I would expect he'll re-sign with Saints.

Apparently Albert will sign a 2-year deal with us. Personally, I'd prefer to see how he goes on the field in a few games first... I hope the club know what they are doing.

I guess it depends on how much money he's on rather than how long the deal is, to some extent. I hope he plays tonight so we can have a look at him.

I'm sure I read somewhere that there's NRL interest

Furner mentioned in his press conference that they were looking at getting him on a short term deal, I'd be happy with a deal until the end of the season, with the option to extend it.

Any news on whether his paperwork/visa has gone through?

Problem with signing Albert on a short term deal could be that, I THINK... he's only exempt from the quota for the duration of his first contract, if we signed him on a short term contract then decided we wanted to keep him, he'd then take a quota place on signing a new deal. A 2 year deal means we get him without using a quota space for the full 2 year, with the obvious risk that if he's rubbish, we'r stuck with him.

We could get around this by giving him a 2 year deal which is made up of a 1 year deal and an additional year with the option in Leeds favour.

Well, now I'm pretty confident we need to sign a new 6. Albert might still prove useful but he isn't the answer.

We're going to have to really cut in this time and let a number of players go in order to free up cap space for some proven quality.

You can't save cap by "cutting" players who are contracted and based on performances who'd want players we don't?

We have one player suitable to play six who isn’t getting a game at all, then we have another out on loan and probably won’t return, then another that’s just getting to grips of the game again. We won’t be going out for a six anytime soon. I’d be surprised if Lolohea is still here next season though on the subject.

In the post match interview Furner was asked directly about whether he thought Tui played well enough. He very pointedly avoided answering. Like I keep saying, whilst he can't do much about his skillset, he needs to be made to meet basic fitness standards or be fired.