Should we be looking at say 2 mini leagues of 8 to be played home and away =14 games.
Top 3 in each league play home and away =10 games
Top 2 play in the GF.
That leaves the other 10 teams to maybe do something similar i.e straight knockout or another mini league and play on the same day as the GF for the GF Plate.
You would then be including 4 Championship teams based on the IMG gradings such as Wakefield, Bulls, Toulouse.

Thanks for the explanation, still if they can do it we should be able to as well.

Wigan's spend was reported at £3.1m, Catalans at £3.0, Saints Huddersfield and Leeds at £2.7m. All these clubs will spend very close to cap and the difference in the total is how much they pay their marquee players. There certainly isn't a huge amount of unspent cap at Headingley.

We have a few going off contract, including Fusi and Martin For quota spots.

For those not off contract, if I was coming in I would be saying to Lisone go back and be with your mrs in Aus, to frawley you aren’t going to play in front of Sinfield and to bentley you aren’t going to get in ahead of who we bring in.

Even without the three above you have room, with the three above you have more room, and one more quota spot.


We have hall to replace Fusi, saving money.
We replace Martin with a back row with size and some bang in D (McDonnell and that player is a much better mix for what we need) likely similar money.
Extra quota spot and money on a big starting prop to play with Mik. 200 meters a game, plays good minutes and can bang a bit in D.
On the others Sinfield is here so no money if frawley went as don’t need to replace.
Bentley - replaced internally with Gannon, back Ruan, Littlewood.
Lisone - replaced with another oversees prop, who plays longer minutes. I like Lisone but he plays such short bursts and never performs against a decent pack.

Part of the issue with our front row is the lack of size in our back row. If we had a a Sironen / Matau'tia style player in the BR, it would relieve pressure on the pack. Would love both, but think we can still improve a lot with one. If we bag Brad Arthur, it would be great to bring across a FR from the Eels, or even a BR like Shaun Lane.

I think there is a lot of overhype about Sinfield Jr. There is certainly potential, but I haven't seen anything to suggest that he is ready to start as the first-choice half-back. If he didn't have the surname he has, then I don't think there would be half as much clamour for him to be in the team.

What are your thoughts? Do you think he's being pushed too quickly, or do you believe he's ready to step up?