What happened to that young FB? Was it Nathan Ashe?

He didn't have enough injuries on his CV so they got rid, Think he has played for London Scholars since leaving.

Has he? He gave up pro RL after leaving Saints didn't he? I'm sure I saw a conversation with Lance Hohaia on twitter where he said he'd gone to London to live with his brother. I googled him and the only thing I could find was a team sheet from London Skolars Reserves against Wests Warrirors and he was a sub for Wests Warriors. I think they are based in Acton, playing in the London Mens Premier League.

He plays for Wests Warriirs, which are a mostly antipodean team in the London comp. I've refer him a few times, and he's an argumentative bugger too. The most skilful player in the park by some distance, though.

Any news on a Lomax return, KC was quoted as ready in 4 to 6 weeks, but that was 9 weeks ago. Is the 4 to 6 weeks in the year 2016 or 2017.

Apparently he has broken his foot now, expected back late June?

I wouldn't hold your breath though.

And Cunningham says he is still unable to put a timeline on long-term absentee Jonny Lomax’s return.

“We were hoping he’d be fit for the end of March but things took a turn for not the best.

“We’ll just play it week by week, there’s other issues with Jonny that isn’t regarding his knee.

"I’d love the kid to be running around in a Saints shirt, he’d help me out and my team but we can’t force the issue, we’ve got to be patient with him. I’m desperate for him to be back.”
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We need to cut our losses. Lomax's unfortunate condition means we have effectively been trying to compete on a significantly lower salary cap than other clubs for more than two years now.

A player who can never play is not actually a player.

This is not a criticism of Lomax in any way. He's been very unlucky. But no club can sustain a very highly paid non-playing player.

I'd cut him some slack. He's got a lot to contend with at this moment in time and not necessarily all rugby related.

That may be true. But however personally blameless he is, if I wasn't able to perform my job for 2 years, I'd not be getting paid any more.

Can someone PM the details here? What's this about?

It's not the kind of stuff that should ever be on a forum, not for public domain. There is more to life than rugby and he'll be back when he is back.

I think that's class. I have no idea what's going on in the lads life but I think it's a credit to this forum that that remains so. On a separate note I can see where Roy's coming from however it's different with sports. We can hand our notice in and leave a place of employment...players 'belong' to a club.

Good man, well said