i dont see it as a done deal. Australia is great, but why the assumption that every single person in this country wants to live there. Leon Pryce certainly doesnt.

I enjoyed my holiday there a couple of years ago, and could see myself living there - but I don't think I would ever do it. Its a big step to move 12,000 miles away from friends, family and your life as you know it. Just because it makes sense professionally for players to go, doesnt mean it does personally.

Ahem ... you are only classed as "recovered" when the season has finished.

Huge loss for you guy's if Graham does leave, his departure coupled with the retirement of Cunningham leaves you guy's with a big hole.

No Doubt you'll have plenty of money to spend, but seeing as there seems to be a Rugby League wide shortage of high quality props you may struggle to recruit well.

From what i gather, nobody on here as seen this write up in any form what so ever. Nobody has a link to it, i've read rugby league world and it's not in there.

It's all $hit. Grahem will be here in 2011 and if we are still up there fighting for trophys then im sure he will resign. Just can't see him playing for anyother club in the world.

Even if the article is hokum - I fully expect Graham to go to the NRL at some point.

Get your head from up your a*se before you post eh? Life doesn't begin and end in Parr you know!

Far more interesting is the news that Cayless seems to have returned from the dead like Lazarus. Not so injured as we were led to believe.

I must admit that disappointed me a little. He's apparently 'tearing it up' in training, when he left us he was crying about chronic injuries and never being able to play again. Must be the sunshine.

As long as he isn't 'training the house down' as he would be shipped out in no time.

Not often you see 'St.Helens' and 'Wigan' in an article about a NRL teamsheet.

Cayless was the guy I was thinking of when I wrote rlthisrl. I don't know why Saints chose to let him go. Perhaps the player wanted a return to Oz. Perhaps we thought we weren't getting value for money. Or perhaps the decision was based purely upon medical assessment. If it's the latter and he goes on to perform consistently throughout this season for Wests then doubts must be raised about the methods of that assessment. A fit Cayless would be in our starting 17 today. No question about it.

Agreed, but Cayless hasn't been fit for over 2 seasons. It was a wise decision not to renew his contract and look at other options, because there was no guarantee that Cayless would ever return the same player. Fozzard may not be the best prop around, but he's been relatively injury free in the last 7 or 8 years and gives us an extra body up front that we clearly lacked last year. He will always give you his absolute best and he is a character around the dressing room. The players certainly seem to like him.

I dont doubt Jack Gibsons redentials but it certainly helps that when you lose a Laurie Daley you can replace them with a Brad Fittler and when you lose him you replace him with a Darren Lockyer .... Like you rightly point out though some of it will be down to smart management and imo a degree of luck when it comes to possible replacement(s)

Then, by your rationale, we should have got rid of Tommy Martyn.

Which players are out of contract this year? I know this is KC last year but who else do you loose?

The difference is, Tommy Martyn was young when he picked up his injuries whereas Cayless is 30 and approaching the end of his career.



It gave a list on the radio yesterday but for definite:

Gidley
Cunningham
Fozzard
Hargreaves

Wellens, Meli and one or two others maybe out of contract too.