As I said early in the other thread, it's my worry too.
If he leaves at end of this year we might be able to convince Falloon to play on, have another signing planned or scrape the bargain bin..but if he leaves early to mid 2017 we will be without anyone for the rest of that season.

thought he had a deal if a club comes in for him from nrl before December he could leave, if not he was to stay till end of 2018. Melbourne storm struggling to balance cap and blake green looks like the one to leave hull being linked

Stevie Ward to 9!

We definitely need one of our more mobile forwards to be able to fill in. Keinhorst could be a bolter as he clearly has a good rugby brain. If Luke Briscoe is retained I'd want him to be able to play there as well.

Segeyaro may want to stay in the NRL, but his form has been poor this year and the photo taken of him, Norman etc with a bunch of wannabee Sydney gangsters will have put off most Sydney clubs as its contact with those idiots that the game is desperately trying to avoid. He'd probably be better off knuckling down for a full season then looking at going back in 2018 IMO.

So did Jamie Lyon - but he ended up staying.

Of course when the boo boys come a-booing - he'll really want to stay :s


Moral - Don't boo.

Yea lucky for us the NRL seem more bothered about their image than the players ability
We almost could've got pearce because some wanted him sacked for getting drunk and making a fool of himself!

If they don't break the law or make a racist comment or something then who cares

I would remind you that arguably the best player ever in Andrew Johns used to go out and get absolutely hammered pretty much every weekend and often took recreational drugs, didn't seem to effect his performances too much

So Hardaker is there, met Gus at the airport and has now completed his first days training with his new club. Where's Segeyaro then Gawy.....?

Hardaker isnt even listed on the extended bench this week though so perhaps he came earlier than expected, or maybe they just want him to get used to all the systems for a few weeks before they let him compete for a spot

if Luke briscoe is anything but a desperate loan deal we are in a worse position than I thought.

Hardaker will play in the centre this weekend against the Tigers! Comment has been made about how light he is at 87kg's.

Is that due to him not working hard enough in the gym, poor work by the conditioning staff or the lack of off season time?

Nrl likely to be Rythe with steroid abuse, always been rumours about players going down under to bulk up,

Ideal playing weight is very much a personal thing. It's also not necessarily indicative of strength - few people would say that Hardaker struggles in collision despite "only" weighing 87kgs.

He's not particularly tall and he doesn't have a big frame, so maybe he and the conditioning staff have found a weight at which he feels comfortable and can be effective.

See, that's what I need someone to tell the wife.