Agreed thats what I was trying to get at in a round and about way... promotes using acadamy trained players instead of raiding Australia for over the hill Aussies and Kiwi's after a nice pay off!

Lets hope they give the idea some thought to save the likes of Eastmond, Tomkins, Myler, Westerman, Owen etc etc

Seamless.

So you report rumours as fact and have no idea, thanks for clearing that up.

well here's some info that may or may not be relevant. Sale have signed a young lad from st.helens on a senior contract at 18yrs old, he has played ru all his life and is the current england U18 flyhalf. He has been through the sale academy setup as well. This may not be relevance as i have no idea where kyle would play in an union team, but if he was aimed at flyhalf, then this puts this rumour down somewhat

I heard a story from a reliable source that they will open discussions post Grand Final over a new 4 year contract...

I heard he's going to Salford, to plug the gap left by Myler. He's not signed for Saints because they've secured a big name Aussie and he wants first team action. (from a reliable source)

Matty Smith signed for Salford.

This is what Eastmonds dad said too

No reason to thank me, its quite alright.

Yeah, I should've thought a bit harder before i made up that rumour.

Im sure Eastmonds Dad was stood infront of us at the Warrington game... huge fella with dreadlocks?

Steward dared to ask him to move to which he replied "My sons playing his little sister wants to see him"

Thurston anyone?