Saints sign Matthew Haggerty : Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:13 pm  

Ummm ... Anyone know anything about him? 3 year deal seems very generous http://www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/4726

Ummm ... Anyone know anything about him? 3 year deal seems very generous http://www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/4726

Re: Saints sign Matthew Haggerty : Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:17 pm  

Apparently there were a few super league clubs after him.

Re: Saints sign Matthew Haggerty : Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:46 pm  

From the picture of him stood next to Cunningham, he's clearly a big lad!

Re: Saints sign Matthew Haggerty : Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:46 pm  

He was dreadful when he played for Barrow, he must have improved a hell of a lot since.....

Re: Saints sign Matthew Haggerty : Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:03 pm  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

3 year deal seems very generous

He's obviously a project signing, so there's little point signing him short term.

Re: Saints sign Matthew Haggerty : Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:04 pm  

machine wrote:

He was dreadful when he played for Barrow, he must have improved a hell of a lot since.....

"I'd like to thank Mark Sawyer for giving me the chance and Glenn Morrison for the hard work he has put into me over the last two seasons to get me in a position were a club from Super League shows interest.
When they signed me my career was in the balance and to be honest I'd lost my confidence. Glenn and the great atmosphere in the changing rooms got me back on track. I'd like to thank all the lads and the fans very much."

Re: Saints sign Matthew Haggerty : Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:41 pm  

Was at whitehaven for 2 seasons after being released from Salford big lad but punches well under his weight if it's the same lad

Re: Saints sign Matthew Haggerty : Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:53 pm  

Sounds a strange one. As mentioned it seems he's not up to Super League now and the club will be monitoring him in the Championship to see if he has what it takes. So why give him a three year deal?

He has a look of that loser from X-factor Stevi Ritchie.

Good luck to him though, always good to see players stepping up through the divisions.

Re: Saints sign Matthew Haggerty : Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:55 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

He's obviously a project signing, so there's little point signing him short term.

But he's 25 this year, so presumably they will know by the end of this season if he's up to it or not?

Re: Saints sign Matthew Haggerty : Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:03 pm  

I'm so proud. That's my boy.