International prop, Jamal Fakir, has been dropped by Catalan Dragons to reserve grade and will play for Saint-Estève XIII Catalan until the end of the French Elite championship.

Worth an attempt to bring him in? Tough aggressive prop who could add value to our front row/bench options.

He's in his 30's so will be considered.

Can he play on the wing?

Better rumour I heard was James Graham might be back in SL next season. Do we break the bank for FGB?

Definitely if he was available. Could step straight into the side and make an impact. Could do the job of Kylie, Bailey, and Kirke put together now, just as Peacock does.

would love him to come to Leeds but calling him names in the past (and now FGB) will hardly inspire him to sign for Leeds. he'll end up at Salford Warrington or back at saints.

If calling him names will put him off signing for a club then he needs to grow up a bit, most professionals understand that its part of the job, in fact if they are calling you names then you're doing your job properly, its when they don't even notice you're on the pitch that you should be worried.

Not good enough to be worth a place in a side yet to win, how will he improve us?
Putting aside the language barriers that probably exist.

No chance of him coming Leeds IMO. As of next season, saints can offer him 1'000'000 with only 100k of that counting on the cap.

It depends if you want the people around me to enjoy me doing the 'Fakir! Off!' gag every week, instead of just when we play the Dragons....

Think this only counts if you stay at the club that developed you, void if you go to another club

Error prone. Zero discipline. He'll regret not buggering off to Union when he had the chance.

I read a report within last week where he's resigned with dogs as it was rumoured Souths might try and bring him in as replacement for Burgess

Nope, James graham is club trained by saints, and has remained so even since moving to aus (where he plays in his mid 20s doesn't change where he played before the age of 21

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However some chairmen are dragging their feet/ forcing votes on other matters, and as such confirmation that the home grown cap cap is to come in play is still yet to be confirmed.

Salford done deal.

I remember getting a rye smile from FGB when I asked him if he wanted to purchase the case of Sun-In I had at hand to keep his golden strawberry blonde locks in check. Never did pay for it

The new Warrington. Has he been seen looking at houses in Eccles?

fakir released by the dragons

Funny how you choose to announce it not on the Salford board and not on a thread about James Graham.

Given Souths and Bulldogs have so far confirmed the (re)signing is a done deal, you'll forgive me for being a little skeptical! That and his first offer from bulldogs that he rejected ($570,000) would of made him the highest paid player in the league. If he's coming back to England (and I highly doubt he will) it won't be for money ...

Can they didn't realise this has been voted in? Oh wait it hasn't.

Even Andy Gregory once signed for Leeds ....

4 year deal for Graham to stay at the Dogs

Canterbury have always had an obsession with assembling big and strong packs of forwards, which might explain why they haven't assembled a decent (by Australian standards) halfback pairing since the days of Steve Mortimer and Terry Lamb.

Decent pairing by anybody's standards.

Cracking player would have loved him at Leeds. Will just have to settle for him playing for my aussie team