HULL KR: I'Anson wants his first team spot
CHAZ I'Anson has set his sights on regularly forcing his way into Justin Morgan's 17-man squad next season after agreeing a new one-year deal.
And he says he wants to repay the faith shown in him by the club over the past two years.
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Chaz I'Anson is keen to build on his progress at Rovers having agreed a new one-year deal
Having made 23 Super League appearances since his move to Craven Park, I'Anson has been steadily introduced to Super League rugby.
And with experience now under his belt at stand-off, hooker and in the backs, he feels he has a much better understanding of the game.
"I have been asked to play in a number of different positions and that has been good for me," the 22-year-old told the Mail.
"They didn't always suit me but it definitely developed my all round game.
"It has helped me realise the role played by the hooker and other players.
"It will all help me when I return to my usual role of stand-off or loose forward."
Stepping into the shoes of Paul Cooke on occasions last season, I'Anson showed he has true potential to become a Super League star.
And he says he owes Morgan a great deal for investing his time and effort into improving his game and giving him a structured introduction to top-flight rugby,
It has seen him progress in leaps and bounds since joining Rovers from Leeds Rhinos, and that is something not lost on I'Anson himself.
"Justin has brought my game on during the two years I have been here," he said.
"The club has invested a lot of time in me and it would be unfair of me to leave."
Despite attracting offers from other clubs, I'Anson felt it was only right to remain at the Robins, and has set his sights on winning a more regular first team spot in 2010.
"I feel I had a good year last season, but I still have improvements to make and next year I want to be more consistent," he said.
"The team spirit throughout the club is great and the club are on the up.
Looking back on his debut against Huddersfield back in 2007, I'Anson says both he and Rovers have come a long way.
"That game passed me by," he said.
"Games went past me before I could do anything about it.
"But now with the help of the coaching staff, I can go into games and adapt to the pace of the game.
"I feel more controlled with the quality players around me.
"Hopefully next season I can take that further."
3 Comments
by really, jealous
Saturday, October 10 2009, 2:58PM
“jeez,how many more big signings are the dobbins gunna make,rumour has it that their next big signing is going to be nikolai valuev the 7ft 2inch wba heavyweight champ as the new ballboy he is said to be their biggest signing in the dobbins short history.”
by Hull KR worst supporters, in Rugby league
Saturday, October 10 2009, 12:45PM
“Obviously nobody Dobbins fans care about Chaz
ha ha ha”
by just a, reminder
Saturday, October 10 2009, 12:27PM
“Wednesday, 8 January 1997
The red, red Robin will be sob, sob, sobbin' today at the news that the club that was rugby league's high-flyer has come tumbling to earth with a sickening thump.
The directors of Hull Kingston Rovers yesterday revealed that they will apply in the High Court in Leeds next Monday for the club to be put into the hands of the administrators.
If that application is successful, the financial consultants Coopers and Lybrand will take over the running of the club in an effort to reduce a debt nearing the pounds 1m mark. The Robins have been bobbin' deeper into the red for years.
Humberside was the centre of the rugby league universe and if Hull KR, lacking some of the glamour of their neighbours, Hull, were less admired.
Hull KR's decline since those heady days has been along all fronts, with relegation in 1989 coinciding with the supposedly life-saving wrench of leaving their Craven Park ground.
Like several other clubs, Rovers have discovered that selling up the hereditary acres, for housing or supermarkets, rarely solves any underlying malaise, and their move to a new Craven Park has been a particular failure.
Hull KR have always been the club of the eastern half of the city, but those seeking out their current home have remarked that if it was any further east they would have a better chance of attracting support from the Netherlands.
The inaccessible and uninviting nature of their windswept new stadium has been a factor in Rovers' declining crowds. Even last season's promotion campaign from the depths of the Second Division saw average attendances still lagging below 1,700.
That upturn in their playing fortunes - spearheaded by an imported player recalling their old, adventurous policy, the Papua New Guinean Stanley Gene - has not restored them to any of their old prosperity or stability. The gap between expenditure and income has left them losing more than pounds 3,000 a week and has forced this week's course of action upon the board of directors.
While Rovers are merely the latest in a long list of clubs to admit to crippling financial problems, few have gone from a position of such strength to one of such weakness so quickly.
The writing on the wall has led some, like the club's former chairman and, along with Millward, its most distinguished ex-player, Phil Lowe, to propose a merger with bitter rivals Hull as the only way out.”