Yeah pleased by this news. Though for God's sake I hope we do a better job with continuing to develop him than we have with some in the past. There have been times when I've wondered whether we hand them a contract, pat em on the ars£ and tell them they're world beaters and just leave them to get on with it.

Is it this coming season the rules change around number of minutes played of did I dream that in a Bobby Ewing Stylee?

I thought it was games played. I've really not been paying attention lol

The younger posters won't have a Scooby Doo what you're referring to there Batley

Dream on .

I see Jamie Langley has joined the coaching staff

Interesting move, assistants needed a shake up and BA needs to groom his own successor .

Probably the ebd fir the very poor Chev Walker and grix

Doesn`t seem to be the case as it says Langley`s next assignment is to work with Rhinos head coach Brad Arthur and fellow assistant coach Scott Grix - with Chev Walker in a newly created role as transitional coach, working with players moving from academy and reserves into the first-team squad.

Seems a strange move all round with Langley coaching in Union for a number of years and Grix and Walker not ones you would think bring a right lot to the coaching set up.

Terrell May has signed for Wests that means they need to shift Bateman

Manly can’t take Bateman as don’t have space on the cap - not sure who mentioned we might be in for Bateman a while ago but does feel like that info could play out to be correct

Rumoured to Hull too - but I cannot see him staying in the UK, with his Mrs being in Australia

Depends on if he can get another club in Aus. He's on a big salary and although Wests are willing to pay a chunk of it for a superleague club I doubt they will be as keen to do so for another NRL team. I suppose its down to what level he wants to play at and balancing that against his family life in the short term. He might just take the money for the next 2 years and go to the beach!

Bateman’s career has been a bit of a mess in recent years. He’s looked poor for Wests and was at best OK at Wigan, that is probably generous considering the coin he was on.

A friend of mine who used to be at Bradford and played with Sam Burgess thought he would go back to Wire and Leeds had no chance.

Brisbane also rumoured.

I did notice though that Bentley was training in a top with 18 on the back , so maybe …., who knows

Are you sure that wasn't his initials JB?

Salford are skint again, apparently. They need to find 500k from somewhere.

I wonder if we'll put a bid in for someone like Watkins