They could end up in a real, real mess if this continues.

Apparently its been confirmed Eastmond to Bath. Cant find it anywhere at the moment though, Anyone got a link?

Its all over Twitter but I cant find a solid link to an actually story. Looks confirmed though. Sure it'll hit the sports websites soon.

Its a shame really. Cant blame him for taking the money and running.

Shows how good of a chairman IL is to be able to get Sam Joel Farrell and Charnley signed long term.

End of the season or straight away?

Not sure, still no confirmation anywhere.

Straight away apparently

Well, Saints will have wanted to get some money for him.

The way he hid at Cardiff, he doesn't seem like much of a loss. But I suppose he's been planning to go for quite some time, and might have been acting under orders. If he'd been comitted to the Saints cause, we would probably have seen a much more impressive performance.

Good point.

Is he is leaving mid-contract you'd expect Saints to be compesnsated for it.

£20 ought to do it

another crackin RL player bites the dust then hey, how very disapointing

Totally agree, gutted to see him go and it is long overdue that we start to look to protect our junior players. I am not saying abolish the cap but some sort of dispensation needs to be made so we can offer club produced players a real future in the game.

I agree, but at the end of the day there aren't too many beyond Wigan who seem that bothered about this kind of thing. Even those who kept assuring us it was never going to happen now absent themselves from message boards rather than admit they were wrong, let alone admit that it's bad for the game.

When I think of the 'told you so' attitude adopted by so many when Chev Walker and Karl Pryce returned, compared to the deafening silences about the losses of Chris Ashton, Owen Farrell, George Ford and now Kyle Eastmond, it makes me wonder if I'm following the same sport that once went so far as to arrange a central pot of money, discounted from the SC, in order to keep our marquee players.

But hey, if the RFL are not worried, why should we be?

Is there anthing confirmed ? any links ?

i was looking to many a battle between sam and kyle , would have been great to watch.

Now it'll be a battle between Sam and - as the pro-Cappers keep assuring us - 'the next one we produce'.

So long as we give Sam time to go and collect his pension, I'm sure he'll agree to take part.

England RL as a whole could do with Richie Myler stepping up to the plate. Cant see it though. IMO he is a poor mans Danny McGuire.

The money he's on already, why would he ever need to improve?

Which may go some way to explaining why he hasn't.

Aye. And with players like Monagan and Briers around him you would think he would learn from what they do.

The rumour surrounding Eastmond going to Union may well be true but where are they going to play him?

He doesn't appear to be anything like a Union scrum half.
Union wingers are usually flyers, Ashton is quick but no flyer and Eastmond is nowhere as fast as Ashton.
Eastmond is no Jason Robinson. He's far too small to play centre.

We've had quite a few League players going to Union and returning the most recent I can think of being Lee Smith. He could well have signed but that won't make him an instant success.
Bath have a massive talent on their hands if it's all true how they make a success of it is another matter altogether.

I agree, finding a position he is suited to will be the biggest challenge, personally I think he will be used as a fullback. His lack of height does mean he will be very vulnerable across the entire back 3, and personally I feel he is a massive risk to convert to Union. Would not be shocked to see him back in League in a couple of years after struggling to adapt to the 15 man code.

I have just had a text pretty much confirming this. It is from a very good source.

It is genuinely from a very, very good source.

Just to add a caveat, I have never posted any potential rumors on here before (except the ones already in the public domain) not that that really means anything in the grand scheme of things

Can we have Thornley back yet?

Do we need him?

No.

My thoughts exactly.