2008 LOCK SENSATION COMMITS TO EMIRATES WESTERN FORCE

[RugbyWA]

The Emirates Western Force has today announced the re-signing of boom lock Tom Hockings on a two year deal...

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[KenyaQuin]

Woohoo but...another "2 year deal"? A question for SMH, are the Force leaving town?

[laura]

Yeay!
But I thought he re-signed ages ago or was that The West Australian trying to make a story? Anywho great new for the Force!

[James]

Woohoo but...another "2 year deal"? A question for SMH, are the Force leaving town?

Once one person gets himself one (Steve Moore being the first I can remember) it figures that all of the other young players would as a safety measure. To take Tom- he's currently in the starting XV but what if Pat O'Connor comes back big time and Tom can't even make the starting line-up or possibly even the bench. Regretfully in WA the local comp isn't as good as it is in the east and so its a big thing in the Force not making the 22. If he got almost no game time after one year and it didn't look like it would get any better and one of the other teams was short on locks he could up and go. Haven't decided whether I like it or not. It adds to the load of players to retain if they are all getting offers left right and centre but its always a shame to see talent go to waste.

Thats my take on it anyway. It might be all down to whether Giteau stays. Maybe, silly as it sounds, they all want to play with Giteau and if he leaves they will too.