 Aug 10] L 18-36 v Warrington (A). [SR]
[View] Round 27 [04 Sep 10] L 14-18 v Leeds (H). [SR]
[View] Finals Week 1 [11 Sep 10] L 4-21 v Hull KR (H). [SR]
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2009 engage English Super League
Hull FC
22 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [13 Feb 09] W 18-10 v Wigan (H). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [21 Feb 09] W 28-20 v Celtic (A). [BE]
[View] Round 3 [27 Feb 09] W 28-12 v Les Catalans (H). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [06 Mar 09] W 24-20 v Huddersfield (A). [SR]
[View] Round 5 [15 Mar 09] W 36-24 v Bradford (A). [SR]
[View] Round 6 [20 Mar 09] L 18-19 v Castleford (H). [SR]
[View] Round 7 [28 Mar 09] L 12-22 v Harlequins (A). [SR]
[View] Round 8 [10 Apr 09] L 14-18 v Hull KR (H). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [13 Apr 09] L 22-44 v St Helens (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 09] L 14-21 v Wakefield (H). [SR]
[View] Round 11 [25 Apr 09] W 18-14 v Salford City (A). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [03 May 09] W 24-16 v Castleford. [SR]
[View] Round 17 [19 Jun 09] W 14-12 v Salford City (H). [SR]
[View] Round 19 [04 Jul 09] L 30-43 v Leeds (H). [SR]
[View] Round 20 [12 Jul 09] L 18-40 v Castleford (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 21 [17 Jul 09] W 22-6 v Celtic (H). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [25 Jul 09] L 18-24 v Hull KR (A). [SR]
[View] Round 23 [31 Jul 09] L 0-24 v Huddersfield (H). [SR]
[View] Round 24 [15 Aug 09] L 6-18 v Les Catalans (A). [SR]
[View] Round 25 [21 Aug 09] W 26-6 v Harlequins (H). [SR]
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 09] L 22-34 v Wigan (A). [SR]
[View] Round 27 [11 Sep 09] L 18-21 v Bradford (H). [SR]
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2008 World Cup
Tonga
3 games; [View] Pool C [27 Oct 08] W 22-20 v Ireland. [LK]
[View] Pool C [31 Oct 08] L 12-20 v Samoa. [DH]
[View] Ranking Games [08 Nov 08] W 48-0 v Scotland. [BE]
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2008 engage English Super League
Hull FC
22 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [08 Feb 08] L 20-32 v Warrington (A). [SR]
[View] Round 2 [17 Feb 08] L 6-24 v Harlequins (H). [SR]
[View] Round 3 [22 Feb 08] W 24-22 v Wigan (H). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [29 Mar 08] D 28-28 v Les Catalans (A). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [04 Apr 08] L 8-24 v Bradford (H). [SR]
[View] Round 11 [11 Apr 08] W 32-12 v Castleford (A). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [27 Apr 08] W 28-20 v Huddersfield (H). [LK]
[View] Round 13 [04 May 08] L 17-22 v Hull KR. [SR]
[View] Round 14 [18 May 08] L 26-34 v Harlequins (A). [SR]
[View] Round 15 [25 May 08] L 8-16 v St Helens (H). [SR]
[View] Round 16 [06 Jun 08] L 22-38 v Leeds (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [15 Jun 08] W 40-14 v Castleford (H). [SR]
[View] Round 18 [22 Jun 08] L 22-36 v Bradford (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [29 Jun 08] L 22-24 v Warrington (H). [SR]
[View] Round 20 [06 Jul 08] L 18-30 v Les Catalans (H). [SR]
[View] Round 21 [12 Jul 08] W 26-18 v Wakefield (A). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [20 Jul 08] W 44-18 v Hull KR (H). [SR]
[View] Round 23 [01 Aug 08] L 6-66 v Wigan (A). [SR]
[View] Round 24 [10 Aug 08] L 24-30 v Huddersfield (H). [SR]
[View] Round 25 [17 Aug 08] L 14-42 v Bradford (A). [SR]
[View] Round 26 [22 Aug 08] W 26-6 v Harlequins (H). [SR]
[View] Round 27 [07 Sep 08] L 8-36 v Hull KR (A). [SR]
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2007 engage English Super League
Hull FC
24 games; 6 tries, 24 points.
