I would take Soward at Leeds tomorrow. He would still shine in SL imo with quality around him.

Soward is finished , a good time for Leeds to sign him to reduce the crowds down to the required number

Don't be judging him playing half assed in an out of their depth London side. The guy is 'only' 31 and could easily give us a quality couple of years while McGuire walks off into the sunset and hopefully Lilley progresses. If we manage to keep Segeyaro and also get Soward on board our squad would look pretty handy for next year.

No mate he is gone , just after a pay day, although saying that you would have thought he would make more effort last Saturday to get that as his effort and tackling left alot to be desired and his skill set was none existent

I have always thought Soward could do a job for us and would go well in SL.
Do any of our resident Ozzies feel he compares well with Sandow whilst they both played in the NRL?
I guess the point I am making is if they were on a par then Soward could easily fit in to the pace of SL and could be just what we need.
If he was deemed inferior to Sandow then maybe we give it a miss.

To be fair to Mags, the lack of form isn't why I think we need to look at other options. The injuries are the worrying thing.

That was my thinking TBH regards the Sandow comparison.

You may be right but we do need another half who has good experience of carrying a team around the park with a good kicking game. Soward fits that bill if he does indeed have anything of his old self left in the tank. Not a great deal of other options out on the market right now is there?

Does part of this come down to how long we sign him for? I'd hate to get Soward and then next year someone else comes up or Lilley is deemed ready etc and we are stuck with that is probably a heavy wage on the books.

If he is deemed good enough it would have to be a 2 year deal as I doubt the palyer would want to come for less.
All this is conjecture at the moment as he might have already signed for another SL club or possibly us anyway.

Biff,Soward was terrible,lazy would'nt tackle and had no answer around the park.I've watched Sandow this season and he goes missing in games but Soward wasn't at home for 80mins in that clash.You can't afford that next season.

Soward won a GF and took an average Penrith team to the top 4 2 years ago
Sandow by comparison, never made the playoffs

Karl Pratt won a GF starting as HB.

Soward had a bad game against us, but he'd still be the best half at the club if we sign him for next year.

So we should move on from McGuire because at 33 he's too old....but we'll have Soward who'll turn 32 over the off season.