I thought Hodkinson wanted to stay in NRL, could he move to SL?

Whilst he's being picked for Origin I'd say there's zero chance of him leaving the NRL. Even if the Dogs let him go, there will be a number of NRL sides willing to pick him up.

Rumour is Rhinos are after a quality playmaker from NRL, whose available?

Dunno. Nobody of any quality that's for sure. There's a real shortage of class halfbacks in the NRL ATM - hence the massive fights over Foran and DCE. The salary of a halfback with any talent will currently be astronomical.

I have absolutely no idea why there's continual talk that Leeds would be looking for another halfback for next year. Sutcliffe, McGuire, Burrow plus Lilley seems more than enough in a squad of 25. Besides which IMO Sutcliffe has earned the right to be given shot at replacing Sinfield. If it doesn't work out, sign someone for 2017.

Looks like Foran has opted to honour his Parra contract after all, so that should bring the half-back merry-go-round down a couple of gears.

Fully agree Brisbane.Hopefully Garbutt turns out to be a useful squad member meaning, imo, that we need one more quality prop and next seasons squad would be looking pretty good.Hopefully that is where GH is focusing his attentions.

So a prop would make the squad complete?

We have no quality goal kicker, we have nobody who is even half decent at field kicks, and we have nobody who can control the team around the park.

I just wonder if people realise just what Sinfield has been doing these last 15 years. And yes I know Biff Tannen it wasn't you who said we didn't need a half.

Now if Lilley was the one who had been pushed and had games under his belt so we could see if he was up to it, it might be a different proposition, as he can field kick and he is a quality goal kicker, and he can organise. But Lilley hasn't been pushed to see if he is up to it.

Gotcha, i was agreeing with Brisbane that we don't need to go for a big money half, why do we when we have Sutcliffe and Mcguire who have proven to be a more than competent partnership and Burrow as cover?

The squad wouldn't be perfect even with an Elite Front rower added. but would look well balanced and have plenty of quality in all areas imo. I agree the goal kicking is a bit of a concern but we have been fortunate to have one of the best Goal kicker of all time the last decade and they don't grow on trees.I certainly wouldn't look to buy just any player for his goal kicking alone.

Lest we forget that Sutcliffe has suffered a very serious injury, and there's no guarantee he'll fully recover, and Lilley is only 18/19 so, to me, signing at least one half back is the sensible option.

Although I worry about losing a quality goal kicker, I actually have a greater worry about the field kicking. Without Sinfield kicking we look completely and utterly lost. You look at our half backs and none of them can kick downfield with distance under the cosh. That is a greater need to have than anything else.

The point was if you can get a half back who is a good goal kicker, a good field kicker, and can organise then Christ we have a lot of ticks there. And there is players out there who can do those things (although not the best) at not big money.

Because leeds need someone to control the game. Neither McGuire nor Burrow have that ability and Sutcliffe hasn't demonstrated that ability either.