Gareth Ellis has 'everything to prove at Hull FC'

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Thursday, December 13, 2012
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GARETH Ellis says he has everything to prove when he begins pre-season training with Hull FC.

Ellis arrives at Hull as an established international, Grand Final winner and one of the game's most prized assets after a hugely successful time in Australia with Wests Tigers.

  1. READY TO IMPRESS: Gareth Ellis starts training at Hull FC next week.

    READY TO IMPRESS: Gareth Ellis starts training at Hull FC next week.

But despite his resume, the second-row forward says he will start training at his new club next week with a point to prove as he bids to justify the excitement generated by his arrival at the KC Stadium.

"Going in to Hull FC training there is everything for me to prove once again," Ellis told the Mail.

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"I know I have to gain the respect of the players and the respect of the coaches. I've obviously worked with Peter Gentle before and played with one or two of the guys with England, but I've not played with most of them and I need to set an example from the start and impress."

Following a break due to his participation in England's autumn internationals, Ellis will be joined by Tom Briscoe on Monday morning as the duo report for pre-season with the Black and Whites.

Gentle is expecting Ellis to work in tandem with captain Andy Lynch and fellow experienced forward Ben Galea to be the standard bearers for his Hull side both on and off the field next season.

Renowned for his hard work at training, Ellis is determined to make his mark immediately at Hull following his much-trumpeted arrival from the NRL.

At Hull for just a week before the squad take a break for the Christmas holidays, Ellis' start to life at the Black and Whites will include a first week of testing before being thrown in alongside his new team-mates, some of whom will be seven weeks into pre-season.

Returning on January 2, Hull head for a week of warm weather training in Tenerife. It is a trip Ellis believes has even greater importance for him as he bids to form important relationships ahead of the new season.

"Training camps are always a time for the team to come together and to spend that quality time getting to know the new guys better," added Ellis.

"That makes it really important for me, because it is a chance to get some really important work done on the field, but also for me to get around the players and gel with the lads.

"It will be a good experience for me and I'm sure it will be the most important week of pre-season. I'm really looking forward to it and looking forward to finally getting going with Hull."

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  • Profile image for ossietta

    by ossietta

    Saturday, December 15 2012, 11:01AM

    “GEvans I owe Raginbull an apology, I have mistaken him for someone else I really should think before I post...! I still think some of the trolling posted on these threads are very childish and the majority of them come from the B&Ws....!

    You say that the biggest trolls are Eddy, Forest, and bridrobin...! What about albanyrovers fc-on-the-up, mikehunter, kr-sell-sell, our good friend dexter, all have posted bile regards the R&Ws, I don't hear you condem these posters GEvans.......!”

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    by BentSlammer_

    Friday, December 14 2012, 12:49PM

    “The Hull FC squad is far stronger than last seasons with a blend of youth and experience and strength in depth particularly in the forwards.
    When you compare the two teams it is obvious that Hull FC will be fighting for a top four place whilst the Dobbins with their team of casts-offs,no-hopers and rejects will be fighting to avoid the wooden spoon,particularly when you consider that they have an inexperienced coach who has only ever coached at under 16 level and proved in his first full season that he is not up to the job.
    You then have to take into account the fact that whilst Hull FC have arguably the best training facilities in the super league, the Dobbin's training facilities are probably among the worst.”

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    by Robin4Life

    Friday, December 14 2012, 11:37AM

    “FC oN the Up- I'm sorry I know both sets of fans have their trolls but to make a statement like the following is just ridiculous.

    "We did however sign Holdsworth, who is world class,"

    I'm surprised no one else has picked up on it. Holdsworth is a good SL player but to say he is world class is a joke.”

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    by GEvans76

    Friday, December 14 2012, 11:36AM

    “ossietta

    You can look through my post history and you will find I am tired of having read through 90% of the posts on here to find 10% that's worth reading so you are wrong the assumption.

    The biggest trolls on here are Eddy, Forest his sidekick Bridrobin.

    I think some of the other trolls have come about because of the idiot Forest, who's spamming every single FC thread from morning till night,why should decent supporters have to put up with it? hiding behind his computer all day spouting rubbish, he's like a child.

    HDM need to ban I.P addresses only way to get rid of the idiots for good.”

  • Profile image for ossietta

    by ossietta

    Friday, December 14 2012, 9:26AM

    “GEvans, raginbull is a first class troll does'nt matter how he posts be it repetative or not, he as posted quite a few unsavory posts to which is very different to your point of view thats why I find it strange that you can agree with him, knowing that he is a troll. Or could it be that he is a B&W troll and thats Ok.........?”

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    by TigerNation

    Friday, December 14 2012, 8:58AM

    “Slammed lol”

  • Profile image for Dr_Slammer

    by Dr_Slammer

    Friday, December 14 2012, 8:42AM

    “tigernation, typo error, should have been 0, 6, 3, 1. Well spotted anyway.”

  • Profile image for TigerNation

    by TigerNation

    Friday, December 14 2012, 8:21AM

    “danthe., my statement isn't as silly as it sounds. Ellis scored 10 tries for Wests (2009-2012: a sequence of 0, 6, 3, 2). This is hardly evidence of a strike forward! 

    For someone with a PhD your maths isn't terribly good Slammer!”

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    by kmoon

    Thursday, December 13 2012, 10:31PM

    “my shops bigger then your shop,very mature forest with a small f,you moron”

  • Profile image for PDPearson

    by PDPearson

    Thursday, December 13 2012, 7:50PM

    “Just seen a Gateshull fan in the rovers shop seeing what a proper big club shop looks like.

    I was genuinely shock at how small Gateshulls is.
    There isn't even an upstairs.

    BEL13VE

    Lol”

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