I understand Kev's sentiment. My experience of employers is that they won't splash the cash unless it's absolutely necessary.

Continued investment in youth development and very occasional big name signings will be our lot I suspect.

Totally agree....no need to look outside of our current squad to fill this role. Also given BJB somewhat inconsistent form when looking at defence, Keinhorst could potentially have a run out on the wing should Ablett get the nod at . Reading earlier reports Keinhorst played wing at for England and GB students on their down under series win before coming into the U20's.

May be good to give competition to the squad next year and improve both sets of players....just a thought

Ablett may well have been down on the team sheet at centre tvoc, but a number of times during the game on Saturday he was actually switching with JJB and running the second row channels. Quite a few of his excellent attacking runs came from that switch.

Of course, his try and the assists came from the centre role. But his attacking side of the game would be the same if moved back to his backrow postion.

I think Ablett has done a great job filling in at centre, but I still see some deficiencies in his game that make me think he is 'not a centre'. It was highlighted in those closing minutes of the first half on Saturday. His rugby brain is not quite right for centre and he hurries passes when he hasn't got the fast enough hands to carry off.
I feel putting him back in the pack and signing a new LC would be a positive step for the club.

Disagree, I think he has very good hands, his only real deficiency in the centr spot is lack of any real pace, but it hasn't exacally hampered him too badly

He has quite safe hands, but I don't think they are very good. His brain also lets him down at times and he struggles to read when a pass is on. Pace is another of the things that lets him down in that position. I'm not condoning going out and signing anyone, just because they are a LC either! God knows there are a lot of English 'centres' around with very similar deficiencies who have not got the luxury of pointing to a position change.
Ablett is more than capable of filling in, but to move the team forward I think we need a quality LC.