Firstly for both Rhys Evan's sake and ours, I hope he is a success.

Now for the large dose of reality. He was hopeless at Warrington and always a fringe player. Don't know how he's done at Bradford, but if it's good then it's because he's found his true level... Championship rugby league.

Again, nothing against the lad - just don't rate him at all.

I think it’s more a big overseas forward has come available worth more than a overseas utility back

Fairly easy if your dad was born in PNG, but applying for and getting a passport takes time.

£500k offer for David Fifita and Tom Johnstone?

Who?

Pretty happy with this when looking at the big picture.

If there is not a player of suitable quality that we want to buy, and the club don't see any of our youngsters as in the right position to step up then a loan is spot on.
Rhys is experienced, can cover a number of positions but will not be on a lot of money (he is at Bradford currently) and will know he is a squad player.
A number of our highly rated youngsters will get good game time in a competitive team.
It's only a loan. If it goes to shiit who cares.

I'm pleased we haven't spaffed our load just because the season starts next month. You could also imply that letting a number of younger forwards leave that we have an Aussie forward signing soon.

Tom Davies is the loan winger we should have signed.

I think he was more than a Fringe player.

I doubt Tom Johnstone now that we have signed Evans.

We are scraping the barrel again.
We may as well have signed Keinhorst on loan if this is the level we are aiming at.

Any idea who?

Keinhorst doesn't cover wing or full back.

Perhaps I'm thinking outside of the box here guys????

"IF" these 4 Junior Rhinos players are actually going to the Bulls on a season's long loan deal and we are signing Evans on a season's long loan deal then It could actually be a way of freeing up some salary cap for us?

I'm sure that any players loaned from a SL club to a Championship club will thus have their salaries excluded from their parent clubs salary cap for the duration of that loan period?

Hypothetically speaking here but if these 4 junior Rhinos salary capped values added up to £80,000 then that would not count on our cap for 2020,so we would only have to offset this cost by adding Evan's contract value for his loan period with us would we not?

We would also have the benefit of having these 4 players playing at a far higher standard than either Academy or A team footy

Champ clubs don't have to pay the full salaries of loan players from SL clubs - the actual amount they do pay is deducted from the parent club's spend which can be anywhere from £0 to full salary. If the reported 5 figure value of the deal to Bradford I've seen quoted elsewhere is true then Leeds are taking the salary cap hit.

It's like one of those baseball trade deals . A star hitter for 4 prospects only this guy is not a star