Quote ENGLAND and Hull FC ace Tom Briscoe is holidaying in Australia armed with six invitations to visit NRL clubs. The winger, 21, still has two years left on his contract at the KC Stadium but was always rated as hot property ahead of the recent Four Nations. '" www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... eague.html come on hull sort a bigger deal out for tommy

Quote ENGLAND and Hull FC ace Tom Briscoe is holidaying in Australia armed with six invitations to visit NRL clubs. The winger, 21, still has two years left on his contract at the KC Stadium but was always rated as hot property ahead of the recent Four Nations. '" www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... eague.html come on hull sort a bigger deal out for tommy

Not really a surprise.

If he really wants to go i would let him go at the end of this year, as it would be hard for us to find a replacement this late on.

I would let him go a year early though and make him sign a contract, that he comes back to Hull if he comes back to England.

I'm still hopeful we can offer him a deal to stay long term, but with the money available and the chance to live and play in the NRL, it's going to be very hard keeping him.

Good luck to the lad. As Dave says if he wants to go then let him at the end of the season

wot 'e says

He wont be asking for a release now, this will be to tie him to a deal once his current contract expires - or put him in a position to go to Pearson and say "Cronulla offered me this, what can you do"

Non-story for me. "Tom Briscoe goes on holiday". Lack of detail and basically er... that's it.

Cronulla Sharks, South Sydney, Canberra Raiders and 3 others.

Hull need to get Tommy tied up into a long term deal like Wigan have with Sam Tomkins. We don't need a winger with his ability leaving us to go off to Aussie or anywhere else for that matter. I think its about time the RL raised the salary cap so we can compete with Aussie clubs and retain players with better contracts.

Sad state of SL ufortunately and until the cap is re thought players will keep going to the NRL or RU.

agreed - the rfl need to sort this out across the british game (not just the half baked salary cap concession around sam tomkins contract) otherwise our best players will come under threat from both union and the nrl. briscoe one week, ryan hall the next, roby the week after that and so on

Salary cap has next to nothing to do with it, if we want to keep these players the standard of competition has to improve.

Would like him to stay with us but I honestly couldn't blame him if he wanted to go to the NRL.

Which won't happen if all the best players go elsewhere for the money,bit of a catch 22. I don't advocate just throwing money at a player cos he can get it elsewhere,we'll end up like football if we do that without any regulation.

Everyone needs to do a Michael Winner. This is a story in the Sun FFS. These "invitations" from unnamed clubs (do they even exist) are probably something and nothing (unless Tom's phone has been hacked and "Bruce from Wagga Wagga Broncos" has left him a message that's made the RL correspondent all moist).

Yes Tom's an attractive prospect for a club but they would need to buy out a contract in the first place and Gentle/McRae and Pearson would need to be happy with any deal for him to go.

God forbid if Sam Moa ever goes on holiday to Japan in the sumo recruiting season

I disagree. It has everything to do with it IMO. If I could do the same job in Aussie for alot more money then a British employer will pay then its a no brainer. A rugby player only has a short shelf life as a player, surely a player will do everything they can to earn as much as they can in their career. If a British club pays the same then at least the player may decide to stay in the UK.

i think he will stay this coming season and go to the NRL when there salary cap rises next season

A player of Bricoes quality will always attract headlines like this but there is no substance to the story! he is still under contact so i would take it with a pinch of salt. If he did go it would prove having a salary cap in super league isn't working under the current format as were losing to many of our best players to either nrl or union

The challenge for Hull is to sort themselves out after years of mediocrity and become an attractive offer for players like Tom.

He'll be 23/24 when his contract ends, and no player of his quality will want to sit around for the 'glory' of finishing 8th and be steamrollered in the playoffs.

as often stated, with have the ground, support and off the field structure to be an attractive option...but just haven't delivered on the field since 2007.

Hopefully the new regime will correct this matter.

Tom would earn more money here where he's a superstar than he would in Oz where he's virtually unknown. If he goes it'll be because he wants to improve and prove himself at a higher level, not because of money. Imo.

What's this based on?

Hull FC need to become successful on the pitch, to hold on to players of Briscoes quality.
That success will also attract players of quality.

I have it on good authority that this year will be Briscoe's last as an FC player. The only way he will stay with us is if he can't agree a deal in Aus.

Thats how i see it,think if you speak to the people in the know at the club they know they wont be able to keep hold of him anyway.

I hope he stays with fc for a while but when he does go to the nrl it will be the best thing for him and i hope he proves himself as he is a great talent