Believe the sleeve.

Whereas what Burgess actually stated was this:



I suppose it's a case of 'which came first, the chicken or the egg?' but I read that as non selection - ask for a release - if not released - stay at Leeds until contract expires fighting for a place.

Not sure what else he could do after losing his prop position to Kirke.

Agree Tvoc. Biff v Kirke?? Souths would not be signing Kirke that's for sure! Bye Biff and thanks and congratulations!

That would swipe the taste from your mouth.

You can't polish a turd though. They are not miracle workers.

Biff is an interesting case. He is useful and there is something there. I have always questioned his lack of improvement over the last 3/4 years in a Leeds shirt. I don't think his improvement levels have gone up enough to warrant him a top end prop. But we can see what impact the NRL will have on his game.

Did Mathers, Tansey, Sibbit come back better players? Or were they not really on that level anyway, the bracket I think Biff falls into.

Morley, Ellis, Sam stand out as real handfuls over-there because they stood out over here first as excellent players. It does help.

Good move for Biff, From the interview I read we didnt come out of it very well. 3 days to make a life changing decision and removing the offer when asked for more time??

IMO Biff probably falls into neither catagory mentioned above, somewhere in gthe middle for me.

My thoughts entirely. Weve had a very large squad this year - sadly of average forwards in the main. Certainly the least productive squad of the last few years, but clearly not the cheapest. We can put 2 full packs out and still have spares!

Leuleui
Buderus
Peacock
JJB
Ablett
Sinfield

Cross
McShane
Burgess
Lauitiiti
Hauraki
Clarkson

Bailey
Ambler
Amor
Kirke
Pitts

Then theres always Delaney & Senior (pre injury) if we're short. Crazy!

Leeds and the Leeds CEO have never had the slightest whiff of trouble with regards to adhering to the salary cap in the past ..... which is now a 'live' assessment anyway with all playing contracts lodged with the RFL to ensure compliance.

No SL club should really have any issues in that regard.

Strange it hasn't taken three days to decide on a move to the other side of the world

Unless they have secondary contracts a la melbourne.

Difference being this 'life changing decision' was made over a year ago, which has been well publicised. Its not like the Souths offer came out of the blue is it?

My guess is that the Leeds offer was probably higher than he expected (& better money than Souths) which threw a spanner in the works. Better money or better lifestyle? You cant have your cake & eat it.

Good on GH for not wanting to be messed about with this.