Quote ="krisleeds"He has an Irish eligibility - that much i do know - perhaps hes applying for a passport? https://au.sports.yahoo.com/7th-tackle- ... 23753.html'" Still be classed as non fed trained though

Quote ="krisleeds"He has an Irish eligibility - that much i do know - perhaps hes applying for a passport? https://au.sports.yahoo.com/7th-tackle- ... 23753.html'" Still be classed as non fed trained though

Wouldn't waste a quota spot on him personally. Surely we can add depth to the backs from the uk

Josh Hoffman off contract at Parra https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Hoffman

Josh Hoffman off contract at Parra https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Hoffman

I doubt Hoffman would come to SL to be a reserve. He's not all that good, mainly because he can't or won't pass the ball.

Aren't there any English players who could do a job?

shame we didn’t get Tom Davies

There is a few SL clubs that are winger heavy atm teams like Hull FC have.

Faraimo, Fonua, Swift, Naulago
(Fonua and swift are new signing for them so they wouldn't leave but don't think Faraimo and Naulago would leave to be a back up winger somewhere else.)

Maybe someone like Max Jowitt from Wakefield could do a job for us still you and could be good cover for us at FB or wing he wouldn't start when everyone is fit but with T.Briscoe out til March/April could be worth a punt. Wonder if Escare would mind being a back up for us he's just that at Wigan but there he has Hardaker, Marshall, J.Burgess, French, Manfredi all ahead of him if he came to us say he'd only have Walker, Handley and T.Briscoe in front of him i rate him abit more than L.Briscoe personally.

Prefer to give one of our academy lads a chance than two serial losers like Jowitt + Escare.

But I'd always give homegrown talent a chance.

A player only has to be paid £150,000 to be classed as marquee.

The NRL salary cap is now $9,800,000 with a MINIMUM WAGE of $110,000.

If Super League only has 1 player with a value above £150,000 we’re looking at a seriously weak competition.

Sam Burgess is now free to sign once his shoulder has rested up.

South Sydney Rabbitohs have been given dispensation by the NRL for Sam Burgess’ wages.

Burgess was forced to retire after the discovery of a shoulder injury earlier this year. He was contracted at the Rabbitohs until 2023.

I think it’s a bit more than rested up, but I can see him in a Rhinos shirt if he can get it straight again.

People as committed as Sam find it hard to walk away from what they strived for all their life. It wouldn’t surprise me if he played again and it was for Leeds.

Quote ="batleyrhino"I think it’s a bit more than rested up, but I can see him in a Rhinos shirt if he can get it straight again. People as committed as Sam find it hard to walk away from what they strived for all their life. It wouldn’t surprise me if he played again and it was for Leeds.'" Can't see it. He's still on the Rabbitoh's payroll, with a salary that would equate to a top SL Salary, no doubt there will be plenty of media work opportunities for him too , and his children are in Sydney. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/sam-bu ... 53gn3.html

Quote ="batleyrhino"I think it’s a bit more than rested up, but I can see him in a Rhinos shirt if he can get it straight again. People as committed as Sam find it hard to walk away from what they strived for all their life. It wouldn’t surprise me if he played again and it was for Leeds.'" Can't see it. He's still on the Rabbitoh's payroll, with a salary that would equate to a top SL Salary, no doubt there will be plenty of media work opportunities for him too , and his children are in Sydney. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/sam-bu ... 53gn3.html

A short term contract for September and October maybe at the business end of the year

If his shoulder's repairable, why wouldn't he take advantage of the top medical care, physio and rehab available, for free, through his club?

It's a pity but I doubt he'll be seen in a Leeds shirt, nor in anyone else's.

Its not repairable. He won't play again

Stop this nonsense fairytale stuff about Sam Burgess its got no base in reality.

Wing for Briscoe or Handley (who I'm still totally unconvinced by)

Or you pay a fee for Evalds.

I’m only teasing really. I do think he will find life without playing difficult, but I don’t really think he will play again.

If we sign an outside back he should be better than what we have. So if it’s a centre move Newman to the wing or if it’s a winger it’s to replace Briscoe or Handley otherwise what’s the point.
As forSam playing again dream on he’s well and truly finished.

That’s what they said when Alex Walmsley broke his neck.

The reality is none of us know whether Sam Burgess’s shoulder will recover enough for him to take the field again. It might, and if it does we have a marquee spot available.

If his shoulder was to heal then surely he would just go back to the Rabbithos.

Some interesting chatter in the press today about Jackson Hastings reneging on his Wigan contract.. watching this with interest

I wonder if an NRL club have said they are willing to take him on, they don’t take much notice of Super League contracts nowadays and he’s made no secret that he wants to get back in the NRL, maybe we are better of with Gale after all.

Highly likely. It's about time super league clubs clamped down on players doing this imo

yep. def been approached imo

Moley reckons Hastings won’t be with Wigan for next season! What a U turn that could be!