Yeah I know, it was tongue in cheek. A joke at his age. Wasn't disputing the contract length.

Just humour.

Cheap, cheerfull, tested at super league level, creates competition for places and cover / rest periods for other props. Whats not to like? IF and i do say IF we had to bin them for a reason, then it wont create a massive furore will it?

Look on the brightside, we WERE a team of second rowers (allegedly) now were a team of props!

Happy days indeed.

i think its been mentioned earlier on within the thread but obviously i dont know what he would qualify on besides possibly overseas, but i wouldnt mind us trying to sign sika manu from melbourne storm.

obviously hes a prop but can play second row and could be a possible replacement for ali now that hes gone, in my opinion hes big and strong and i only watch the nrl games when i can but from what ive seen he could be a good player for us.

no doubt others on this forum can find out what he would qualify on and prove me wrong but i think he would count on the 'kolpack' ruling as being a member of the tongan squad and now new zeland, dont think hes signed with another nrl club at the minute or re-signed with melbourne but as i said someone will prove me wrong or come along and state that it would be a stupid/crap/waste of money signing.

just my 2 penneth but what the hell, couldnt really do worse that him could we?

Not heard anything regarding the above, not really sure if I would be happy if we signed him or not. Agree Ali type player needed IMO, but not really seen enough of him to say if he could fill Ali boots or not

someone stated that they wouldnt mind us signing sika manu i didnt mean that we were rumoured to be interested or had made an offer, sorry if this caused confusion, i just meant that like you said you hadnt seen much of him to make a judgement just small bits of him playing, i dont think he would be a like for like replacement for ali as those types of players are hard to come by, but i wouldnt mind if we signed him as he can play either prop or second row so could cover and if he was good he could move up and possibly take peacocks place if he was good enough, no im not stating he is as good or comparing him to peacock, by this i mean hes young and could offer a long term replacement and a good option for the forwards in a few years.

I'm not so sure that we will be losing JP after next season, i can foresee him playing for at least two more seasons

Could these extra front row forwards that we now have in our squad be used to rotate the side when needed and If so could JP be used "selectively" throughout next season in order to prolong his career?

Agree I can see JP going on for more than just next season. The extra props could well be used to prolong his career

in my opinion i can see peacock doing what hes currently doing for 2 more seasons then for a third and possibly last season, doing what kylies been doing, become an impact prop and making a big impact for a short stint then getting a rest, wether this happens or not or he thinks he could do 2 or 3 more years and his body can take it, pr if the coaches see it like this who knows, i think this might be the best for him though and also brigning the young forwards through a lot more and getting them more experience wether on loan or at leeds, and also keeping an eye out for a peacock mk2, similar to the senior statement earlier in the season

Just because Peacock looks in good shape now doesn't mean he'll still be up to it in 3 years, or even 2. He's on the edge (at the very least) of what for most people is a sharp decline in athletic capability, and even he'll have to face that eventually. If anything he and Senior are more exceptions that prove the rule. Rotating him will undoubtedly help with wear and tear, but it can't put off forever.

Adam Cuthbertson has signed a three year deal at the Newcastle Knights.

Would have been underwhelming anyway. I wouldn;t be surprised if we did sign another overseas player, but it looks like Lenagan's comments on the Australian market are broadly right.

Tell that to Beaver Menzies...

Not sure if signing players based on their shoe size is the best recruitment policy.