Seems to me like Cas have made the decision to give Ian Millward another year. Either Rangi cannot get on with him or Rangi is one of the trouble causes.
Obviously our season is just about over but I hope we just turn in some kind of performance at Hull. Finishing bottom does not matter now, we have to start fresh for next year.
I really do hope Wakefield get into the play offs. As I have said before, strangely they are my second team so a ground share would not be painfull for me either.
Good Luck Wakefield.

=#0040FFI think it could be more likely that Cas can't afford to keep him.

It would be an interesting decision for Rangi if this unnamed Aussie club matched Hull's offer.

The game is booming over there...not to mention the weather & the lifestyle.

What would the visa issue be if he wanted to play in Oz?

my limited understanding is that there is no paperwork issue to play in Aus. He has a record, as do a lot of NRL players, but he does not need paperwork to play other than NRL.

He is elligible for GB, but not a UK citizen, so his southern hemisphere status is unchanged.

I think Mrs and wee one issues will be the big questions, sure he wont get picked for England again either, but thats no biggie is it, how wishing to rinse this again but his not being english prevets that.

If he signs for an NRL club, you wont get a fee.

NRL clubs don't pay transfer fees, as far as I know they have never paid a fee for a SL based player in the past.

Err..........

Sam Burgess.

A very strange outburst from Milward.
A fee has being agreed between Castleford & Hull the only thing stopping the deal going through on deadline day was the visa.
I do agree about one thing though is it is dragging on, but you can't dictate to the Home Office.

Fair point, forgot about that however I doubt it will have been anywhere near the fee hull have reported to have paid, I'd also say that burgess was much more sought after than chase, who's time in the NRL was mixed.

What did Millward say?

That an NRL team has enquired about Chase.

That Hull haven't made a bid and it's all just talk from their end. It's on YEP website.

Looking at the Cas statements put out they never said a fee had been agreed nor that a bid had been made. Just that they had 'expressed an interest'.

So we've gone through all this trouble of trying to get Chase a visa paying god knows how much in lawyers fees, to not have even agreed terms with Castleford? Yeah okay then Basil!