HULL FC won't be offering a deal to Taylor Welch after the USA winger failed to show up for a two-week trial.
Welch caught the eye after impressing for the Tomahawks during the recent World Cup and FC had been happy to take a closer look at him after the Dallas-born pace ace offered to train with them.
However, with just 24 hours to go until he was due to arrive, the 24-year-old's agent contacted Hull football manager Motu Tony to tell him he would not be coming after all.
Although his non-appearance was unexpected, Black and Whites coach Lee Radford has no plans to pursue anyone else.
He told the Mail: "Obviously, we were surprised when he didn't come in the end, although we did hear from his agent to say that he'd had another last-minute offer.
"Although I'm not 100 per cent certain, I think he may have had an offer from a Queensland Cup side in Australia, so good luck to him.
"It was a no-lose situation for us really. If he came in and did well, we may have been able to offer him something, but who knows if he would have been good enough to come in and challenge for a place?
"That's open to debate, but the fact he didn't come wasn't a problem.
"I think we showed last season that the backs is a strong area for us and we're happy with what we've got there already.
"We were willing to give the guy a run and see how he did but it is not as though we don't have enough cover in those positions."
With Tom Lineham and Ben Crooks providing plenty of pace down the Hull right, and the versatile Fetuli Talanoa, 25, set to arrive to provide competition for Jason Crookes on the left, Hull will still have plenty of attacking threats out wide in 2014.
