Best of luck to him.
I know things went the shape of the pear, but when he burst onto the scene (along with Gaskell, Lomax, Wheeler & others round that time, to complement quality like Graham, Roby & Eastmond) I just remember being brimming with optimism for the future; a return to our place as top dogs after a blip. That pass he took behind his back against Leeds... thought we had a potential top quality player come through the ranks.
I think he was a bit harshly treated at times, a certain element of the fanbase turned on him (not always for rugby reasons), and it all conspired to destroy his confidence.
Wasn't long before all that optimism dissolved. We had some awful luck for a fair few years, from the GF defeats, to players moving on, to injuries, to emerging talent not kicking on, to signings that looked good on paper turning out to be duds.
Ah, what might have been....