[View] Round 3 [25 Feb 07] L 24-25 v Warrington (A). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [04 Mar 07] L 6-19 v Wakefield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [11 Mar 07] W 16-12 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 07] W 24-12 v St Helens (H). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [23 Mar 07] L 20-30 v Wigan (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [06 Apr 07] L 28-30 v Harlequins (A). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [09 Apr 07] W 22-14 v Hull KR (H). [SR]
[View] Round 10 [13 Apr 07] W 35-18 v Salford City (A). [SR]
[View] Round 13 [05 May 07] L 10-14 v Hull KR. [SR]
[View] Round 14 [20 May 07] W 16-12 v Leeds (H). [SR]
[View] Round 15 [26 May 07] L 16-47 v Wigan (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 16 [03 Jun 07] D 9-9 v Huddersfield (H). [SR]
[View] Round 17 [17 Jun 07] L 8-34 v Bradford (A). [SR]
[View] Round 18 [29 Jul 07] W 48-26 v Salford City (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [08 Jul 07] W 30-20 v Hull KR (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [13 Jul 07] W 20-8 v Harlequins (H). [SR]
[View] Round 21 [21 Jul 07] W 34-18 v Les Catalans (A). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [03 Aug 07] L 20-31 v St Helens (A). [SR]
[View] Round 23 [12 Aug 07] W 46-14 v Warrington (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [17 Aug 07] W 42-24 v Wakefield (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [02 Sep 07] L 6-42 v Hull KR (H). [SR]
[View] Round 26 [07 Sep 07] W 17-6 v Leeds (A). [BE]
[View] Finals Week 1 [22 Sep 07] W 22-16 v Huddersfield (H). [SR]
[View] Finals Week 2 [29 Sep 07] L 18-21 v Wigan (H). [SR]
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2006 engage English Super League
Castleford Tigers
23 games; 9 tries, 36 points.
[View] Round 6 [19 Mar 06] W 38-18 v Wigan (H). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [26 Mar 06] L 22-36 v Huddersfield (H). [BE] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 8 [08 Apr 06] L 14-51 v Les Catalans (A). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [14 Apr 06] L 26-34 v Wakefield (A). [SR]
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 06] L 6-64 v Warrington (H). [SR]
[View] Round 11 [21 Apr 06] L 6-42 v Leeds (A). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [30 Apr 06] W 28-26 v Salford City (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 13 [05 May 06] W 30-24 v Wigan (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 14 [14 May 06] L 18-40 v Les Catalans (H). [SR]
[View] Round 15 [28 May 06] L 28-46 v Warrington (A). [SR]
[View] Round 16 [11 Jun 06] D 26-26 v Bradford (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [18 Jun 06] W 32-14 v Huddersfield (H). [SR]
[View] Round 18 [23 Jun 06] L 10-28 v Hull FC (A). [SR]
[View] Round 19 [02 Jul 06] W 52-26 v Warrington (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [08 Jul 06] L 16-24 v Harlequins (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 21 [16 Jul 06] W 31-30 v Leeds (H). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [23 Jul 06] L 10-34 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 23 [05 Aug 06] L 0-18 v Wakefield (H). [SR]
[View] Round 24 [13 Aug 06] L 4-72 v St Helens (H). [SR]
[View] Round 25 [18 Aug 06] L 10-48 v Bradford (A). [SR]
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 06] W 27-12 v Harlequins (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 27 [08 Sep 06] L 16-26 v Salford City (A). [SR]
[View] Round 28 [16 Sep 06] L 17-29 v Wakefield (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
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2005 NRL Telstra Premiership
St George Illawarra Dragons
14 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Round 1 [11 Mar 05] L 28-46 v Bulldogs (A). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [19 Mar 05] L 12-46 v Storm (H). [SR]
[View] Round 3 [26 Mar 05] L 8-18 v Panthers (A). [SR]
[View] Round 4 [02 Apr 05] L 22-42 v Raiders (A). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [09 Apr 05] W 32-6 v Sea Eagles (H). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [25 Apr 05] W 26-24 v Roosters (A). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [01 May 05] W 40-32 v Tigers (A). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [07 May 05] W 42-10 v Souths (H). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [13 May 05] W 34-12 v Panthers (H). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [21 May 05] W 18-16 v Knights (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t (47th)
[View] Round 12 [29 May 05] L 16-24 v Storm (A). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [12 Jun 05] W 34-4 v Cowboys (H). [BE]
[View] Round 15 [19 Jun 05] W 28-10 v Souths (A). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [26 Jun 05] L 24-32 v Tigers (H). [BE]
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2004 NRL Telstra Premiership
South Sydney Rabbitohs
1 games; [View] Round 1 [14 Mar 04] L 16-26 v Roosters (A). [BE]
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