Its not just the expense mate, its the road closures due to accidents, etc. Liam Watts got fed up of fines for being late that were beyond his control and is much happier at his home town club now.

True. I have always travelled at least 40 minute to work (on a good day) and it’s draining, especially in winter. When I consider early retirement it’s usually the travelling that’s bugging me not the work. There is a lot to be said for being local.

If you say Ryan did go to Hull (just a thought exercise) he loses three hours a day! That’s a huge loss in lifestyle to me let alone in money.

In the modern world it is worth considering.

I’m never sure whose rules these are, RL rules or Home office. I don’t know.

caught with Coke on him wasn't he?

Diet Coke as well, a travesty

Can’t remember what thread it was on but more speculation in the papers this morning that Billy Magoulias has been offered to SL..

Have I dreamt this, or did Ryan spend some time in the Hull Scholarship as a kid?

I think he did or was that Westerman, not sure.

The real tragedy is that if he’d joined our Academy and crucially all had gone well he’d probably now be the first choice SH and 2 years off his testimonial.

Doesn’t always pay to follow the bright lights as a youngster.

Obviously it could also have been a disaster for him.

Ryan Hampshire is a bit of an enigma. He has not been first choice in any position, for any club, but always brings something extra to the team when he plays. He has speed, enthusiasm and an eye for a gap which makes him a threat to the opposition.
It depends on whether he still sees himself as a first choice SH at SL level or whether he can come to terms with being an excellent utility player.
I feel it's his decision making in possession that stops him going to that extra level, maybe that will improve with experience but likely to be compensated by loss of pace.
This makes putting value on him as a player very difficult and lead to protracted negotiations.
I hope we can keep him.

If you get time have a trawl through this versus your list.



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I've seen Schonig come of the bench for Melbourne a few times on FOX. If you want a straight up and down prop who takes the tough carries and does his share of tackling but don't expect much in the way of silky skills, he's your man. Looks to be a tough cookie, but then most RL props are.

Yes he did, but from memory his dad was a scout at Wigan and they took him there?

Mr Carter as said that we can not compete with the super daddy clubs when it comes to buying players .All we can hope for is to take a prop ,that is let go to make way for a new overseas signing by a bigger club

That doesn't mean we can't sign players, we just have limits. We have a quota spot free and I suspect we can afford to fill it assuming we can find a decent player at decent money.

If we intended to use the quota place for a centre would it not be correct to assume that will still be the position they are looking to fill first be it from the U.K. or the NRL.

Different coach now, so who knows.

Not really. That's just the position they actually filled first (and then didn't)
It doesn't mean that was the biggest priority, its just the deal that was done.
There will be multiple conversations going on at the same time even for the same position.
If you waited and did them one at a time you'll have a squad of 5 players by the time the season starts.

Yeah his dad scouted at Wigan, but I thought I’d read something about but couldn’t find anything when I searched for it.

Gabe Hamlin was another name linked to us earlier this year when his ban was up.

He was on a 12 month scholarship at Wakefield, then FC took him on a 2 year scholarship and at the end of that Wigan approached Normanton Knights who held his registration and signed him from them, the why's and wherefores don't really matter.

Quote ="vastman"I’m never sure whose rules these are, RL rules or Home office. I don’t know.'" The rfl working with the home office issued some very clear guidelines and here's the web address : https://secure.rugby-league.com/ign_doc ... ements.pdf If you can explain it to me afterwards I d be really grateful - but basically it seems that if you want a work permit, you have had to play a lot of NRL games (20%), or a recognised international, and be one of the top 20 in terms of salary at the club or you ain't getting a visa. There are exceptions and an interesting one on the percentage calculation if you ve been injured in the period they are considering as injured games are educated from available games. Anyway I may have totally got hold of the wrong end of the stick

Quote ="vastman"I’m never sure whose rules these are, RL rules or Home office. I don’t know.'" The rfl working with the home office issued some very clear guidelines and here's the web address : https://secure.rugby-league.com/ign_doc ... ements.pdf If you can explain it to me afterwards I d be really grateful - but basically it seems that if you want a work permit, you have had to play a lot of NRL games (20%), or a recognised international, and be one of the top 20 in terms of salary at the club or you ain't getting a visa. There are exceptions and an interesting one on the percentage calculation if you ve been injured in the period they are considering as injured games are educated from available games. Anyway I may have totally got hold of the wrong end of the stick

When? Never heard that.

He was crap at Wigan anyway.

I can’t remember where I read it, but I’d heard it from 2 different people before seeing it online. I can’t say I remember seeing much of him at Wigan to form an opinion.

Prop Akauola signed by Salford on 2 year contract…..

Shame that, I rate him. Salford's need is probably greater than ours though and it's less of an uproot for him.